Book Summary of Information Technology For Management: Transforming Organizations In The Digital Economy The book provides managers with the most effective ways to use information systems using case studies across a range of industries, including: business, health care, and government not-for profit agencies. The authors examine case studies to highlight new technology and applications including fuzzy logic, neural computing, and hypermedia. Table of contents : Part I IT In The Organization • Information Technology in the Digital Economy • Information Technologies: Concepts and Management • Strategic Information Systems for Competitive Advantage PART II The Web Revolution • Network Computing: Discovery, Communication, and Collaboration • E-Business and E-Commerce • Mobile, Wireless, and Pervasive Computing PART III Organizational Applications • Transaction Processing, Functional Applications, CRM, and Integration • Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resources Planning • Online Planning and Business Process Redesign PART IV Managerial And Decision Support Systems • Knowledge Management • Data Management: Warehousing, Analyzing, Mining, and Visualization • Management Decision Support and Intelligent Systems Part V Implementing And Managing IT • Information Technology Economics • Building Information Systems • Managing Information Resources and IT Security • Impacts of IT on Individuals, Organizations, and Society Glossary Photo Credits Global Index Name/Subject Index Market Description : • MIS Managers About 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, and Faculty of Business Administration. Professor Turban's current major interest is electronic commerce, strategy, and implementation. Dr. Ephraim McLean obtained his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Cornell University in 1958. After brief service in the U.S. Army Ordinance Corps, he worked for Proctor