Information Technology for Management: Transforming Organizations in the Digital Economy, 7ed
Efraim Turban, Linda Volonino
ISBN: 9788126526390
644 pages
Description
This book provides managers in all departments with a strong understanding of how IT can help them achieve their business goals. It highlights new technology that is changing how organizations operate and compete in the current global environment. This includes a look at how social networks are transforming how people communicate, work, and play. The seventh edition has been streamlined from 17 chapters down to 14, providing a concise introduction. The technology aspects are now featured in the technology guides and the discussions on strategy are reduced. New cutting edge topics such green IS and business intelligence are also integrated throughout the chapters. Managers will be able to use this information to ensure that they have the right IT resources to succeed.
About the Author
Dr. Efraim Turban obtained his MBA and Ph.D. degrees form the University of California, Berkeley. His industry experience includes eight years as an industrial engineer, three of which were spent at General Electric Transformers Plant in Oakland, California. He also has extensive consulting experience to small and large corporations as well as to governments. In his over thirty years of teaching, professor Turban has served as Chaired Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and University of Science and Technology, in Hong Kong. He has also taught at UCLA; USC; Simon Fraser University; Lehigh University; California State University; Long Beach; and Florida International University.
Dr. Turban was a co-recipient of the 1984/85 National Management Science Award (Artificial Intelligence in Management),. In 1997 he received the Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award at California State University, Long Beach. Professor Turban is currently on the faculty of City University of Hong Kong, Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Business Administration. Professor Turban's current major interest is electronic commerce, strategy, and implementation.
