This best selling text now in its first edition continues to provide the most comprehensive and leading edge discussion of information technology and system issues that are transforming the business world today. The book defines the DBMS course by integrating coverage of essential new technologies, their applications, and their impact on managerial decisions, Real world examples from business and public organizations are used throughout the text to illustrate DBMS, SQL concept. The book describes how firms need to change their processes and management behavior to reap the benefits of new information systems and technologies. This book is suitable for use by undergraduates and postgraduates students of Management