[AISWorld] List of corporate information systems

[Kevin G Crowston]

Actually, I once thought of teaching a course structured that way, since none of the students I had at the times cared about IS but they did care about marketing, finance, etc. Maybe with ERP, the texts have had to consolidate also :-)

Kevin Crowston
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On 3 April 2015 at 1:29:00 PM, Carol Saunders (csaunder at ucf.edu) wrote:
> Kevin, Ironically back in the 80s there were some textbooks focused on how IS supported  
> the various functions: i.e., accounting, finance, marketing, human resources etc.  
> Each functional IS had a separate chapter...... I don't know of any textbook that has  
> such an organization now...
>  
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> Hi all,
>  
> I find that students often have trouble imagining all of the ways information systems  
> are used in a large company. They tend to focus on what they can see, saying for example  
> that one of the most important systems is the company website. One can talk in generalities,  
> but specific examples seem to stick much better. So, I was wondering if any one knew of  
> an actual list of some large company’s information systems (at all levels, transaction  
> processing, reporting, etc.). Interestingly, the Google searches I’ve tried turn  
> up lots of MIS textbook chapters, but nothing more concrete.
>  
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