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Title: Information Systems Management in Practice (5th Edition) by Barbara C. McNurlin, Ralph H. Sprague ISBN: 0-13-034073-1 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 14 June, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $124.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.55 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Better than I expected !!
Comment: After reading the previous reviews of this course text for my Ph.D., I was very concerned about HAVING to spend this kind of money for a "know-nothing" text. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The level of depth of this text is very good and I found the authors, while not necessarily that original, did an excellent job of creating relationship bridges between their various topics included in the book. Their level of coverage of specific topics in the case studies waxed and waned but for the most part added very well to the intent of the text.
This is an excellent text for people stepping up to management levels within Information Systems or just beginning to get their feet wet in IS Strategic Planning. It even offers some insights that experienced IS Managers might not have reached in the past.
Overall, a very good general treatment and introduction to the field.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ideal for learning about IS management
Comment: I bought this book for my MSc in Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems and I consider that it was extremely helpful. The chapter about the perspectives of IS and the role of the CIO are very interesting. In the chapter about Information Systems Planning, they included lots of concepts related to strategy, linking IS Planning with six different approaches/techniques: Stages of Growth, Critical Success Factors, Competitive Forces Model, Value Chain Analysis, Internet Value Matrix and Linkage Analysis Planning. The chapters about managing systems development are really instructive also. I strongly recommend the book for those IT practitioners whom are seeking a managerial position. It is very useful to managers and strategists as well.
Rating: 1
Summary: Great paperweight, good consolidation of other people's work
Comment: This book provides various sources of information but no analysis by the book's authors. It is a patch work of case studies, excerpts, and paraphrasing of other texts to which I hope the original authors are getting paid royalties for.
Some of the diagrams are simplistic, others are useless. More than half of them are from other sources.
The book seems to formulate points of interest (e.g. traditional, evolving, and present-day IT roles) without providing analysis of why and how this affects future trends in IS management.
I had to write a review after reading nebulous fluff like, "Being a manufacturer, LifeScan has instituted quality processes." (which successful company doesn't) or "Way back in 1964,..." (not just back, but WAY back). When you do read something of slight interest it is almost always followed by something like, "so says Mr. so-and-so, in this-paper-that-he-wrote." (e.g. pp. 126-127 whenever "Rayport and Sviokla" is mentioned - 4 times in about 1 page of text and in every paragraph - the authors are paraphrasing a point Rayport and Sviokla made)
I'm truly amazed this book is this bad after five revisions. The authors seem to have the right information, but they really need to provide their own insights and analysis. And also have my high school english teacher review it to cut the fluff out.
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Title: Good Intentions Aside: A Manager's Guide to Resolving Ethical Problems by Laura L. Nash ISBN: 0875844294 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Business Law Today, The Essentials by Roger Leroy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz ISBN: 0324120966 Publisher: South-Western College Pub Pub. Date: 18 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $88.95 |
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Title: Creating the Multicultural Organization: A Strategy for Capturing the Power of Diversity by Taylor Cox, Jr., Taylor Cox ISBN: 0787955841 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 06 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Knowledge Management by Elias M Awad, Hassan M. Ghaziri ISBN: 0130348201 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 05 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $117.33 |
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Title: Information Systems Management in Practice, Sixth Edition by Barbara C. McNurlin, Ralph H. Sprague ISBN: 0131011391 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 16 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $125.00 |
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