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Business Driven Technology discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives should drive technology choices. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs Table of contents Chapter 1 Business Driven Technology Chapter 2 Identifying Competitive Advantages Chapter 3 Strategic Initiatives for Implementing Competitive Advantages Chapter 3 Measuring the Success of Strategic Initiatives Chapter 4 Organizational Structures that Support Strategic Initiatives Chapter 5 Valuing Organizational Information Chapter 6 Storing Organizational Information - Databases Chapter 7 Accessing Organizational Information - Data Warehouse Chapter 8 Enabling the Organization - Decision Making Chapter 9 Extending the Organization - Supply Chain Management Chapter 10 Building a Customer-Centric Organization - Customer Relationship Management Chapter 11 Integrating the Organization from End-to-End - Enterprise Resource Planning Chapter 12 Creating Innovative Organizations Chapter 13 E-Business Chapter 14 Creating Collaborative Partnerships Chapter 15 Integrating Wireless Technology in Business Chapter 16 Building Software to Support an Agile Organization Chapter 17 Outsourcing in the 21st Century Chapter 18 Developing a 21st Century Organization Business Plug-Ins B1 Business Basics B2 Business Process B3 Hardware and Software B4 Enterprise Architectures B5 Networks, Telecommunications, and Wireless Computing B6 Information Security B7 Ethics B8 Supply Chain Management B9 Customer Relationship Management B10 Enterprise Resource Planning B11 E-Business Models B12 Emerging Trends and Technology B13 Strategic Outsourcing B14 Systems Development B15 Project Management Technical Plug-Ins T1 Personal Productivity Using IT (OLC only) T2 Basic Skills Using Excel (OLC only) T3 Problem Solving Using Excel (OLC only) T4 Decision Making Using Excel (OLC only) T5 Designing Database Applications (OLC only) T6 Basic Skills Using Access (OLC only) T7 Problem Solving Using Access (OLC only) T8 Decision Making Using Access (OLC only) T9 Designing Web Pages (OLC only) T10 Creating Web Pages Using HTML (OLC only) T11 Creating Web Pages Using Dreamweaver (OLC only) T12 Creating Gantt Charts with Excel and Microsoft Project (OLC only)