New Features:

Real World Cases provide current, relevant, and in-depth examples of IS theory applications. A combination of Case Study Questions and Real World Activities allows you to engage students on a variety of levels.

• More new Real World Cases: More than two-thirds of the cases are new to the Sixteenth Edition. These up-to-date cases provide students with in-depth business examples of the successes and challenges that companies are experiencing in implementing the information technology concepts covered in each chapter.
• Real World Challenges and Solutions provide students with an applied perspective for each of the topic areas and concepts presented in the text.

Retained Features:

Loads the text with Real World Challenges and Solutions, Real World Cases, in-depth examples (Green Boxes), and questions that help develop critical thinking skills (Real World Activities, Case Study Questions, Discussion Questions, and Analysis Exercises).

• One note for clarification—the new look and feel to this sixteenth edition has changed the previous blue boxes to green. Although we now call them by their new name, their intention remains the same—to help develop a more focused, and in-depth understanding of the topic area under study.
• Provides opportunities to learn about real people and companies in the business world with Real World Challenges and Real World Solutions.
• Organizes the text around a simple Five-Area Information Systems Framework that emphasizes the IS knowledge a business professional needs to know.
• Places a major emphasis on the strategic role of information technology in providing business professionals with tools and resources for managing business operations, supporting decision making, enabling enterprise collaboration, and gaining competitive advantage.