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About the Authors

Kenneth C. Laudon is a Professor of Information Systems at New York University's Stern School of Business. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has authored 11 books dealing with information systems, organizations, and society. Professor Laudon has also written over 40 articles concerned with the social, organizational, and management impacts of information systems; privacy; ethics; and multimedia technology.

Professor Laudon's current research is on the planning and management of large-scale information systems and multimedia information technology. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation to study the evolution of national information systems at the Social Security Administration, the IRS, and the FBI. A part of this research is concerned with computer-related organizational and occupational changes in large organizations, changes in management ideology, changes in public policy, and understanding productivity change in the knowledge sector.

Jane Price Laudon is a management consultant in the information systems area and the author of seven books. Her special interests include systems analysis, data management, MIS auditing, software evaluation, and teaching business professionals how to design and use information systems.

Jane received her B.A. from Barnard College, her M.A. from Harvard University, and her Ph.D. from Columbia University. She has taught at Columbia University and the New York University Graduate School of Business. She maintains a lifelong interest in Asian languages and civilizations.

Mary Elizabeth Brabston is Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Manitoba's I.H. Asper School of Business. Dr. Brabston received her doctorate from Florida State University. Having spent her working life as a banker, political staffer, development officer, and academic, Dr. Brabston brings a comprehensive view to her analysis of how information systems can help organizations achieve their potential. Her teaching and research interests involve strategic planning and applications of information systems and information resource management, as well as electronic commerce, including ethical and legal issues associated with advancing information technology. Her work has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Computing and Information Technology, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Journal of Information Systems Education, and Human Relations, and in several books. Dr. Brabston is also faculty advisor to the Asper School's Co-operative Education Program and the school's chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the business school honorary. She is also Director of Accreditation for the school and serves on University Senate.