518 Part IV • The Information Management System
The Baxter case study here in Part IV describes
a small company facing decisions about how to pro-
vide IT support for a new manufacturing plant being
built in Mexico. The MaxFli case study describes a
multiphase project to support sales teams located in
different Latin American countries using handheld
computers.
The last two case studies focus on dilemmas
faced by IT workers. In the Meridian case study, a new
college graduate needs to choose whether to begin his
career in a small software start-up firm in the health-
care industry or in a large, established IT industry
player. In the last case study, Mary Morrison is faced
with an ethical issue involving software copyrights.