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Managing and Using Information Systems
A STRATEGIC APPROACH
Sixth Edition
Keri E. Pearlson KP Partners
Carol S. Saunders W.A. Franke College of Business Northern Arizona University Dr. Theo and Friedl Schoeller Research Center for Business and Society
Dennis F. Galletta Katz Graduate School of Business University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. PA
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ISBN: 978-1-119-24428-8 (BRV) ISBN: 978-l-119-24807-l (EVALC)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Pearlson, Keri E. I Saunders, Carol S. I Galletta, Dennis F. Title: Managing and using information systems: a strategic approach / Keri
E. Pearlson, Carol S. Saunders, Dennis F. Galletta. Description: 6th edition. I Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2015] I
Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015041210 (print) I LCCN 2015041579 (ebook) I ISBN 9781119244288 (loose-leaf: alk. paper) I ISBN 9781119255208 (pdf) I ISBN 9781119255246 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Knowledge management. I Information technology-Management. I Management information systems. I Electronic commerce.
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Preface
Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.
Bill Gates Microsoft 1
I'm not hiring MBA students for the technology you learn while in school, but for your ability to learn about, use and subsequently manage new technologies when you get out.
Give me a fish and I eat for a day; teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.