The Asian American Group held an Event and Dinner Party on Wednesday, December 15, 2004
at 7:00 p. m. - 9:30 p. m. at the Harbor Palace Restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The KEYNOTE SPEAKER was Lynette Boggs McDonald, Clark County Commissioner of Nevada. Guests of Honor (Speakers) invited were: 1.Justice Michael Douglas Justice of Supreme Court. 2. Tom Collins County Commissioner (Elect).

Commissioner Lynette McDonald spoke for a big plan of the Dragon City Hotel & Resort and the Dragon City Tower. The large constructions will be built by Andrew Lai and Susan Keygiell near China Town, Las Vegas

Winners of 2004 Nevada election invited were: (1)Judge Karen Benett Harron, (2)Judge Bill Voy, (3)Judge Ken Cory, (4)Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez, (5)Dr. Joe Heck, and (6)Judge (elect) Sandra Pomrenze.

SPECIAL GUESTS invited were: (1)Judge Michael Cherry; (2)Judge Dianne Steel; (3)Mr. Thom Reilly, Clark County Manager; (4)Justice Stephen George; (5)Mr. Bobby Gronauer, Constable of Las Vegas; (6)Elizabeth Quillan, Dep. AG; (7)Mr. Steven Goode - Manager, Clark County Health Dept.; and (8) District Judge Jackie Glass.

Hosts were: (1)David Amesburry - General Counsel, CANDO; (2)Raj Chanderraj - MD Founder, Friends Of India; (3)Benson Lee - President, Chinese American Citizen
Alliance; (4)Steven Kwon - Past President & Founder, Asian American Chamber Of Commerce;
(5)Dollly DeLeon - Editor In Chief, US Asian Chronicle; (6)R D Prabhu - MD Chair CANDO;
and (7)Rita Vaswani - Chair India-Las Vegas Tourism Council.

Important officials and organizational leaders being honored were: Mr. Steve Wolfson, Las Vegas Councilman; Ms. Nadia Jurani, Commissioner of Nevada Equal Rights Commission; Ms. President of Las Vegas Japanese Association; Dr. Tony Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute; Ms. Nancy Diaz and Miss Liane Lee, Regional Representatives of U. S. Senator Harry Reid; Miss Jasmine Guo, President of Las Vegas Taiwanese Association; among others.

The Chinese people were the largest participanting group to attend the Event and Dinner Party including many organizational leaders and newspapers executives: Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei, Attorney Benson Lee, Miss Liane Lee, Ms. Sue Phelps, Mr. Xiaosheng Huang, Ms. Jasmine Guo, Dr. David Lee, Miss Yi Li, Miss Yin Yan, Mr. Edward Lu, Miss Judi Rock, Mr. Anthony Lu, Mr. Ching Chang, Ms. Mindy Gao, Miss Audrey Cheng, Ms. Jianhong Yang, Mr. Robert Song, Miss Sophie Ideker, Mr. David Lai, Miss Iris Zhang, among others.

CHAIR OF THE EVENING was Mr. Andrew Lai (Wynn Investments).

GUESTS invited were about 225. ATTIRE for the party was Buisness. RSVP was scheduled as in the following: People called Mr. Mike Vaswani at 242-9004 before 12.00 noon, Monday, December 13, 2004. Some people sent email to mikevaswani@aol.com for reservation also.

During the event and party, a small choir from Valley View high school was brought by Commissioner Lynette McDonald. They presented several songs for season greetings. Their presentation was applauded. Donations from the tables were collected at about $500.00 for them.

National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice spoke about the Global War on Terror's war of ideas, addressing the efforts the Bush Administration has taken to lead the world toward values and understanding that will bring a just and lasting peace, at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington D.C., Thursday, August 19, 2004.

The National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947 (PL 235 - 61 Stat. 496; U.S.C. 402), amended by the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 579; 50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). Later in 1949, as part of the Reorganization Plan, the Council was placed in the Executive Office of the President.*1

The National Security Council is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. Since its inception under President Truman, the function of the Council has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies. The Council also serves as the President's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies.*2

The following is a biography of Dr. Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor on July 2004:*3

Dr. Condoleezza Rice became the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, on January 22, 2001.

In June 1999, she completed a six year tenure as Stanford University 's Provost, during which she was the institution's chief budget and academic officer. As Provost she was responsible for a $1.5 billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students.

As professor of political science, Dr. Rice has been on the Stanford faculty since 1981 and has won two of the highest teaching honors -- the 1984 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1993 School of Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching.

At Stanford, she has been a member of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, a Senior Fellow of the Institute for International Studies, and a Fellow (by courtesy) of the Hoover Institution. Her books include Germany Unified and Europe Transformed (1995) with Philip Zelikow, The Gorbachev Era (1986) with Alexander Dallin, and Uncertain Allegiance: The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army (1984). She also has written numerous articles on Soviet and East European foreign and defense policy, and has addressed audiences in settings ranging from the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in Moscow to the Commonwealth Club to the 1992 and 2000 Republican National Conventions.

From 1989 through March 1991, the period of German reunification and the final days of the Soviet Union, she served in the Bush Administration as Director, and then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, she served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1997, she served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender -- Integrated Training in the Military.

She was a member of the boards of directors for the Chevron Corporation, the Charles Schwab Corporation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the University of Notre Dame, the International Advisory Council of J.P. Morgan and the San Francisco Symphony Board of Governors. She was a Founding Board member of the Center for a New Generation, an educational support fund for schools in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park, California and was Vice President of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula . In addition, her past board service has encompassed such organizations as Transamerica Corporation, Hewlett Packard, the Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Rand Corporation, the National Council for Soviet and East European Studies, the Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition and KQED, public broadcasting for San Francisco.

Born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama, she earned her bachelor's degree in political science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her master's from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the University of Alabama in 1994, the University of Notre Dame in 1995, the National Defense University in 2002, the Mississippi College School of Law in 2003, the University of Louisville and Michigan State University in 2004. She resides in Washington, D.C.

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References

*1. Google.com. 'About National Security Council,' "A search of information on Google.com,"(December 7, 2004), U. S. A.: Google.com.
*2. Ibid.
*3. National Security Council. 'Biography of Dr. Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor,' "A search on Google.com about Dr. Condoleezza Rice," (December 7, 2004), U. S. A.: google.com.

Dear Tony,

Thanksgiving is a time that is special to all of us; a time to spend with family and to be thankful for all that is given to us. At SAN, we are thankful for your continued support in our efforts to establish strong economic and political linkages between the State of Nevada and the Republic of Singapore.

Please enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday and always let us know if there is anything our volunteers can do to assist you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan V. Galaviz, President
Singapore Association of Nevada (SAN)*2

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References

*1. Jonathan V. Galaviz is President of
Singapore Association of Nevada (SAN). email: info@singaporenevada.org
voice: 702-595-5880
web: http://www.singaporenevada.org

The Singapore Association of Nevada (SAN) is a recognized overseas club of the Singapore International Foundation (SIF). SAN received partial funding from SIF to support its activities.

SAN is a unincorporated, non-profit organization that provides a
business, cultural, and political bridge of interaction between the Republic
of Singapore and the State of Nevada. SAN also provides support for the
Singaporean community (Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents)
residing in or visiting the cities of Las Vegas and Reno.
*2. Galaviz, Jonathan. "An e-mail from Jonathan V. Galaviz, President of
Singapore Association of Nevada to Dr. Tony Lei, President of WBTI," (November 25, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: Singapore Association of Nevada.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal

EDITORIAL: Sen. Reid's ascent

Nevadans' voice in Congress just got a lot louder. Harry Reid was elected Senate minority leader Tuesday, elevating him to the top of the Democratic Party's dwindling membership in the upper house.

Sen. Reid's ascent to one of the most important positions in Washington is a remarkable achievement. From humble beginnings in hardscrabble Searchlight, the 64-year-old has spent decades accumulating political capital in Nevada and the nation's capital. He rose from the Assembly to the lieutenant governor's office at age 30. He chaired the Nevada Gaming Commission for five years before winning election to the House of Representatives in 1982, then the Senate in 1986.

For the past six years, he served as the party's second in command. Now, despite Nevada's lack of political clout, Sen. Reid has a chance to lead. No Nevadan has ever held a position of such power in the nation's capital.

Sen. Reid will have no honeymoon in his new job. Democrats hold only 44 of the Senate's 100 seats, their lowest ratio since the Great Depression. With a weakened minority he'll have to pick his battles with Republicans carefully, particularly in handling President Bush's judicial nominations.

But Sen. Reid will have even greater liberty to take up causes important to Nevada, including the state's opposition to the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository and misguided efforts to eliminate legal wagering on college and amateur sports.

"I always would rather dance than fight," Sen. Reid said Tuesday. "But I know how to fight."

Dear Manager Tom, In response to your request for an introduction of Dr. Tony Lei to the voters and homeowners of South Shores Community Association, Dr. Lok had U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley the following paragraphs (update now) for her to introduce Tony from our Institute (WBTI) in the Event and Dinner Party for a Special Tribute to U. S. Senator Harry Reid.*1

Sincerely,

PAI of WBTI

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Dr. Tony Lei is the President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) and Chairman of Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada (CAAAN). He received an M.B.A. in 1969 and a Doctorate of Education in Institutional Management in 1990 from Pepperdine University. He's dessertation entitled "A study of the impact of enrollment in a computer science class on mahematics scores and attendance in a secondary school." It was published in 1990 by University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He had been an Associate Professor of Information Management of the Graduate School of Business Administration of National Chunghsing University and a Fallow of Management of Pepperdine University from 1985 to 1991 and 1991 to 1996, respectively. He has completed numerious scientific papers, text books, best selling books, and research projects during past 30 years in universities and academic institutes. Dr. Tony Lei's dedication and performance in academic research are indicated by the acceptance of his papers continuously for presentation and publication by the International Conference on Technology and Education (ICTE), International Information Management Congress (IIMC), and Science Engineering Technology Seminars (SETS). His famous publications of "Modern Business Management," "Information Management," "Management Behavior," "The Art of Leading," among others have been adopted by many universities and colleges as textbooks. During his three year term from 1997 to 2000 as a Director of the Las Vegas Senior Citizens Advisory Board, he had enhanced its social and educational value of the activities and programs of the Board. As the Exective Vice President of Seniors United in 2000, he modernized its management with non-partisan and educational advancement for our Nevadan seniors. As Director of the Board of South Shores Community Association (SSCA) since 1993, Dr. Tony Lei's knowledge, wisdom, and talent have contributed to the SSCA's being one of the best community in the United States of America for many years. He serves the community through a variety of venues as the Senior Advisor of U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley; Office of Clark County Assistant District Attorney; Raleigh, Hunt, McGarry & Drizin, P.C.; and Constable's Office of Las Vegas Township.

Dr. Tony Lei has published 82 books on business management, marketing, and information magement. He has also published more than 276 papers on business administration, information management, and computer education. Many of them were presented by him to famous international conferences in business, information, and educational management. A paper entitled "The Impact of Appropriate Use of Computer Learning on Mathematics Scores," was published by the 11th International Conference on Technology and Education (ICET) in 1993 at London, England. He presented a paper entitled "Enhancing Mathematics Learning with Computers," at the 12th ICTE in Orlando, Florida.*2 At the same time, he was the first presider of the conference on educational multimedia and computing in the 15th Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando, Florida. In 1996, he presented and published "A Study of the Implementation of Computer Education in Public Schools" at the 13th ICTE in New Orleans, Louisiana.

In January 2000, Dr. Tony Lei and Dr. William Thompson established the Public Administration Institution (PAI) for WBTI. It has Dr. Thompson as its Fellow and Director; and Nevada State Senator and Professor of UNLV Dina Titus, Justice of the Supreme Court Nancy Becker, Former Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa, District Judges Mark Denton, Valorie Vega, Michelle Leavitt, Jennifer Togliatti, Jessie Walsh, and Dr. Achie Chang as its Fellows. Dr. Tony Lei is also the Honorary President of Great Wall College and Xaimen Straits Foreign Language College. He is the Contrbuting Editor of "Nevada Examiner" and "reviewjournal.com - WBTI website." He has creatively led WBTI as an non-profit organization dedicated to the encouragement and promotion of academic research, community service, and humane spirit for all our residents and visitors of Nevada.

On March 11, 2003, Dr. John Wang, Spokesman of WBTI, announced the appointment of Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong as deans of WBTI's Public Administratioon Division and Business Administration Division of the Graduate School of Business and Public Administration (GSBPA) of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI)*3 Faculty members of the Graduate School include Drs. Harry Reid, Shelley Berkley, and Dina Titus as Professors of Administrative Strategies; District Judges Mark Denton, Valorie Vega, and Nancy Saitta as Associate Professors; among others. Coordinated with the faculty members, Dr. Tony Lei has designed educational programs of the CPM and MBA/PKE with Dr. Keong Leong; the CMPA and MPA/SME with Dr. Lee Bernick; and the CEH with Dr. William Thompson for the GSBPA of WBTI.

The Institute, WBTI, has been honored to have Governor Kenny Guinn as its Chairman, and U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign as Vice Chairmen, U.S. Representatives Jim Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman as Executive Advisors of its Advisory Board. It has also the following faculty members: District Judges Mark R. Denton and Valorie J. Vega, Vice Presidents; Dr. William N. Thompson, Director of Public Administration Institution; Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong, Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration; Dr. Sue Fawn Chung, Director of Culture Institution; Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval, and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC); and District Attorney David Roger and Clark County Sheriff Bill Young, Chairmen of CCDAPCC.

On September 28, 2001, WBTI established Pan Pacific and Asian American Forum (PPAAF) to pay a special tribute to U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. The Forum has been published as one of the famous sections of WBTI website. It is bought to you by Las Vegas Review-Journal and lasvegas.com through http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti. On March 4, 2002, WBTI received a Congrssioal Recognition Award from U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley for its outstanding accoplishment of the presentation and publication of PPAAF. U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has been recommended and honored by many high-ranking officials, educational administrators, business owners, and community leaders of Nevada as the Chairperson of WBTI.

Dr. Tony Lei and WBTI have been continuously awarded, in the recent eleven years, by Governor Kenny Guinn, U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, U.S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, Clark County Commission Chairman Chip Maxfield and Commissioners, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, among others.

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References

1. Moss, Cheryl. 'Some introduction about Dr. Tony Lei,' "Letter to Albert Chang, Esq. -- President of NCAAPB," (August 12, 2002), Las Vegas, Nevada: WBTI.
2. Sechrest, Thomas; Thomas, Michael; and Estes, Nolan. "Leadership for Creating Educational Changes: Integrating the Power of Technology," (February 28 - March 3, 1995), Orlando, Florida: 12th ICTE.
*3. Walsh, Jessie; Moss, Cheryl; and Chang, Tiffany. 'Drs. Lee Bernick, Keong Leong appointed deans of GSBPA of WBTI,' "Nevada Examiner," (March 28, 2003), Las Vegas, Nevada: Nevada Examiner.

March 17 - 20, 1996

*****The happy people are those who are producing something. ---William Ralph Inge

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A Study of the Implementation of Computer Education in Public Schools*1
Dr. Tony T. Lei, Information Integration, Inc. USA
Tuesday,4:15:00 PM

A Taxonomy of Critical Thinking in Online Searching
Mark Meng, Saint John's University USA
Monday,2:55:00 PM
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Reference

*1. Google.com. "Asearch of the information about Dr. Tony Lei," (November 5, 2004), U. S. A.: Google.com.

"Google Inc. on Thursday became the first tech heavyweight to tackle the daunting task of uncluttering computers, introducing a program that quickly scours hard drives for documents, e-mails, instant messages and past Web searches," reported MICHAEL LIEDTKE, an AP Business Writer, on October 15, 2004.*2

"UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN A CAVE, you've seen enormous changes in communications technology over the past two decades. From orbiting satellites routing long distance phone calls to email to undreamed-of growth of the Internet, the age of communicating online, using computers and networks, is upon us all," stated at the first paragraphy of the 'Introduction' of the book, "How to say it online: everything you need to know to master the new language of cyberspac," written by Kim Baker and Sunny Baker.*3

"And what could be better news? To keep in touch, there's nothing faster or cheaper than email. To gain access to information and people, the power of online communication expands your reach from the local to the global. To meet new friends and even romance a potential life partner, online venues provide rich opportunities (if you know the right things to say and the best way to say them). At school, the Internet places volumes of knowledge on ever subject at your fingertips, and at work, computer networks make business communication more efficient than ever." *4

Whether you are in business or in non-profit organization, you need to have a Web site. This seems to be a common wisdom in now- a-days. Think seriously about the needs of your market before you go onto the Web to make more money for business, to develop better non-profit organization, or to contribute to more community service. "It's hard to believe that Fred's Service Station really needs a Web Site to reap new profits. However, for some businesses and professional service firms, the Internet and web to gether offer viable marketing and distribution opportunities. Software companies, online magazines, and email order businesses can do quite well from the Web --- if the owners know how to say the right things on their sites. The Secrets of a Successful Web Site: Just having a site on the Web will do almost nothing to sell your products or services. To promote your Web site, there are three things you must do: (1). You must register your Web site with the best search engines. (2). You should consider using the many free and not free advertising opportunities on the Web. (3) You should search the Web regularly for competitive and related sites, where you can attach a link to your site."*5 To be more successful for your Web site, you need to be favored by the famous search engine services like Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com), Aol! (www.aol.com), Google! (www.google.com), Infoseek! (www.infoseek.com), among others.

"With the free desktop program, Google hopes to build upon the popularity of its Internet-leading search engine and become even more indispensable to the millions of people who entrust the Mountain View-based company to find virtually anything online. The new product, available at http://desktop.google.com , ups the ante in Google's intensifying battle with software giant Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., which owns the world's second most popular search engine," Writer MICHAEL LIEDTKE continued.*6

"There is no longer any such thing as a purely national economy. The rest of the world is just too big to ignore, either as a market or as a competitor. If business schools do nothing other than to train their students to think internationally, they would have accomplished an important task," said John Young, CEO, Hewlett-Packard.*7

Innovation is the key to success, managers are looking everywhere in the global organization for new ideas. Modern companies would view Information technology (IT) as a major competitive differentiator. Strategic businesses emphazise the ueses of information technology for management. International companies develop their global IT platforms by integrating worldwide hardware, software, and Internet-based network architecture. Commuunication technology, for example the teleconferencing and computer networks, is making it possible for people from subsidiaries around the world to work together on project.

Many business are becoming global companies and moving toward transnational e-business strategies in which they integrate the global business activities of their subsidiaries and headquarters. The international dimemsions of managing global e-business technologies include dealing with cultural, political, and geoeconomic challenges posed by various countries for global marketplace. The e-business technologies are changing the distribution, relatonships, resources, and responsibilities of managers. Information Technology is helping managers of e-business to eliminate layers of amangement, enabling more collaborative forms of management, providing them with significant information technology resources, and confront them with major e-business and e-commerce challenge.

Innovation is the key to success, managers are looking everywhere in the global organization for new ideas. Modern companies would view Information technology (IT) as a major competitive differentiator. Strategic businesses emphazise the ueses of information technology for management. International companies develop their global IT platforms by integrating worldwide hardware, software, and Internet-based network architecture. Commuunication technology, for example the teleconferencing and computer networks, is making it possible for people from subsidiaries around the world to work together on project.*8

In order to keep the online universe a productive, safe, communicative environment, it is interesting and worth to post the ten commandments for computer ethics. They were created by the Computer Ethics Institute: (1). Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people. (2). Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work. (3). Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's files. (4). Thou shalt not use a computer to steal. (5). Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness. (6). Thou shalt not use or copy softwear for which you have not paid. (7). Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization. (8). Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output. (9). Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write. (10). Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect.

A sucessful businessperson always know the old rule that says "It's easier to keep an existing customer than to find a new one." In online customer relationships, this rule is just as important. Your goal should not only to get new visitors, but to cultivate your customer base to yield repeat sales, services, and referrals from satisfied purchasers, clients, and patronagers. "Besides a good product or service, there are only three things you need for successful online customer relations: strong communication, common courtesy, and exemplary customer service. Unfortunately, these old-fashioned values are often missing in many companies' online promotional communication." *9

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References

*1. GSBPA of WBTI is the initial of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI).
*2. LVRJ. 'Google Launches PC Hard-Drive Search Tool,' "reviewjournal.com of LVRJ," (October 16, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: Communitylink of reviewjournal.com.
*3. Baker, Kim; and Baker, Sunny. (2001), "How to say it online: everything you need to know to master the new language of cyberspace," Paramus, New Jersey: Pretice Hall.
*4. Ibid.
*5. Ibid.
*6. LVRJ. Ibid.
*7. Ball, Donald A, and McCulloch, Jr., Wendell H. (2003) International Business --- The Challenge of Global Competition," Chicago: McGraw-Hill Irvin.
*8. O'Brien, James A. (2003) "Introduction to Information Systems," Boston, N. Y.: McGraw-Hill Irvin.
*9. Baker, Kim; and Baker, Sunny. Ibid.