The business world hires only the best knowledge workers—equipped with a well-balanced repository of IT skills and business knowledge. Information Systems Essentials, 3e, provides your students with tools to help them prepare for a seamless transition to that professional world.

Nine chapters cover the essential business and managerial applications of MIS and IT, from strategic and competitive technology opportunities to the organization and management of information using databases and data warehouses. The first two appendixes—Appendix A Hardware and Software and Appendix B Network Basics—provide your students a technical glimpse into the world of IT. Appendix C Careers in Business identifies why MIS is important in each business profession and encourages your students to explore how MIS will impact their future careers.

The text contains a variety of real-life examples from both industry and global perspectives, applications exercises requiring Web exploration and Excel/Access/Power Point skill development, individual and group projects, an extensive end-of-chapter assortment, and three case studies per chapter, aimed at transforming your undergraduates into technology- and information-literate knowledge workers.