Information

Technology
for
Management
7th Edition
Transforming Organizations
in the Digital Economy

Efraim Turban & Linda Volonino

2010

Information Technology for Management

7th Edition
Features of this Text

Chapter Outline.
Learning Objectives.
Opening Cases.
IT at Work Boxes.
A Closer Look Boxes.
Managerial Issues.
Minicases.
Online Chapter Resources. (www.wiley.com/go/global/turban )
Exercises, Projects, and Internet Exercises.
Group Assignments.
Minicases.
Glossary of Key Terms.
Problem-Solving Activities.
References.

Organization of the Book

The book is divided into five major parts,
composed of 17 regular chapters (two of
which are online) supplemented by six
online tutorials and six Technology Guides.
Parts and chapters break down as follows:

Organization of the Book (Cont.)

Part I: IT in the Organization.
Part II: IT infrastructure.
Part III: The Web Revolution.
Part IV: Organizational Applications.
Part V: Decision Making and Strategy.
Online Chapters: Implementing and
Managing IT.

Part I: IT in the Organization

Part I gives an overview of IT in the enterprise. Chapter 1
introduces the driver of the use of IT in the digital
economy and gives an overview of ISs and IT trends.
Chapter 2 presents the foundations of ISs and their
strategic use. Special attention is given to cutting-edge
topics.
Chapter 1 IT Supports Organizational Performance in
Turbulent Business Environments
Chapter 2 Information Technologies: Concepts, Types, and
IT Support

Part II: IT infrastructure

This part introduces two major building blocks of
IT: Data and Networks. Other building blocks are
covered in the online Technology Guides.
Chapter 3 Managing Data to Improve Business
Performance
Chapter 4 Networks and Collaboration as
Business Solution
Chapter 5 Securing the Enterprise and Business
Continuity

Part III: The Web Revolution

The three chapters in Part III introduce the Webbased technologies and applications starting with
the topics of e-business and e-commerce, mobile
and wireless computing, and social networking and
the Web 2.0 environment
Chapter 6 E-Business and E-Commerce
Chapter 7 Mobile Commerce
Chapter 8 Social Networks in the Web 2.0
Environment

Part IV: Organizational Applications

Part IV begins with IT applications in transaction
processing, functional applications, and
integration of functional systems, supply chain
management, Web-based enterprise systems,
CRM, and KM
Chapter 9 Transaction Processing, Functional
Applications, and Integration
Chapter 10 Enterprise Systems: Supply Chains,
ERP, CRM, and KM
Chapter 11 Interoganizational, Large-Scale, Global
Information Systems

Part V: Decision Making and Strategy

Part V explores the implementation, evaluation,
construction, and maintenance of ISs that give
greater visibility into all corners of the enterprise business Intelligence, decision support systems,
data visualization tools, and data mining
Chapter 12 Business Intelligence and Decision
Support Systems
Chapter 13 IT strategy and Planning
Chapter 14 Managing IT Projects, Process
Improvement, and Organizational Change
Chapter 15 Impact of IT on Enterprise, Users, and
the Environment

Online Part VI: Implementing and Managing IT.

In the two chapters available online at the books
Web site, we explore acquiring and developing
business applications and infrastructure and the
economics of IT.
Chapter 16 Acquiring and Developing Business
Applications and Infrastructure*
Chapter 17 Information Technology Economics*
*Part VI can be accessed online at www.wiley.com/go/global/turban

Technology Guides
Hardware
Software
Databases
Telecommunications
The Internet
Systems Analysis and Design
the Technology Guides and the Tutorial are available online at
www.wiley.com/go/global/turban

Supplementary Materials
Instructor Manual
Test Bank
PowerPoint Presentation
Video Series
.

Whats New in This Edition?

IT-Business Performance Management Model.
Social Computing.
Tutorials.
End Part Cases.
Videos.
Change of Authors.
..
Other Changes and Updates