Enterprise Information Systems: A Pattern-Based Approach

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 544 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
• Edition: 3rd Edition January 30, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072404299
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072404296
• Book Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 2.2 pounds

Book Description
Enterprise Information Systems: A Pattern Based Approach, 3e, by Dunn/Cherrington/Hollander presents a pattern-based approach to designing enterprise information systems with a particular emphasis on the enterprise-wide database. This edition is built on the idea that a separation between accounting information systems and management information systems should not exist. We believe patterns help people see the "big picture" of enterprises more clearly and therefore help design better systems. We believe you cannot identify anything that we need to account for that we do not also need to manage; nor can we identify anything we need to manage that we do not also need to account for. In this edition, we will show how a well-designed REA-based Accounting Information System is the Enterprise Information System.

Reader Reviews
I was a student in a college course that used this textbook. I'm happy that I earned the credits for it but not much else. This is a dismal textbook, plain and simple. It starts in chapter 1 where the authors engage in a lofty praise of reengineering. The fact that many reengineering projects did not accomplish the desired results does not even get mentioned by the authors. So much for their research! The rest of the book chiefly focuses on the description of a database based upon the various business processes. The examples show a very complex database. However, the information provided in the book would not be sufficient to design a similar one from scratch. Overall, this book focuses way too much on an academic view of business with little relation to the real world. Comment | | (Report this)