Principles of Information Systems

by Ralph M. Stair and George W. Reynolds

Book Overview

Develop an understanding of the core principles of IS and how it is practiced today with PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 13th edition. This edition combines the latest research with the most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1285867165
• ISBN13: 9781285867168
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

good item

this item is in a very good condition. Also, the shipping was much faster than what i expected. I was impressed on everything.

Great Book

This is one of the best information systems books I've ever used. My college course requires this textbook. If anyone is interested to learn about the management of information systems, then this is the perfect book for you.

Textbook for Online Course

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Stair & Reynolds take the middle road

Having both studied and taught IS, I'll make two separate sets of comments - one for professors and one for students.Students first... There is a well-done website that accompanies the book, which includes outlines, sample tests & quizzes, and related study materials. The text is about average in terms of readability in comparison to other texts on the subject (IS texts tend to read a little on the dry side). Unless your professor insists on the latest edition, you may be able to get by with a previous edition, since the chapter structures & content haven't been re-arranged much for the last two editions. You must be advised on the issue of using previous editions, though, since Stair and Reynolds do a fair job of keeping the material up-to-date.For professors... In my experience, IS texts seem to fall into either a highly technical or highly managerial category. Stair and Reynolds do a fair job of plotting a course between the two, although I have found that the "technical" chapters seem to be a little too much for undergraduate business students in their standard "MIS" course (I've never taught engineering students, but the same may hold true for the "managerial" chapters on the other side of the fence). The text is accompanied with ample instructor resources, including a CD and a website with slideshows, notes, outlines, and various other pedagogical tools. The testbank is easy to use, but can be somewhat challenging for an undergraduate business student, adequate for an undergraduate MIS student, and contains enough "difficult" questions that you should be able to use it for a MBA students as well. I would pick something else for a graduate MS/ MIS curriculum. Stair and Reynolds have also done a fair job of keeping the material up-to-date, which has resulted, after six editions, in a pretty decent proiduct. For me, the instructor resources make Stair and Reynolds a good choice by comparison to other IS texts.

This book attained excellence

This book offers a complete view of the matter it deals with. It is an essential reference to anyone who wants to get a complete idea of how to use computers at work in the more efficient and effective way. As a teacher of Information System at Uniban, São Paulo, Brazil, I consider it a fundamental book that offers a creative and interesting insight in the subject. We had no doubt in adopting it as a basic text in the course we have, since the first year.