Information Systems Management, Pearson New International Edition, 8th edition

For graduate and undergraduate courses in IT management and IT strategy.

The authors utilize their years of working with companies on IT management / strategy to provide students with a practical look at the evolution of IT in business.

Hallmark Features

80 Real Company Cases

Future IS managers will benefit from McNurlin’s use of examples that highlight what “the real world” has in store. Over 80 cases are featured throughout its entirety, so students can see how real companies have used IT in the past, the present, and how they may use IT in the future. Examples include:

• Blogs
• Instant Messaging
• Social Networking Services

Current Content

IT is changing so rapidly that textbook authors, practitioners, researchers, and academics have a difficult time staying current. This dedicated author team has worked hard to include the most recent information and statistics. Two major developments that have been added are:

• The concept of mobile computing for on-demand, real-time needs
• Changes in the business world itself such as, international trade, national and global security, Cybercrime, outsourcing and off-shoring, corporate malfeasance, terrorism, and regional conflicts

Historical Walkthrough

The book provides students with an historical walkthrough of IT management to see how the use of IT has evolved in business. The lessons learned in the text can be applied to future jobs opportunities.

• Chapter 1: Provides a historical perspective of the use of information and communications technologies in business
• Chapter 4: Offers an evolutionary perspective of information system planning

Useful to Practicing Managers and Consultants

This text works well in an EMBA program or a graduate class where many of the students are also working professionals, as well as providing a reference for students after they graduate. This book is useful to:

• Senior business executives who want an overview of the issues and strategies.
• CIOs who must implement IT as a strategic resource.
• IS managers who are responsible for managing major technical areas.
• Managers of functional units who want to better understand the issues and processes of providing IT support, promote the use of IT in their organization, or are now responsible for overseeing the management of IT in their function.

Unique End-Of-Chapter Material

The end-of-chapter material is available in order to help students conceptualize what they have read. Three types of questions have been included:

• Review Questions to assess comprehension of priciples, topics, and ideas.
• Discussion Questions for which there is a legitimate basis for a difference of opinion.
• Exercises that provide an opportunity for the reader to put some of the concepts and ideas into practice on a small scale.