Publisher's Synopsis
This latest volume in the Wharton Executive Library discusses systems of information within organizations. It explores this rapidly evolving field, examining how information systems are utilized to generate timely and useful information for managers, and provides extensive guidelines for planning and implementing management information system applications in a variety of organizations. The purpose of the series as whole is to provide brief, non-technical summaries on major topics in management for senior and middle managers, course adoptions, and executive development programmes.;Readership: business executives at senior and middle management level; executive development programmes in business schools; in-house training in industry; advanced business courses.