MIS Cases: Solving Small Business Scenarios Using Application Software, 2nd Edition

Preface

This book is designed as a supplement for an information systems or information technology introductory course. It contains 22 small business case scenarios that will help your students understand the use of database applications, spreadsheet applications, and Web design.

The book has seven chapters, with three cases in each chapter. Cases 1 through 9 are Access database small business scenarios. There is an additional capstone case in Access. Cases 10 through 18 are Excel spreadsheet scenarios. Cases 19 through 21 are website design scenarios. The cases have been designed to fit into a one-hour instructor demonstration.

The first case in every chapter is used as a teaching case to be demonstrated to your students during class. The second and third cases match the skill set of the demonstrated teaching case, allowing the students to practice what they have learned in these additional assignment cases. These small business cases include tracking business revenue within multiple stores, projecting the cost of remodeling a restaurant, managing inventory in a chiropractic office using a client database, and many other scenarios. The skill level for each set of cases progresses from beginning to intermediate to advanced. The capstone case in Access encompasses the majority of skills taught in the previous Access cases.

BREAKDOWN OF CASE DESIGN

The cases in the book have a consistent ...