As a group of authors and contributors working together, we carefully pored over the insightful reviews we gathered from instructors throughout Canada and the United States. This resulted in an expanded and improved second Canadian edition of Management Information Systems for the Information Age. The Canadian Environment
Examples of Canadian companies, government policies, health care issues, and more pervade every aspect of the text. Throughout the text, you will find new or updated opening and closing Canadian case studies, Industry Perspectives, Global Perspectives, Assignments and Exercises, Real HOT Group projects, and Team Work and On Your Own projects, as well as new or expanded coverage of such topics as intelligent agents and statistical tools (Chapter 3), groupware (Chapter 4), the role of the Canadian government (Chapter 5), payment systems (Chapter 5), privacy and Canadian law (Chapter 8), and new and emerging technologies (Chapter 9). Organization and Structure
The second Canadian edition provides you with the ultimate flexibility in tailoring content to the exact needs of your MIS or IT course. Built with nine chapters, two integrated Extended Learning Modules (XLMs or modules), four additional XLMs at the end of the text, and four Skills Learning Modules on CD-ROM, this text allows you to decide the extent to which you want to cover technical topics, application/programming topics and business/managerial topics. Both the Extended Learning Modules and Skills Learning Modules are self-contained units, and can be easily covered by instructors at any point in their courses, or not at all. A New Look
All of the text’s content updates and new pedagogical features are presented in a visually-appealing, streamlined, format. Moving to a much cleaner, single-column format, with overhauled palette and design of pedagogical boxes, the new Canadian edition is sure to appeal to instructors and students alike. Engaging Pedagogy
The second Canadian edition has been approached with active learning and real-world examples in mind. Grounded in content, the text has been designed to facilitate student learning through several learning tools created with this in mind: - New Skills Learning Modules on the text CD-ROM and Online Learning Centre focus on skill-based learning in Excel, Access, HTML, and building e-Portfolios.
- Opening and Closing Case Studies from Canada and abroad give a real-world context for the topics at hand.
- Industry Perspective and Global Perspective focus boxes throughout the text bring real-world Canadian and international context to the subjects at hand.
- Student Learning Outcomes and Summaries act as a road-map to knowledge, focusing students on what they should know or be able to do upon completing each chapter and module.
- Team Work and On Your Own Projects are integrated into the text.
- Assignments and Exercises at the end of each chapter help students apply what they have learned.
- Real HOT Electronic Commerce Projects at the end of each chapter broaden student horizons by requiring them to explore the Web.
Complete Teaching / Learning Package- Instructor’s Manual —Provided to instructors in an effort to help prepare class presentations. Beyond providing an outline of the chapters and modules and answers to the various projects, exercises, and assignments, the IM includes Concept Reinforcement boxes to guide use of the text’s pedagogy and modules, and facilitate class participation. The IM is available in Word format through the Online Learning Centre.
- Test Bank —Instructors receive special software to select both multiple-choice questions and problems requiring full solutions from the bank of over 2,000 questions tied to the text material. These questions and problems may be selected according to topic and degree of difficulty criteria. Instructors may edit test items and add new questions to the test bank.
- Videos —A complete set of CBC Videos including segments from The National and UNDERcurrents, as well as a set of six original videos tied to topics in the text, are available to instructors.
- Text CD-ROM —Accompanying this text is a CD-ROM containing four new Skills Learning Modules, data sets, additional focus boxes, Real HOT Group Projects, glossary, and over 1000 web links to relevant sites.
- Online Learning Centre:
Instructors Resources —A secured area for instructors stores essential course materials, including the Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint presentations, solutions to Real HOT Group Projects, and more. Student Resources —The student area of the OLC stores videos, PowerPoints, data files, and online quizzes that follow each chapter and module in the text. Plus, students can find additional content, including Skills Learning Modules, additional focus boxes, Real HOT Group Projects, a searchable glossary, and over 1000 web links to relevant sites.
Grateful Appreciation
As we now enter our second Canadian edition of this text, it has become painfully obvious that "authors" are only a small part of the overall equation that makes a good text. Within McGraw-Hill Ryerson, there are numerous groups of people who have made this project successful, including Editorial (Patrick Ferrier, VP and Editorial Director; Catherine Koop, Senior Sponsoring Editor; and Darren Hick, Developmental Editor), Production (Kelly Dickson, Margaret Henderson, and Rodney Rawlings), and Sales and Marketing (Jeff MacLean, Mike Ryan, and Kim Verhaeghe). As well, we would like to acknowledge all of the work done by the staff at McGraw-Hill/Irwin, publisher of the US edition of the text, which forms the basis of the Canadian edition. We would also like to take this time to especially acknowledge the wonderful efforts of our Research Assistant – Daniel Tomiuk. Daniel has brought to the table unique research and writing talents helping to make this text truly Canadian. Last, but certainly not least, we would offer our gratitude to our reviewers. They took on a thankless job that paid only a portion of its true worth and contributed in countless ways to the development of the second Canadian edition. They include: | Deborah Compeau, University of Western Ontario | Rob Hollis, Dalhousie University | | Ralph Deters, University of Saskatchewan | Leo Kerklaan, McGill University | | Allan Dyer, University of Guelph | Jocelyn King, University of Alberta | | Felix Ernst, Camosun College | Dennis Kira, Concordia University | | Len Fertuck, University of Toronto | Ron Murch, University of Calgary | | Dale Foster, Memorial University | Anne Banks Pidduck, University of Waterloo | | Bob Goldstein, University of British Columbia | |
As well, we would like to thank the reviewers of the US edition of the text, whose insight helped to shape not only the American edition, but the Canadian as well: | Ron Lemos, California State University – Los Angeles | Bryan Foltz, East Carolina University | | Alicia Fetters, De Moines Area CC – Ankeny | Laurette Simmons, Loyola University – Maryland | | Morris Pondfield, Towson University | Ron Berry, University of LA at Monroe | | David Bradbard, Winthrop University | Kenneth R. Lee, Delaware Valley College | | Bennie D. Waller, Francis Marion University | Dennis Williams, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | | Sumit Sircar, University of Texas at Arlington | Robert J. Mills, Utah State University | | Mike Raisingani, University of Dallas | James Waegelein, University of Kansas-Lawrence | | Harold Wise, East Carolina University | Brian Kovar, Kansas State University | | Lawrence Andrew, Western Illinois University | Kent Whitman, Franklin Pierce College | | Craig Tyran, Western Washington University | Joy M. Perrine, Penn State University – Shenango | | Ross A. Malaga, University of Maryland | Denise Nitterhouse, DePaul University |
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