Bélanger: Information Systems for Business: An Experiential Approach

Information Systems for Business

An Experiential Approach

France Bélanger, Virginia Tech
Craig Van Slyke, Louisiana Tech University
Robert E. Crossler, Washington State University

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Overview

Information Systems for Business takes an experiential approach, particularly through the use of learning activities interspersed throughout the book. This pedagogical design facilitates active learning, critical thinking, and retention. It also provides students the tools and basic knowledge they will need to continually figure out how new technologies are going to fit into their lives.

Edition 5.0 has been updated throughout to explore the growing impact of AI for Information Systems and for business in general.

Features

Maintain student engagement
Concise, focused chapters help students stay engaged.

Encourage active learning and critical thinking
Activities provided for each topic deepen students' connection and provide a springboard for critical thought and classroom discussion.

Enhance retention
End-of-chapter materials reinforce declarative knowledge; stimulate reflection; and challenge students to synthesize their knowledge by relating concepts to each other.

Appropriate for Innovative Teaching Modalities
Ideal for flipped classrooms, online courses, and traditional classrooms.

Detailed Instructor Manual
The extensive instructor manual provides detailed instructions and further suggestions for how to design a learner-centered approach in your course.

For Edition 5.0

Explore the numerous impacts of AI
The textbook has been purposefully updated throughout to cover the wide range of ways AI is having an impact including among others in robotic process automation, cybersecurity, enterprise resource planning (ERP), e-business, and creating a competitive advantage. Numerous AI cases and learning activities have been added to stimulate thinking and raise questions to prepare students for current and future AI-related challenges.

Comprehensively updated
Statistics and links have been updated. Many examples and hands-on activities have been replaced to maintain relevance.

About the Authors

Dr. France Bélanger is University Distinguished Professor, R. B. Pamplin Professor, and Tom and Daisy Byrd Senior Faculty Fellow at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She has been teaching information systems (IS) for more than 30 years in the United States, as well as in Canada, Ethiopia, Portugal, and New Zealand. She has published several books and articles on IS education-related topics, including a highly cited book on distance learning.

Dr. Bélanger is a proponent of learner-centered approaches to IS education and has developed a number of tools and materials to facilitate such learning. She has led numerous workshops related to education, learner-centered teaching, and mentoring. In 2022, she co-launched an outreach program called “Voices of Privacy” to educate society about information privacy issues and solutions.

She is ranked in several most cited author lists, including among others, the top 1 percent most influential authors across all disciplines and times (Stanford Study) and top 100 most cited IS researchers based on H-index (University of Arizona). She received several international research awards over the years, including the 2020 Lifetime Academic Achievement Award from the International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management. In 2022, Woxsen University (India) honored her academic career by funding the France Bélanger Chair in Information Systems. She is a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). She earned her Ph.D. in Economics and Finance at McGill University in 1985.

Craig Van Slyke holds the Mike McCallister Eminent Scholar Chair in Computer Information Systems at Louisiana Tech University. Prior to joining Louisiana Tech, he was Dean and Professor of Computer Information Systems at the W. A. Franke College of Business of Northern Arizona University. Dr. Van Slyke has held leadership positions in the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS) and the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group on Education.

Dr. Van Slyke has published extensively on information systems education and has co-authored four IS textbooks. In 2024, he launched a new initiative, “AI Goes to College,” a podcast and newsletter devoted to helping higher education professionals navigate the changes brought on by generative artificial intelligence. He earned his Ph.D. in Information Systems from University of South Florida, Muma College of Business in 1998.

Robert E. Crossler is the Chair of the Department of Management, Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship as well as the Hubman Distinguished Professor at the Carson College of Business of Washington State University. He has applied the principles of learner-centered education to a variety of courses, including the Computer Concepts course for freshman, the Introduction to IS course for juniors and seniors, the Core IT course for MBA students, database courses at the undergraduate and master’s levels, and information security courses at the undergraduate level.

Dr. Crossler also co-hosts the podcast "AI Goes to College" with Dr. Van Slyke. The Association of Information Systems (AIS) has recognized him as a Distinguished Member-Cum Laude. He earned his Ph.D. in Accounting and Information Systems from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2009.