New Features:

• 30% new blue boxes
• Two-thirds of the Real World Cases are new to the Fourteenth Edition
• New small business Real World Cases. Twenty percent of the cases now discuss the role IT plays in the challenges and successes of small-to-medium businesses.
• New section on Transaction Processing Systems
• New and improved Analysis Exercises

Retained Features :

• Analysis Exercises – Exercises at the end of each chapter provide practice analyzing problems and using applications to arrive at solutions.
• Fundamental roles of information systems – The book opens with an introduction to business and an overview of the managerial challenges of IT.
• Thorough coverage of Competitive Advantage Issues.
• Complete coverage of business application software: the Computer Software chapter covers the following: application service providers, XML and Java, and Web services.
• Data Resource Management: Material on database software and traditional file processing provides a balance of the topics covered in the course.
• Most Current Real-World Material: as with all O’Brien’s texts, this book incorporates the cases and photos at the last possible moment so the text illustrates concepts with the most current and relevant examples.
• MISource: This computer CD-based tutorial supplement designed to helps students refresh prerequisite computer skills and reinforces MIS concepts. It includes all the simulations and lessons from the MOS exam up to and including the CORE level in excel, access and power point; as well as learning material animations of IT concepts and critical-thinking video cases on specific MIS concepts. The CD is packaged for free with each text.