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The analysis, design, and implemantion of information systems
The purpose of this text is to provide a student with an understanding of information systems, management, and the operation of the computer department in an organization. The book is divided into three parts. In Part One the nature of the organization, the role of management, and the role of computer-based systems in the organization are discussed. The purpose of this first section is to furnish perspective on information systems and on the new approach to systems design advocated in the next section.
Part Two is the heart of the text and deals with systems analysis and design, one of the major creative tasks undertaken in a modern organization. Part Three of the book discusses some of the problems of managing the computer department to prepare the student to undertake information systems-related activities in an organization.
The book is designed for students who plan to become programmers, systems analysts, and/or managers in the information systems area. The text assumes that the student has completed a course on a higher-level procedural programming language such as COBOL, PL/1, ALGOL, etc. The text should fit the needs of a second or third course on computers or data processing at the undergraduate level. While the book assumes no further background than a good programming course, some prior preparation on hardware, software, and data base technology will make individual topics more meaningful.
For schools with a limited number of information systems courses, the text is intended to follow an introductory programming course and prepare the student for an entry level position in the computer field. For schools which are able to offer a variety of information systems courses, Certain topics in the book can be used as either a review of aprior course (e.g., Chapter 7 on files) or an introduction to a more specialized elective (e. g., Chapter 13 on the management of the computer department). The book encompasses almost all the topics for the ACM Curriculum Recommendations for Undergraduate Programs in Information Systems course
UD9, Systems Design and Implementation, and about 70 percent of the topics in UA8, Systems Concepts and Implications.
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