Publisher's Synopsis
The third edition of this popular text retains the solid foundation of management theory and the flexible modular format of previous editions, whilst incorporating a new, overall focus on the end user. The book deals with relations among data, information and computer processing as they occur in a wide variety of organizations. New chapters on database concepts, data communications, decision support systems, information systems and the future are included.;This book should be of interest to students on introductory courses in management information systems.