Contents include organizations, management, and the network revolution, information technology infrastructure, building information systems: contemporary approaches, management and organizational support systems, managing information systems, and more.An introduction to management information systems for undergraduate and MBA students, presenting core material from the authors' larger text, . Contains sections on organizational and technical foundations, communications and networks, building information systems, support systems, and managing information systems. Features boxed readings, chapter summaries, key terms, review and discussion questions, group projects, and case studies with questions. This second edition integrates material on the Internet and directions to WWW sites with interactive projects. Also available on CD-ROM.