Business information systems: an overview -- Strategic uses of information systems -- Information systems in business functions -- Information technology in business: hardward -- Information systems in business: software -- Information technology in business: telecommunications and networks -- E-Commerce: the Internet, Intranets, and Extranets -- Data and knowledge management -- Managers and their information needs -- Organizing information technology resources -- EDI, Supply chain management and global information systems -- Decision support and Georgraphic information systems -- Artificial intelligence and expert systems -- Planning information systems -- Systems development -- Alternative avenues for systems acquisition -- Risk, controls, and security measures

1. Management information systems