Directed primarily toward undergraduate CIS/MIS college/university majors, this text also provides practical content to current and aspiring industry professionals. Information Systems Today shows how information technology and systems are continuing to expand within all aspects of today's organizations and society. 0133098753 / 9780133098754 Information Systems Today: Manageing in the Digital World Plus MyMISLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of 0132971216 / 9780132971218 Information Systems Today: Managing in the Digital World 6/e 0132992051 / 9780132992053 MyMISlab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Information Systems Today: Managing in the Digital World
Joseph S. Valacich (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and is The George and Carolyn Hubman Distinguished Professor in Information Systems for the College of Business and Economics at Washington State University, Pullman. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and is a Charter Member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). He is currently serving on the joint ACM-AIS task force designing the curriculum for Master of Science Information Systems Programs. He was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Service Award from the Washington State University College of Business and Economics in 1997, and is vice-chairperson of ICIS 1999 in Charlotte. Dr. Valacich was recently identified as one of the ten-most productive Information Systems researchers in the world and his current research interests include technology-mediated group decision-making, electronic commerce, the diffusion of technology in organizations, and distance learning. Dr. Valacich serves on the editorial board of Small Group Research and is an Associate Editor for MIS Quarterly.
I really wish I could rate this book higher because some of the material it covers is good for IT people who might not fully understand how some parts of the computer work, such as the processor, RAM, and cache memory.
However, the book also has a number of glaring errors that should have been caught during the editing process, such as information about Charles Babbage's Difference Engine and the difference between PCI-X and PCIe slots.
When a book can't bother to get easily identified facts right, I question the overall validity of the book as a whole.