Integration of Mis Books

Why do we need these references?

Basically, BA 125 is all about Management Information Systems (MIS), thus we need these references: Management Information Systems for the Information Age (Haag and Cummings, 2010), Database Management Essential Concepts and Techniques in Microsoft Access 2007 (Shelly, Cashman and Vermaat, 2010), and Systems Analysis and Design (Shelly, Cashman, Rosenblatt). All of these books revolve around the concept of MIS which refers to a computer-based system that provides managers with the tools to organize, evaluate, and efficiently manage departments within an organization. It can include software that helps in decision making, data resources such as databases, the hardware resources of a system, decision support systems, people management and project management applications, and any computerized processes that enable the department to run efficiently. These books talk about the basics of an information system, creating and encoding records on a database using software and how to correctly analyze and properly maintain the information in the database using a certain combination. The first reference mainly talks about those mentioned above about MIS. Understanding e-Commerce well can be an advantage because it can be a business’ strategy. We can also learn about enterprise infrastructures, supply chain management, insourcing and outsourcing, etc. that are useful in the business environment especially for us business students. It is also filled with real world stories of companies and how they have improved their competitive positions using information technology, where we can get lessons and techniques that we can apply in the future. There are also projects that require the creation of database reports or spread sheet pivot tables which can enhance your database skills. The second reference is specifically about Microsoft Access 2007, one of the software used in database management. This reference is very useful because it presents the...