TY  - BOOK
AU  - Curtis,Graham
TI  - Business Information Systems: Analysis, Design, and Practice 
SN  - 0201624494
AV  - HF5548.2 .C88 1995
U1  - 658.4/038 21
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Wokingham, England, Reading, Mass.
PB  - Addison-Wesley
KW  - Business
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Information storage and retrieval systems
KW  - Management information systems
KW  - System design
KW  - System analysis
KW  - Expert systems (Computer science)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Information systems; strategy and information systems; technology and decision support; distributed systems networks and the organization; decision support and end-user computing; file organization and processing for business systems; databases; control in information systems; information systems development - an overview; the systems project - early stages; process analysis and modelling; systems design; detailed design, implementation and review; systems analysis and design alternative approaches; expert systems and knowledge bases; prototyping and the development of expert systems
N2  - This text covers the information requirements and management perspectives required in a business environment. Fully updated to include all recent developments in the area of information systems, this book: places more emphasis upon managerial issues, in particular the strategic and competitive benefits of information technology; includes enhanced sections on networks and communications, both in disucssion of technology and of organizational impact; has extended coverage of decision support systems, and includes executive information systems and other new tools in this area; and includes three new chapters on strategy and information systems, distributed systems networks and the organization, and decision-support and end-user computing. This work is intended for systems and data processing managers and business and computer students
ER  -