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Key Benefit: This brief text is ideal for courses on quarter systems and those that combine a MIS text with hands-on software, projects, or case studies.
Key Topics: These authoritative authors continue to define the MIS course by emphasizing how business objectives shape the application of new information systems and technologies and integrating a career orientation that demonstrates the relevance of information systems to all business stude… More >>
Essentials of Management Information Systems
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#1 by A. Neogy on January 30, 2010 - 11:21 pm
I wanted to give this book a fair review; so I made the decision to read six chapters before writing this. The textbook is filled with redundant definitions to key terms, complicated diagrams/graphs that do not make sense, and typographical errors(spelling mistakes) EVERYWHERE. I’ve found at least 12 typos so far, and I’m on page 191. It seems like the authors were trying to save some money on editing…
For the new price of $175, and the used price of roughly $100, the book is a disgrace. With the amount of typos, confusing diagrams, and redundant definitions- this book is worth no more than 30 bucks. The simple fact that MIS professors(such as my own) are making their students use this textbook really speaks volumes about the incompetency of some of todays teachers.
An example of one of the definitions: “Data cleansing, consists of detecting and correcting data in a database that are incorrect…”
Correcting incorrect information, about data in a database? Could these definitions be ANY MORE redundant?
An example of one of the *common typos: “For example, if a guest asks a bell captain a question, the bell caption can access the information…”
Please…
Rating: 2 / 5
#2 by B. Masi on January 31, 2010 - 2:06 am
This book is one of the worst I’ve had to use in recent memory. Outdated with somewhat interesting yet detached case studies. The technical information is too basic to be of any use and the management topics can be better learned in an introductory management class. Instead of properly explaining the value and true uses of information systems in business the book merely seems to repeat that IS can be utilized to gain a competitive advantage.
Rating: 1 / 5