Rapid developments in the application of information technology are matched by equally rapid changes in the structure of organizations, in the role of managers and in the economy and society in which they operate. In view of that this new edition of the title is not merely a revised version of the old one. The title has undergone a sea change, rather a metamorphosis. It has been truncated mercilessly to serve the interest of the students in a much better way. There has occurred some sort of 'creative destruction' in the text. It is no longer a knowledge-oriented title as many teachers have commented in the past, but an exam-oriented one, and it is student-friendly in its approach at that.
