Information Systems
Introduction
Information Systems (IS) course is based on the premise that computers and information systems knowledge is essential for creating competitive firms, managing global corporations, adding business value, and providing useful products and services to customers. This course provides an introduction to Information Systems students will find vital to their professional success. Information and information management are one of the three bases of successful management together with financial management and human-resources management.The course is interdisciplinary in nature and includes technical, organizational, behavioral, and economic issues.
Instructor
Dr. Avi Noy
Web address: http://research.haifa.ac.il/~avinoy/
Online resources
Course site: http://research.haifa.ac.il/~avinoy/is2009/
Books and references
| Textbook |
Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, by Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Price Laudon 7th edition (2002) Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0-13-033066-3 alternative edition: 8th edition (2004) Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0-13-120681-8 |
| Online book |
Management Information Systems: Organization and Technology, 6th edition, by Kenneth C. Laudon and Jane Price Laudon |
| Online course material |
Fundamentals of Information Systems by Professor W. Li |
| Additional articles |
40 Years of IT - Looking Back, Looking Ahead, IDC, John Gantz, Chief Research Officer IT Doesn't Matter, Nicholas G. Carr, Harvard Business Review, May 2003 |
| Additional online sites |
IS Wiki
Book |
| Accsess |
http://www.webmaster.org.il/article.asp?id=269 http://www2.eitan.ac.il/AccessXP/Map.asp http://www.tilda.edu-negev.gov.il/svivot/software/access/index.htm
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| SQL | http://sqlzoo.net/ |