Thebalance of theory and practice in this text makes "Information Systems: Foundation of E-Business, fourth edition," a resource that business and IT students can use even after new generations of technology have replaced those of today.

The Work System Method is an organized approach that every organization can use for: .

Written from a managerial perspective, this text emphasizes how users can understand and analyze systems and evaluate the positive and negative effects of those systems, the role of information technology in business, and its extensive ...

Three case studies of decision support systems; Connoisseur foods: the introduction of modeling and data retrieval capabilities; Great eastern bank: a portfolio management system; Gotaas-larsen shipping corporation: a corporate planning ...

Abstract: Historical background data describing current food and population conditions, future changes that could alter identified historical trends, and development and application of an interactive cross-impact analysis for preparing ...