With Experiencing MIS, you'll learn to use information systems to create value and solve business problems. The text is designed to help you develop the skills that companies demand as they innovate with new technologies. Illustrative cases, exercises, and collaborative projects are included to get you hands-on achieving business strategies and applying sound ethical practices. IS career guides throughout highlight real-world opportunities to turn course knowledge into career success.
The 10th Edition has been updated to introduce you to the latest advancements in MIS, with new coverage of data breaches and evolving technologies, such as self-driving cars. Problem-solving activities featuring authentic business tasks have also been added. You'll practice completing IS challenges using Excel, Access, or Web applications, with 45 application exercises to choose from.
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For introductory courses in Management Information Systems.
Turn concepts into practice
Experiencing MIS illustrates how organizations use information systems to create value and solve problems. As companies become dependent on new technologies, graduates with the knowledge to manage IS are in demand. Kroenke and Boyle teach the skills required to succeed in this rapidly changing landscape. With an emphasis on applying technology to achieve business strategies, this modular text uses illustrative cases, exercises, and projects to connect concepts to the workplace.
The 10th Edition includes the latest advancements in MIS, including new coverage of self-driving cars, data breaches and more.
Hallmark features of this title
Real-world focus
- Chapter-opening business scenarios illustrate the value of chapter objectives.
- 4 recurring guides tie content to 4 key subjects: innovative technology; security; IS careers; and ethics.
Organized for learning
- Question-driven chapters help students focus on the essential objectives of the course as they read.
- The text’s modular design allows for using or skipping chapter extensions, providing the flexibility to extend learning on key chapter topics when desired.
Active skill development
- 45 application exercises help students solve IS challenges using Excel, Access, or Web applications, combining MIS and Microsoft Office coverage in one text.
- Collaboration techniques and activities throughout build skills essential for the IS industry.
New and updated features of this title
Cases highlighting technology
- NEW: The text's hallmark cases (feat. a mobile shopping co. with self-driving vehicles and a cloud-based medical analytics co.) are made current with new coverage.
Chapter-ending guides
- NEW: 12 security guides highlight cybersecurity issues that affect the technology and systems covered in the corresponding chapter.
- NEW: 10 So What? features present new exercises and questions designed to help students see why chapter content is relevant to their world.
- NEW: 6 updated career guides, featuring the first-hand accounts of successful IS graduates, help students see how course knowledge leads to real-world IS career opportunities.
- NEW: 10 ethics guides let students grapple with an ethical dilemma related to information systems, revealing fundamental principles of ethics, IS, and business in general.
- NEW: 6 chapter-ending case studies provide real-world challenges and problem-solving techniques that utilize featured technology and systems.
Features of MyLab MIS for the 10th Edition
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- NEW: MyLab MIS questions have been added to Chapter 1 (sections 1-4), further engaging students in MIS and its impact on contemporary business and government.
- Auto-graded Microsoft Application projects allow students to work live in Excel and Access to solve business problems.
- Engaging Videos explore business topics in each chapter and are accompanied by a quiz to assess student comprehension of the concepts that the videos cover.
- Decision-Making Mini Simulations allow students to apply course concepts and develop decision-making skills as they role-play through real-world business challenges.
- Case Study Video Activities have students analyze a real-world MIS case and complete an assessment to demonstrate understanding.
- Students can access Microsoft SharePoint site collections using MyLab MIS and a browser. Pearson will set up a SharePoint site at your request, enabling students to use the world's most popular collaboration software to respond to the exercises at the end of each chapter. See your Pearson sales representative for more information.
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