Principles of Information Systems

Ralph Stair · George Reynolds · Jamison Aldcorn · Derrick Neufeld

May 2015 · Cengage Learning Canada Inc

About this ebook

Help your students gain the foundation they need to better understand the IS discipline and how IS courses relate to the rest of their business courses. The first Canadian edition focuses on today's core IS principles that are most important for every business student to know. Your students will gain a strong understanding of the changing role of today's IS professional with this book's wealth of current Canadian and gloabl examples and IS references. NEW detailed coverage of multimedia in business, application development for the iPhone, iPad, and similar devices, cloud computing and updates of forecasting demonstrate issues reshaping IS today. This edition presents some of the most recent research on virtual communities and work structures, including how social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, are assisting virtual teams and how companies are effectively using virtual organizational structures with mobile workers. Count on Principles of Information Systems, First Canadian Edition to provide the insights students need to function more efficiently and effectively as workers, managers, decision makers, and organizational leaders in business today.