Management Information Systems provides comprehensive and integrative coverage of essential new technologies, information system applications, and their impact on business models and managerial decision-making in an exciting and interactive manner. The twelfth edition focuses on the major changes that have been made in information technology over the past two years, and includes new opening, closing, and Interactive Session cases.

This second edition has retained the clear, easy-to-read writing style and managerial perspective of the previous edition. The book employs two important themes throughout. The strategy theme focuses readers on information systems goals, and the action theme emphasizes the roles of people in information systems--balancing technical issues with managerial issues.

It is widely recognized that the knowledge of information systems is very much essential in today's business organizations to survive and prosper. This book, in its second edition, provides students with a conceptual framework to understand information systems. The focus of information systems (irrespective of the level of use of information) is on producing quality information needed to facilitate decision making. The objective of this book is to capture the material on information systems and organize it around a framework that offers a current and relevant knowledge based on information system by providing just the adequate amount of material in a concise format. The book is organized in three parts: Information systems basics, Managing with information and Managing information resources. Though the main structure of the second edition remains the same, the chapters have been updated and revised as per the recent development in the fields of information technology. Besides this, a new chapter is added to explain the concepts like e-business, Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise resources and planning (ERP) and Supply chain management (SCM), comprehensively. Intended for the students of computer applications (BCA and MCA) and management (BBA and MBA), and the undergraduate students of Computer Science engineering, the book is equally useful for the busy professionals who wish to grasp the essentials of management information systems, without attending a formal instructional course.

The 4th edition of this book has been updated to meet the new requirements of the students, professors, and practitioners. This is an enhanced version of the earlier editions. To update and enhance the coverage of the book, many chapters have been restructured, and some new content/chapters have also been added. In addition, to have better engagement and learning outcomes for the reader, certain new pedagogical features have also been added. NEW IN THIS EDITION • A new chapter on ‘Ethical and Social Issues’ • Applications using MS-Access in the upgraded Chapter 5 – Data Resource Management • Concepts on organisations in Chapter 2 – Information, Systems and Organisation Concepts • Concepts of e-Governance in chapter 7 – e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Governance • Some latest trends and concepts in Chapter 4 – IT Infrastructure • Concepts on Project Management in chapter 12 – IS development and Project Management KEY FEATURES • Some new cases have been added, and various case studies from the earlier edition have been updated • New pedagogical elements, such as Objective-type Questions, True/False Questions, Review Questions and Assignments have been added in chapters • Glossary has also been incorporated to get a quick understanding of the terms used in the book • Instructor support has been added on the web through Online Resources

Post and Anderson’s Management Information Systems, 3/e focuses on how managers can apply knowledge of IT tools to solve management problems and find new opportunities to improve their organizations. This revised edition addresses these challenges and continues to illustrate how information technology supports managers in their operational and decision-making tasks performed each day. Post/Anderson is fundamentally different from other MIS texts in the following ways: 1) Strength of Chapter 6-Database Management, emphasizes that databases are crucial to any business application; 2) Chapter 7 shows the importance of data integration and how ERP software meets that need; 3) Industry-specific cases; 4) Rolling Thunder Bicycle Company database; 5) Application appendices.