Business Mathematics & Systems Books

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Text and Cases. Eighth edition.

Web 2.0 is one of the most prominent business models for information systems. It brings together technology and social networks, and the interactivity that creates business value. This book integrates the business implications of Web 2.0/3.0, along with its linkage to business.

Enterprise application integration (EAI) is the IT challenge of making disparate business applications work together. This introduction explores EAI's pros and cons, and covers key terms and technologies, including distributed objects, object transaction monitors, CORBA, COM/DCOM, and the Web.

Retail financial services is a sector in which technological change - and in particular information technology (IT) - has become critically important. This book looks at how firms develop a strategic approach to IT in this sector.

The result of an international comparative research project on informatization in European public administration, this work addresses information policies, large scale information systems, informational infrastructure and water policy, and informatization and administrative modernization.

This volume explores the area of the integrity objective within IT security. It also examines the relationship between integrity in information systems and the overall internal control systems that are established in organizations to support the corporate governance codes.

This text deals with information systems from a management perspective. It focuses on the way in which business strategy is served by information systems, and explains the tools and techniques that will ensure that information systems strategies are in line with strategic business needs.

The Business-Focused, Best-Practice Guide to Succeeding with ITIL Change and Release Management ITIL(R) (Information Technology Infrastructure Library(R)) can help organizations streamline and integrate their operations, dramatically improving efficiency and delivering greater business value. For the first time, there's a comprehensive best-practice guide to succeeding with two of the most ...

Offers guidance on how to deliver an IT Service by employing ITIL, PRINCE2 and DSDM Atern together. This title discusses the three approaches and gives an overview and the benefits of each. It also describes the issues that arise from implementing ITIL, the structure and content of PRINCE2 and the breadth of DSDM.

Management Information Systemstakes a management perspective towards IS identifiing the issues of organisation and strategy that managers face as they decide how to respond to technological opportunities. The book draws on extensive research to present a distinct organisational perspective on the management of information systems, following the argument that managing successive IS projects as ...

This introduction to organizational analysis and change is written in a lively, pictorial and concise style. It starts from the belief that one cannot act responsibly without a rounded understanding of both the context and the likely implications of one's actions. The book conveys the essentials of practical systems work in organizational settings and integrates graphics and text throughout.

Reduce the environmental and budgetary impact of your IT infrastructure This groundbreaking work offers a complete roadmap for integrating environmentally sound techniques and technologies into your Information Systems architecture. Green IT explains how to adopt a business-driven green initiative and provides a detailed implementation plan. You will find strategies for reducing power needs, ...

Provides guidance on developing a risk management methodology that meets the requirements of ISO 27001, the information security management standard, and how to carry out a risk assessment that will help achieve corporate risk management objectives.

The real story of IT failures - an insider's view of the many problems and how to avoid them. It is not a formal treatise on project management techniques - rather it lifts the lid on the inner workings of the process, points out where the problems lie and what can be done to avoid the biggest pitfalls.

The Credit Scoring Toolkit provides an all-encompassing view of the use of statistical models to assess retail credit risk and provide automated decisions. In eight modules, the book provides frameworks for both theory and practice. It first explores the economic justification and history of Credit Scoring, risk linkages and decision science, statistical and mathematical tools, the assessment of .

Gives students the insights and knowledge they need to become active participants in information systems decisions. By demonstrating how IT relates to organizational design and business strategy, it covers the useful concepts of MIS.