Synopsis In today's technical era, there is a growing need of good book for all those interested in pursuing career in IT and information system and to understand the way it is used to provide information for various functions in business. The main objective of the present book is to examine and explain the following issues:

    * The nature of information, its role and use in planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling a business organization.
    * The impact of IT on end-user working in business.
    * The way information is organized, stored and processed by the use of IT in the present managerial scenario.
    * The impact of computer networks and the Internet on business.
    * The level of managerial decision-making and how information system supports decision-making process at each level.
    * The development process of information system for various business operations and
    * Control and security issues for information system.

A number of cases are given at the end of the book, on different issues covered in different chapters, so as to introduce business problems and to discuss and understand the various stages of the systems development process.