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26 Preface

For more information on the AACSB Assurance of Learning Program, and
how this text supports assessment-based learning, please visit the Web site for
this book.

Customization and Flexibility: New Learning Track
Modules
Our Learning Tracks feature gives instructors the flexibility to provide in-depth
coverage of the topics they choose. There are over 40 Learning Tracks avail-
able to instructors and students. A Learning Tracks section at the end of each
chapter directs students to short essays or additional chapters in MyMISLab.
This supplementary content takes students deeper into MIS topics, concepts
and debates; reviews basic technology concepts in hardware, software, database
design, telecommunications, and other areas; and provide additional hands-
on software instruction. The 13th Edition includes new Learning Tracks on
E-Commerce Payment Systems, LAN Topologies, and the Occupational and
Career Outlook for Information Systems Majors 2012–2018.

AUTHOR-CERTIFIED TEST BANK AND SUPPLEMENTS

• Author-Certified Test Bank. The authors have worked closely with skilled
test item writers to ensure that higher level cognitive skills are tested. The
test bank includes multiple-choice questions on content, but also includes
many questions that require analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills.
• New Annotated Interactive PowerPoint Lecture Slides. The authors have
prepared a comprehensive collection of over five hundred PowerPoint slides
to be used in lectures. Ken Laudon uses many of these slides in his MIS
classes and executive education presentations. Each of the slides is anno-
tated with teaching suggestions for asking students questions, developing
in-class lists that illustrate key concepts, and recommending other firms as
examples in addition to those provided in the text. The annotations are like
an Instructor's Manual built into the slides and make it easier to teach the
course effectively.

STUDENT LEARNING-FOCUSED

Student learning objectives are organized around a set of study questions to
focus student attention. Each chapter concludes with a review summary and
review questions organized around these study questions.

MYMISLAB

MyMISLab is a Web-based assessment and tutorial tool that provides practice
and testing while personalizing course content and providing student and class
assessment and reporting. Your course is not the same as the course taught
down the hall. Now, all the resources that instructors and students need for
course success are in one place—flexible and easily organized and adapted
for an individual course experience. Visit www.pearsonglobaleditions.com/
mymislab to see how you can teach, learn, and experience MIS.

CAREER RESOURCES

The Instructor’s Resource section of the Laudon Web site also provides exten-
sive Career Resources, including job-hunting guides and instructions on how to

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