- Hardcover: 624 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 3rd Edition edition (3 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0471418455
- ISBN-13: 978-0471418450
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 19.8 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,093,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Twice recognized as one of the top ten most productive MIS researchers, Watson provides a balanced treatment of the technical and business sides of managing data. Management of data has never been more critical for organizations of any size. This book discusses the technical aspects of database design and implementation as well as the why and how of the management of databases, and the managerial issues and business philosophy behind databases.
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Take the right steps for a successful career in data management… Data Management, 2/e provides students with the fundamental skills necessary to succeed in today’s competitive job market. Great emphasis is placed on the core skills of data management, with extensive coverage on data modeling and SQL. This coverage is intertwined so that students more readily understand the intent of data modeling. This method helps them quickly learn the reason for data modeling and appreciate why it is a valuable skill. Since information systems professionals need to develop a wide perspective of data management to comprehend the role of information technology, this text includes sections on data warehousing, OLAP, data mining, groupware, imaging systems, and the Web. The book also contains useful reference sections, including data modeling and SQL, that will help students during the course and throughout their careers. After completing Data Management, 2/e, a student will:
- have a broad, managerial perspective of an organization’s need for data management;
- be able to design and create a relational database;
- be able to formulate complex SQL queries;
- have a sound understanding of database architectures and their managerial implications;
- be familiar with the full range of information technologies available for management organizational data;
- understand the fundamentals of data administration; and
- know about data management developments and their organizational implications.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
An extremely well written book
8 May 1999
Format:Hardcover
The writer undertakes an ambitious tasks but handles it admirably with easy enjoyable reading. The book touches on many areas but provides enough depth for one to gain a reasonable understanding of the important areas of Data Management. I found the section on OODMS particularly helpful since I have just finished a MS course that covers the details of Object Oriented Analysis and Design but did not show how it fitted into the big picture. This book does all that and more. For those needing an introduction to modern Data Management I highly recommend this book.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Data modeling and SQL integrated
5 Nov 2002
Format:Hardcover
This is a beautiful, accessible, up to date, patient, didactic, and all in all a very good book. A Dutch teacher of databases since a long time, I never came across quite the right thing for my non-Dutch students until I found this one.
Watson is not a computer nerd. He appreciates the fact that data modeling problems are real-world problems. And the fact that modeling and SQL are two sides of the same coin: getting the data IN a database in order to get information FROM it. And that fact that databases operate in an organization, not in a vacuum.
Watson is not a computer nerd. He appreciates the fact that data modeling problems are real-world problems. And the fact that modeling and SQL are two sides of the same coin: getting the data IN a database in order to get information FROM it. And that fact that databases operate in an organization, not in a vacuum.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Outstanding Textbook for teaching Data Modeling and SQL
19 Mar 2003
Format:Hardcover
By introducing data modeling and SQL together in gradually increasing level of complexity, this book introduces students to these subjects in an intuitive manner.
As a matter of fact, by the time the text covers those two subjects formally in later chapters, most of my students found it almost trivial. And by building on sound data modeling principles through out, the students learn good data modeling habits from the ground up.
If I have any complaints, its that when the topic of normalization is covered in a later chapter, my biggest problem is explaining to my students why anyone would have created tables that are not in second or third normal form in the first place!
Truly a joy to teach from.
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