KennethC.LaudonisaProfessorofInformationSystemsatNewYorkUniversitysSternSchoolofBusiness.HeholdsaB.A.inEconomicsfromStanfordandaPh.D.fromColumbiaUniversity.Hehasauthoredelevenbooksdealingwithinformationsystems,organizations,andsociety.ProfessorLaudonhasalsowrittenoverfortyarticlesconcernedwiththesocial,organizational,andmanagementimpactsofinformationsystems,privacy,ethics,andmultimediatechnology.
ProfessorLaudonscurrentresearchisontheplanningandmanagementoflarge-scaleinformationsystemsandmultimediainformationtechnology.HehasreceivedgrantsfromtheNationalScienceFoundationtostudytheevolutionofnationalinformationsystemsattheSocialSecurityAdministration,theIRS,andtheFBI.Apartofthisresearchisconcernedwithcomputer-relatedorganizationalandoccupationalchangesinlargeorganizations,changesinmanagementideology,changesinpublic,andunderstandingproductivitychangesinknowledgesector.
KenLaudonhastestifiedasanexpertbeforetheUnitedStatesCongress.HehasbeenaresearcherandconsultanttotheOfficeofTechnologyAssessment(UnitedStatesCongress)andtotheOfficeofthePresident,serverexecutivebranchagencies,andCongressionalCommittees.ProfessorLaudonalsoactsasanin-houseeducatorforseveralconsultingfirmsandasaconsultantonsystemsplanningandstrategytoseveralFortune500firms.KenworkswiththeConcoursGrouptoProvideadvicetofirmsdevelopingenterprisesystems.
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JanePriceLaudonisamanagementconsultantintheinformationsystemsareaandtheauthorofsevenbooks.Herspecialinterestsincludesystemsanalysis,datamanagement,MISauditing,softwareevaluation,andteachingbusinessprofessionalshowtodesignanduseinformationsystems.
JanereceivedherPh.D.fromColumbiaUniversity,herM.A.fromHarvardUniversity,andherB.A.fromBarnardCollege.ShehastaughtatColumbiaUniversityandtheNewYorkUniversityGraduateSchoolofBusiness.ShemaintainsalifelonginterestinOrientallanguagesandcivilizations.
ManagementInformationSystems:OrganizationandTechnologyintheNetworkedEnterprisereflectsadeepunderstandingofMISresearchandteachingaswellasPracticalexperiencedesigningandbuildingrealworldsystems.