Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> Management Information Systems

• Focuses new applications of information technology to organization systems, new processes enabled by the Internet, and new technologies applied by managers and their business implications;
  
• Provides coverage of technologies that are important to organization systems, including Radio Frequency...

On-line analytical processing (OLAP) is clearly a new approach to information system technology--offering a much-needed way to make informed decisions better and faster. One of its most important characteristics is multidimensional analysis--analysis that goes beyond the conventional two-dimensional analysis and provides users with rapid retrieval of data from organizational databases, data warehouses, or both. Not only that, but most importantly, says Dr. Thierauf, it allows users to look at different dimensions of the same data, thus enabling them to do analyses across departmental and...

The contributors to this volume demonstrate the evolving ways in which impression management is conducted through the use of information technology. Whether consciously or unconsciously, individuals create and manage impressions of themselves when they use or interact with IT or in an IT environment. How? By managing the symbolism embedded in the technology. For example, technology is often the primary medium in interactions between a client and a work team, or virtual team, dedicated to servicing the needs of that client. The team itself may be geographically dispersed, lending a deeper...

Eric Sink on the Business of Software is a selection of the best and most popular essays from the author's website. This insightful collection of essays explore the business concerns that programmers face during the course of their careers--particularly those programmers who are small independent software vendors.

Sink also covers issues like starting your own business, and then performing the hiring, marketing, and finances in a style that programmers understand, sprinkled with a touch of humor.