The Computer studies
2 total works
Business Information Systems looks at the role and function of computer based information systems in modern business and industrial organisations. It deals with those aspects that need to be considered in strategic planning for development, and builds on the material of other texts in the series to describe transaction processing and office systems. The book discusses methods of data storage and retrieval and describes the analysis and design approach which leads towards the most efficient and flexible information systems. The text is supported throughout by numerous examples which relate current methods and developments in computing to specific systems.
This book provides wide coverage of office work and of the technology which is increasingly being applied to it. It describes various types of office information systems from both the technological and sociological aspects. The book also explores the implications which office technology has for the future of office work, for the management of Information Technology within the organisation and for the management of an organisation's information resources. The book draws together topics which are covered in more detail in texts on word processing, data processing, communications, small business systems, systems analysis, workstation ergonomics, industrial relations and office studies.