Modular Approach – A modular approach offers instructors flexibility in covering the material they want, in the order they prefer. Twelve short chapters cover the basic material. 21 chapter extensions delve deeper into specific topics, if the instructor chooses to do so. Five of the extensions cover Access and Excel skills. A fully annotated instructor’s edition gives professors helpful hints and tips for creating a more engaging classroom. Focus on important themes of ethics, security, and other timely topics through the text’s Guides. Three Guides per chapter—one each on ethics, security, and timely topics—foster thought, discussion, and active participation by concentrating on current issues in information systems. These amplify the chapter’s core material and help students strengthen their problem-solving skills to become better business professionals. In order to provide a deeper and richer discussion of ethical considerations, every Ethics Guide asks students to apply Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative, utilitarianism, or both to the business situation described in the guide. The categorical imperative is introduced in the Ethics Guide in Chapter 1 and utilitarianism is introduced in the Ethics Guide in Chapter 2.   Connect classroom knowledge to everyday life with illustrative cases and a number of exercises and other interactive features: Chapter Introduction Business Examples demonstrate how information is relevant in the real world and include: AllRoad Parts case vignettes introduce chapters and are integrated throughout. AllRoad Parts is an online vendor of off-road parts that is considering 3D printing and ultimately rejects that idea because of the effect it would have on business processes and IS. Instead, the company offers 3D printing designs as a product as revealed in Chapters 1-6. PRIDE, a Performance Recording, Integration, Delivery, and Evaluation system, that uses cloud technology and a wide array of mobile devices to integrate patient exercise data with health care providers, health clubs, insurance agencies, and employers. MIS InClass features in each chapter contain exercises, projects, and questions that help students connect classroom knowledge to everyday life. Ideal for use in class group work, they encourage active participation. Active Review contains tasks for students to perform in order to demonstrate their ability to answer the questions. Using Your Knowledge Exercises test students’ critical-thinking skills as they apply their knowledge to practice problems. Chapter-Ending Cases—all less than one year old—allow students to think about the information in the chapter as it relates to a real business. Collaboration Exercises foster teamwork outside of the classroom by enabling students to work on projects collectively, via collaboration software such as SharePoint through MyMISLab. Office Application Exercises allow students to complete business application assignments in Excel or Access.