Business information systems: analysis, design and practice
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adam_text | ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND PRACTICE GRAHAM CURTIS UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON
AND DAVID COB HAM UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN PRENTICE HALL FINANCIAL TIMES AN
IMPRINT OF PEARSON EDUCATION HARLOW, ENGLAND * LONDON * NEW YORK *
BOSTON * SAN FRANCISCO * TORONTO * SYDNEY * SINGAPORE * HONG KONG TOKYO
* SEOUL * TAIPEI * NEW DELHI * CAPE TOWN * MADRID * MEXICO CITY *
AMSTERDAM * MUNICH * PARIS * MILAN PREFACE XVII PUBLISHER S
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS XXI CHAPTER 1 INFORMATION SYSTEMS I LEARNING OUTCOMES 1
INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.2 DECISIONS 4 1.3 VALUE OF
INFORMATION 11 1.4 THE IDEA OF A SYSTEM 13 1.5 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEMS 24 1.6 INFORMAL AND FORMAL INFORMATION 37 SUMMARY 38 REVIEW
QUESTIONS 40 EXERCISES 40 CASE STUDY 41 REFERENCES 43 RECOMMENDED
READING 43 CHAPTER 2 STRATEGY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS 45 LEARNING
OUTCOMES 45 INTRODUCTION 45 2.1 THE NEED FOR A BUSINESS STRATEGY 46 2.2
STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING 46 2.3 BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY
48 2.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY TODAY 65 SUMMARY 70 REVIEW QUESTIONS
71 EXERCISES 71 CASE STUDY 72 REFERENCES 74 RECOMMENDED READING 75
CHAPTER 3 BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 77 LEARNING OUTCOMES 77
INTRODUCTION 77 3.1 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY 78
3.2 HARDWARE 80 3.3 SOFTWARE 108 SUMMARY * 120 IX CONTENTS 125 REVIEW
QUESTIONS 121 EXERCISES 121 CASE STUDY 122 RECOMMENDED READING 124
CHAPTER 4 DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS, NETWORKS AND THE ORGANIZATION LEARNING
OUTCOMES 125 INTRODUCTION 125 4.1 NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS 126
4.2 THE IDEA OF A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM 128 4.3 ORGANIZATIONAL BENEFITS OF
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS 129 4.4 ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS AND DISTRIBUTED
SYSTEMS 132 4.5 THE EXTENT OF DISTRIBUTION 133 4.6 THE DISTRIBUTION OF
DATA 136 4.7 NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS 138 4.8 STANDARDS 150 4.9
ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE 153 4.10 THE EFFECTS OF THE INTERNET ON
BUSINESS 156 SUMMARY 156 REVIEW QUESTIONS 157 EXERCISES 158 CASE STUDY
159 RECOMMENDED READING 161 CHAPTER 5 THE INTERNET AND THE WORLD WIDE
WEB 162; LEARNING OUTCOMES 162 INTRODUCTION 162 5.1 THE EVOLUTION OF THE
INTERNET 162 5.2 HOW THE INTERNET WORKS 165 5.3 WHAT THE INTERNET OFFERS
170 5.4 THE WORLD WIDE WEB 177 5.5 THE INTERNET AND COPYRIGHT 187 5.6
THE INTERNET AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS 188 5.7 INTRANETS AND EXTRANETS
189 SUMMARY 191 REVIEW QUESTIONS 192 EXERCISES 192 CASE STUDY 193
RECOMMENDED READING 195 | CHAPTER 6 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND BUSINESS
197! LEARNING OUTCOMES 197 INTRODUCTION 197 6.1 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO
E-COMMERCE 198 6.2 E-COMMERCE - KEY FEATURES 199 6.3 CONDUCTING BUSINESS
OVER THE INTERNET 200 CONTENTS 6.4 TRADE CYCLES AND E-COMMERCE 205 6.5
E-COMMERCE BUSINESS MODELS 208 6.6 THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF A
BUSINESS WEBSITE 216 6.7 TRENDS IN E-COMMERCE 220 SUMMARY 222 REVIEW
QUESTIONS 223 EXERCISES 223 CASE STUDY 224 REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED
READING 225 CHAPTER 7 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE _ 227 { LEARNING OUTCOMES
227 INTRODUCTION 227 7.1 THE INCREASING FOCUS ON BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
228 7.2 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FROM ANALYSING DATA AND INFORMATION 230
7.3 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FROM ANALYSING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR 251 7.4
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FROM ANALYSING PERFORMANCE AND PROCESSES 258 7.5
END-USER COMPUTING 262 7.6 HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION 273 SUMMARY 277
REVIEW QUESTIONS 279 EXERCISES 279 CASE STUDY 280 REFERENCES 282
RECOMMENDED READING 283 CHAPTER 8 FILE ORGANIZATION AND DATABASES FOR
BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS 285 ! LEARNING OUTCOMES 285 INTRODUCTION
285 8.1 FILES AND FILE STRUCTURES 285 8.2 RECORDS AND RECORD STRUCTURE
288 8.3 PHYSICAL AND LOGICAL VIEWS OF DATA 289 8.4 DATA STORAGE - FILES,
RECORDS AND LISTS 291 8.5 FILE-BASED AND DATABASE APPROACHES TO DATA
STORAGE 292 8.6 A THREE-LEVEL ARCHITECTURE FOR DATABASES 301 8.7
RELATIONAL MODELS 304 8.8 OBJECT ORIENTED DATABASES 313 SUMMARY 314
REVIEW QUESTIONS 316 EXERCISES 316 CASE STUDY 319 RECOMMENDED READING .
321 XI CONTENTS CHAPTER 9 INFORMATION SYSTEMS: CONTROL AND
RESPONSIBILITY LEARNING OUTCOMES INTRODUCTION 9.1 CONTROL SYSTEMS 9.2
CONTROLS OVER COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEMS 9.3 ETHICS, SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 9.4 DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION
9.5 RISK IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROLS SUMMARY REVIEW QUESTIONS EXERCISES
CASE STUDY REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READING CHAPTER 10 INFORMATION
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW LEARNING OUTCOMES INTRODUCTION 10.1 THE
NEED FOR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 10.2 THE NEED FOR A STRUCTURED
APPROACH TO ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 10.3 THE LIFE CYCLE OF A SYSTEM 10.4 THE
STRUCTURED APPROACH AND THE LIFE CYCLE 10.5 ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO
INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY REVIEW QUESTIONS EXERCISES CASE
STUDY RECOMMENDED READING CHAPTER 11 THE SYSTEMS PROJECT: EARLY STAGES
LEARNING OUTCOMES INTRODUCTION 11.1 INITIAL STAGES 11.2 STATEMENT OF
SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES 11.3 SYSTEMS INVESTIGATION 11.4 THE FEASIBILITY
STUDY AND REPORT SUMMARY REVIEW QUESTIONS EXERCISES CASE STUDY
RECOMMENDED READING 1 CHAPTER 12 PROCESS ANALYSIS AND MODELLING 323 !
323 323 324 330 356 364 366 370 371 371 373 375 377 377 377 377 384 389
395 396 397 397 398 398 400 401 401 401 401 404 405 413 419 420 420 420
421 422 LEARNING OUTCOMES 422 INTRODUCTION 422 12.1 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS 422
12.2 MANUAL SYSTEMS FLOWCHARTS 423 XII CONTENTS 12.3 DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS
428 12.4 DATA DICTIONARIES 439 12.5 DECISION TABLES 440 12.6 LOGIC
FLOWCHARTS 445 12.7 STRUCTURED ENGLISH 449 SUMMARY 453 REVIEW QUESTIONS
453 EXERCISES 454 CASE STUDY 457 RECOMMENDED READING 458 CHAPTER 13 DATA
ANALYSIS AND MODELLING LEARNING OUTCOMES INTRODUCTION 13.1 TOP-DOWN
VERSUS BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES TO DATA MODELLING 13.2 ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP
MODELLING 13.3 DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELLING - AN OVERVIEW OF THE METHOD
13.4 PROCESS MODELLING AND DATA MODELLING - THE LINKS SUMMARY REVIEW
QUESTIONS EXERCISES CASE STUDY RECOMMENDED READING CHAPTER 14 SYSTEMS
DESIGN LEARNING OUTCOMES INTRODUCTION 14.1 THE TRANSITION FROM ANALYSIS
TO DESIGN 14.2 SUGGESTING ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS 14.3 AUTOMATION BOUNDARIES
14.4 WALKTHROUGHS AND FORMAL REVIEWS SUMMARY REVIEW QUESTIONS EXERCISES
CASE STUDY RECOMMENDED READING CHAPTER 15 DETAILED DESIGN,
IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW 459 459 459 459 461 464 479 481 482 482 483
484 486 486 486 486 492 498 503 505 505 506 506 506 508 LEARNING
OUTCOMES 508 INTRODUCTION 508 15.1 DETAILED DESIGN 509 15.2 SYSTEMS
SPECIFICATION 526 15.3 IMPLEMENTATION 527 15.4 SYSTEMS CHANGEOVER 532
15.5 EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE 535 SUMMARY * 537 XIII CONTENTS REVIEW
QUESTIONS 537 EXERCISES 538 CASE STUDY 538 RECOMMENDED READING 539 I
CHAPTER 16 OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACHES 540 ! LEARNING OUTCOMES 540
INTRODUCTION 540 16.1 THE EMERGENCE OF OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACHES 541
16.2 THE UNIFIED MODELLING LANGUAGE 543 16.3 USE CASE MODELLING 544 16.4
STATIC MODELLING 554 16.5 DYNAMIC MODELLING 573 SUMMARY 587 REVIEW
QUESTIONS 587 EXERCISES 588 CASE STUDY 588 REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED
READING 589 1 CHAPTER 17 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: FURTHER TOOLS, J !
TECHNIQUES AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES 590 J LEARNING OUTCOMES 590
INTRODUCTION 590 17.1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 591 17.2 COMPUTER-AIDED
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 595 17.3 RAPID APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT 600 17.4 AN
EVALUATION OF HARD APPROACHES TO SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 602 17.5
SOFT APPROACHES TO SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 608 SUMMARY 623 REVIEW
QUESTIONS 626 EXERCISES 626 CASE STUDY 627 REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED
READING 629 I CHAPTER 18 EXPERT SYSTEMS AND KNOWLEDGE BASES 631 J
LEARNING OUTCOMES 631 INTRODUCTION 631 18.1 EXPERT SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE
632 18.2 REPRESENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE 649 18.3 DRAWING INFERENCES 661
18.4 INTELLIGENCE AND THE INTERNET 668 SUMMARY 670 REVIEW QUESTIONS 671
EXERCISES 672 CASE STUDY 674 REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READING 676
INDEX * 679 XIV
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