What Are Management Information Systems? -- Computer Hardware -- Computer Software -- When to Use Transaction Processing Systems -- When to Use Management Reporting (Information) Systems -- When to Use Decision Support Systems -- When to Use Office Information Systems -- When to Use Executive Information Systems -- Why Do You Need an MIS to Solve Your Business Problems? -- What Computer Technologies Are Available for Business? -- How to Manage Your Information Resources -- Management Information Systems and Decision-Making Models -- Management -- Information -- Systems -- Classifying Management Information Systems in Terms of the Type of Output Provided -- An MIS and Organizational Levels -- Levels of Management: What Kinds of Decisions Are Made? -- Modeling a Real-Life System -- The Model Base -- How to Select the Best Microcomputer System -- Microcomputers -- Large-System Computing -- Network Servers -- Computer System Units -- How to Select a Microcomputer System Unit -- Input Technologies -- Output Technologies -- What Output Technologies Do You Need? -- Secondary Storage -- What Is System Software? -- The Operating System, Utility Programs, and Language Translators -- The Operating System -- Utility Programs -- Programming Language Processors -- IBM-Compatible Operating Systems -- Macintosh Operating Systems -- Other Operating Systems -- Single-User vs. Multi-User Systems -- Single-Tasking Systems vs. Multi-Tasking Systems -- Evolution of Programming Languages.