End-User Information Systems Implementing Individual and Work Group Technologies

Shaping information systems to enhance employee performance and accomplish business strategies! This text is designed for end-user information systems, help desk management, office automation, and other courses that address the links between information systems technology, people, and organizational goals. Featuring an end-user approach to systems analysis, this text provides a comprehensive, practical, and up-to-date treatment of information systems design, analysis, and implementation. The text is technically thorough, yet written in a business-oriented style that is clear enough to be followed by the nonspecialist. Distinctive Concentration End-User Information Systems: Implementing Individual and Work Group Technologies, Second Edition presents a strong emphasis on organizational realities and designing end-user and office information systems to achieve practical business goals. Its unique focus on work-process redesign successfully links the methodologies of reengineering to systems analysis. A Text for Future Information Systems Professionals Extensive pedagogy and learning aids include chapter objectives, discussion questions, application exercises, boxed features, illustrations and photos, an index, selected readings, and comprehensive case studies that enhance the practicality of this text. Mini-cases are included with each chapter. There are several comprehensive cases throughout the book, and additional cases are available on the Web site for added experiential material. The Web site at www.prenhall.com/regan includes the instructor's manual, a one-way list service, PowerPoint slides, and the online chapter "Trends and Future Directions."Regan, Elizabeth A. is the author of 'End-User Information Systems Implementing Individual and Work Group Technologies', published 2001 under ISBN 9780130182647 and ISBN 0130182648.