Information Technology for Management

By
Ramesh Behl
2nd Reprint 2011

ISBN (13) : 978-0-07-014492-7.

ISBN (10) : 0-07-014492-3.
Published by: Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Limited, New Delhi.
No. of Pages: 559.

Information Technology (IT) is the branch of engineering that deals with the use of
computers and telecommunications to store, retrieve and transmit information. The
acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical
information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications
are its main fields. Today IT has become one of the essential tools of management. The speed
and flexibility that it provides to corporate entities often offers the competitive edge which
allows an organization to survive and flourish. IT also offers a similar competitiveness to
individuals who are managing the technology and also who are dependent on the technology.

The book is designed for introductory courses on information technology for students of
different universities and professional courses. The book has been written to create an
understanding of how IT and technology networks work, how they are used for management
functions, what they can & cannot do and how the manager or user should use this to gain
competitive advantage. The book also covers the application of technology in management
and the opportunities it can provide for more effective performance, as well as covers the
emerging technologies and addresses the concerns about data integrity, security, and privacy.

The book is divided into six sections and twelve chapters. The first section –“Business
Organization and Role of Information Technology” provides an overview of IT. The second –
“Technology Infrastructure” covers the technological topics from inception to latest trends.
The next section –“Information Technology for Decision Making” is about business
application. The fourth one – “Inter and Intra-organizational Systems” focuses on the role of
Internet based business models and also enterprise wide information system. The “Building
Intelligent Systems for Businesses” section focuses on decision theories and IT based decision
models. The last section – “Planning, Implementation and Managing Information Systems”
covers the concept of information system planning and development.

The book is expected to serve as a good text book as each chapter starts with a set of
questions thereby laying a scenario ahead followed by lucid explanation of the concepts. And
there is wealth of staff at the end of each chapter. Management summary, keywords, review
questions, questions for discussions, exercises, group projects and caselets are also expected
to provide scope for brain storming after the text has been read.

(PROF. SUBIR CHAKRABARTY)

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