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Title: Information Systems: A Management Perspective (3rd Edition) by Steven Alter ISBN: 0-201-35109-9 Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $109.33

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (6 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Classification mania
Comment: This book tries to classify and name things related to IS without giving them in depth (or any) explanations. The WCA classification pyramid goes all through the book. Typical example from p. 162 of the text: "Communication systems: helps people work together by sharing information in many different forms; Typical user: Anyone who communicates with others including office workers, managers and professionals" Are you looking for such deep insights???

Rating: 4
Summary: Information Systems: A Management Perspective
Comment: Good treatment of managerial techniques. Excellent case studies and thought provoking questions throughout each chapter. But the format of the book makes it hard to read.

Rating: 1
Summary: A too generalist book
Comment: This book presents some interesting basic ideas about business systems through the Work-Centered Analysis framework. It presents also a number of real world cases. But the book suffers from a lack of details and deep analysis. The author attempted to address a large number of issues without really giving the reader a good understanding of those issues. Also, too many IT aspects are presented and many of IT related definitions are either imprecise or incomplete. The book can be used by someone who wants to memorize the hundreds of business and technical buzzwords that are a la mode today.

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