Essentials of Management Information Systems (8th Edition) |  | Authors: Jane Laudon, Kenneth Laudon
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 013602579X
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780136025795
ASIN: 013602579X
Publication Date: January 7, 2008
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Product Description
For undergraduate and graduate MIS courses. These authoritative authors continue to define the MIS course by emphasizing how business objectives shape the application of new information systems and technologies.
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 For a used book - it is like new! June 10, 2010
Christopher M. Robertson (South Carolina, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would not have known this book was used as it is in such good condition!
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 An absolute disgrace for the price. October 8, 2009
A. Neogy (Long Beach, CA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I wanted to give this book a fair review; so I made the decision to read six chapters before writing this. The textbook is filled with redundant definitions to key terms, complicated diagrams/graphs that do not make sense, and typographical errors(spelling mistakes) EVERYWHERE. I've found at least 12 typos so far, and I'm on page 191. It seems like the authors were trying to save some money on editing...
For the new price of $175, and the used price of roughly $100, the book is a disgrace. With the amount of typos, confusing diagrams, and redundant definitions- this book is worth no more than 30 bucks. The simple fact that MIS professors(such as my own) are making their students use this textbook really speaks volumes about the incompetency of some of todays teachers.
An example of one of the definitions: "Data cleansing, consists of detecting and correcting data in a database that are incorrect..."
Correcting incorrect information, about data in a database? Could these definitions be ANY MORE redundant?
An example of one of the *common typos: "For example, if a guest asks a bell captain a question, the bell caption can access the information..."
Please...
 Inane and cursory at best. February 3, 2009
B. Masi
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is one of the worst I've had to use in recent memory. Outdated with somewhat interesting yet detached case studies. The technical information is too basic to be of any use and the management topics can be better learned in an introductory management class. Instead of properly explaining the value and true uses of information systems in business the book merely seems to repeat that IS can be utilized to gain a competitive advantage.
The Worst Seller Ever July 11, 2010
CarmenM
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The book came as described. The problem was it took to long to come and I had to purchase the textbook from the campus bookstore anyway. I tried to contact the seller for a refund but was unable. I will NEVER do business with this person again.
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