Overview: The benchmark text for the syllabus organised by technology (a week on databases, a week on networks, a week on systems development, etc.) taught from a managerial perspective. O'Brien defines technology and then explains how companies use the technology to improve performance. Real world cases finalise the explanation.

Discusses the technological developments, main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends impacting every part of small to medium sized enterprises.

This Handbook provides critical, interdisciplinary contributions from leading international academics on the theory and methodology, practical applications, and broader context of Management Information Systems, as well as offering potential avenues for future research

This book has been written for non technical undergraduates, BCA, MCA, MBA, students in finance, accounting, management and the liberal arts who will find a knowledge of Information System vital for their professional success. This book may also serve as a first course for students who subsequently major in information systems at either the undergraduate or graguate level.