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Business Driven Information Systems discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this contemporary approach is that business initiatives should drive technology choices. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs. This text provides the foundation that will enable students to achieve excellence in business, whether they major in operations management, manufacturing, sales, marketing, finance, human resources, accounting, or virtually any other business discipline. Business Driven Information Systems is designed to give students the ability to understand how information technology can be a point of strength for an organisation. It includes a complete expansion pack of Microsoft Office plug-ins so that students can practise essential business applications without needing to purchase a separate textbook. In addition, the text’s integrated inclusion of mobile technologies, cloud computing, privacy, security and social networking reflect the digital reality of today’s business environment. This latest edition is current and highly readable – it includes over 35 new real world case studies and industry examples that highlight the power of MIS in business. New features such as Graduate Spotlights and “Where are they now?” will offer students insights into the career paths of MIS graduates, helping them to realise the relevancy of course content.

Associate Professor Kathy Lynch obtained her PhD in 2005 from Monash University. She is a cross-disciplinary academic who lectures information technology and education. She joined the University of the Sunshine Coast in 2007 as a researcher in Teaching and Research Services .

Before joining USC, Dr Lynch was at Monash University (Melbourne) in the Faculty of IT between 1997 and 2006, and in the Faculty of Education between 1995 and 1997. Prior to this she was in the Victorian TAFE sector, the Northern Territory, Queensland and the New South Wales secondary education sectors.

During her work in universities, Dr Lynch has been a founding director of the Centre for Educational Multimedia (Monash Education), a founding member of the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics (Monash) and the Information Systems Development Research Group (Monash IT). She remains an associate researcher for each of these groups. Additionally, she is an honorary research associate in the Faculty of IT at the University of Technology Sydney and in the Faculty of Computing and IT at Makerere University (Uganda).

Dr Lynch is Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge and Management /), and is an Associate Editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects /). She has also reviewed papers for ASCILITE, ACIS, AusWeb, ACE (Australian Computer Education Conference), ICTEV, HERDSA, ICCE (International Conference on Computers in Education), and the Hawaiian International Conference on Education. Dr Lynch was the co-track chair-Education at ACIS 2007, and is the track chair for ICT for Sustainablity at ICCIR 2009 (Uganda).

In 2005, Dr Lynch spent 5 weeks in Uganda, and since her return has established Aussie Friends of VOLSET, a charity organisation that supports villagers in the Lake Victoria region of Uganda to build capacity, and improve their health and education.

Paige Baltzan teaches in the Department of Information Technology and Electronic Commerce at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. She holds a B.S.B.A. specializing in Accounting/MIS from Bowling Green State University and an M.B.A. specializing in MIS from the University of Denver. Paige also teaches online at Strayer University. She is the co-author of several books, including Business Driven Technology, Essentials of Business Driven Information Systems, I-Series, and a contributor to Management Information Systems for the Information Age. Before joining the Daniels College faculty in 1999, Paige spent several years working for a large telecommunications company and an international consulting firm where she participated in client engagements in the United States, as well as South America and Europe. Paige lives in Lakewood, Colorado, with her husband, Tony, and daughters, Hannah and Sophie.

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