Information systems /
Doyle, Stephen.
Information systems / Stephen Doyle. - 3rd ed. - Delta Place, UK: Nelson Thornes Limited, 2001. - x, 390 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is an information system -- The components of an information system -- The ins and outs of system : Input and Output -- Storing data -- Software -- Collecting your data -- Checking data -- How data is stored : Databases -- Types of computer operations -- Data transfer -- Ways of presenting your data -- How to describe an information system -- System analysis : Sounds hard, what is it ? -- Weather forecasting : An application of data logging -- Transferring data around : A company with a communication problem -- Systems security -- Data and you : The data protection act -- Computers and the law -- The social effects of information systems -- Controlling things -- Computers and your health -- The electronic office -- Simulations : Almost as food as the real thing -- Bulmer's : A case study -- Computer applications -- The internet.
9780748763672
Management information systems.
T58.6 / .D6 2001
Information systems / Stephen Doyle. - 3rd ed. - Delta Place, UK: Nelson Thornes Limited, 2001. - x, 390 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is an information system -- The components of an information system -- The ins and outs of system : Input and Output -- Storing data -- Software -- Collecting your data -- Checking data -- How data is stored : Databases -- Types of computer operations -- Data transfer -- Ways of presenting your data -- How to describe an information system -- System analysis : Sounds hard, what is it ? -- Weather forecasting : An application of data logging -- Transferring data around : A company with a communication problem -- Systems security -- Data and you : The data protection act -- Computers and the law -- The social effects of information systems -- Controlling things -- Computers and your health -- The electronic office -- Simulations : Almost as food as the real thing -- Bulmer's : A case study -- Computer applications -- The internet.
9780748763672
Management information systems.
T58.6 / .D6 2001