TY - BOOK AU - Laudon, Kenneth C. AU - Traver, Carol Guercio;Laudon, Jane P. TI - Information technology concepts and issues SN - 760049173 AV - Z 699.5.T4 L38 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Course Technology Cengage Learning KW - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY N1 - Includes index; Chapter 1. New Horizons -- Chapter 2. Hardware -- Chapter 3. Software -- Chapter 4. Applications Software -- Chapter 5. Communication Technology -- Chapter 6. Communication Technologies in Action: the internet and more -- Chapter 7. Building information systems -- Chapter 8. Information Technology in Business -- Chapter 9. Information Technology in our World -- Chapter 10. Ethical and Social issues in the information age N2 - Covers the whole range of information technologies including sensing devices, processors, display and communications. In place of the "computer in the box" approach, this text focuses on issues and conflicts ER -