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Rue: Management: Skills and Application, 10e
Management: Skills and Application, 10/e
Leslie W Rue, Georgia State University - Emeritus
Lloyd L Byars, Georgia Institute of Technology
Information Systems for Managers

Learning Objectives


Recount the general evolution of computers since the early 1960s.

Describe the Internet.

Describe an intranet.

Distinguish between data and information, and define a management information system (MIS).

Define a decision support system (DSS).

Define an executive information system (EIS), and list the critical components of an executive information system (EIS).

Discuss what expert systems can do.

List several strategies for overcoming potential problems when implementing an information system.

Identify and define at least four major types of illicit acts involving computers in organizations.

Describe computer ethics.








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