Management Information Systems

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Interesting Articles related to MIS

 

The following articles supplement our discussion in the class.  These are not mandatory but they would enhance your knowledge of application of IT in the business.

General (Chapter 1)

bulletWhy IT Changes Everything?
bulletEuro and Impact of IT (KPMG's article)
bulletFatal Attraction: The Dangers of Too Much Technology
bulletIT staff shortage: Take two aspirin and call me in three years

IS for Competitive Adavantage (Chapter 2)

bullet    Growing the Business With IT
bullet    Bankers told that IT offers a key competitive edge
bullet    Providing the Value of Technology
bullet     It is not Just for Meetings Anymore (Videoconferencing)
bullet     The Road Rage
bullet     Face-time comes to a video, at a lower price
bullet     All Together Now (Groupware issues)
bullet     Insuring Success (Imaging Systems)

Information Systems, Organizations, and Management (Chapter 3)

bullet        TPS Challenges
bullet        What Good is Technology ? - Oxford Health Plan
bullet        Ed Yardeni on Y2k (related to video shown in class)
bullet        Computers and Year2000: A Race Against Security (and Time)
bullet        Rapid ROI through Internet-based applications
bullet        More TPS Challenges (Courtesy: Wade)@  
bullet        Y2K and Your PC @ (For your information only, not for class discussion)
bullet        Millenium Bug (Interactive session)@
bullet        Millenium Bug Stories ( lot of interesting articles)@

Ethical and Social Impact of Information Systems (Chapter 4)

bullet        Privacy Policies in E-Commerce
bullet        Is Anything Wrong with Mining Data?
bullet        Who is Watching the Web?
bullet        Uncle Sam Has All Your Numbers
bullet       Floridians' salary data put up for sale by state
bullet        The Business Case for Privacy

Electronic Commerce (Chapter 9)

bullet    Extranets - the e-Business Link
bullet     Intranets Empower Employees
bullet    The e-Business Edge
bullet    WallStreet at Your Service
bullet    Myths and Realities of Web Commerce
bullet   Competitive Intelligence
bullet    The Great Internet Price War
bullet    Users Sue E*Trade@
bullet    Information Overload (Push Technology)@
bullet   Online Investment articles@
bullet    How Net Changes Our Lives (lot of interesting articles) @
bullet    Glitches Dog E*Trade for Second Day@

Managing Data Resources (Chapter 7)

bullet       Datawarehouses Deliver Value
bullet        Where are they now?
bullet        What is its worth?
bullet        Don't let legacy data get you down (datawarehouse, OLAP, Mining)
bullet        Intranets and Internet Demand Increases DataWarehouse Demand
bullet        Datawarehousing unites Agency Data

Redesigning the Orgn. with IS & Approaches to Systems Building

(Chapters 10 & 11)

bullet       Going Global with ERP
bullet       Align in the Sand
bullet       Align Drive
bullet       Managing technology's unintended consequences     
bullet      Strategic outsourcing: It's your moveStrategic outsourcing: It's your move&
bullet       Rock Around the Y2K Clock (Outsourcing Overseas)
bullet       Staying Alive
bullet       Software That Can Make a Grown Company Cry (Free Subscription to NY Times)

Managing Knowledge (Chapter 12)

bullet        The Knowledge Factor
bullet      AI Wises Up
bullet        A Bargain at 15 cents
bullet        Empire Strikes Back
bullet        The Merging Man and Machine
bullet        Speech Recognition Makes Some Noise@
bullet        Speech Recognition Errors (Fun Stuff )@

Enhancing Mgmt Decision Making (Chapter 13)

bullet        How to profit from business intelligence?
bullet       A Mappable Feast (Geographical Info Systems)
bullet       Motorola uses EIS
bullet       Mapping your success (Geographical Info Systems)

Information Systems Security and Control (Chapter 14)

bullet    Building profitable IT  
bullet    How Safe is Your Data?
bullet    Business Specialists Needed
bullet    Techno-Savvy CEOs
bullet    Global Economy, Local Ethics
bullet    The Danger Within

Futuristic Technologies (Fun & Interesting - FYI only)@

bullet    Technologies in the futureTechnologies in the future@(Comdex 98) - make sure to watch video clips
bullet    Nanotechnologies@ -make sure to watch video clips
bullet    Visions of IT into next 20 years@ (Comments from industry experts)

 

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