COURSE CODE :MBA 758
COURSE TITLE: DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
COURSE GUIDE MBA 758 DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Course Writer Gerald C. Okereke Eco Communications Inc. Lagos Ikeja Mr. E. Eseyin National Open University of Nigeria Dr. O. J. Onwe National Open University of Nigeria Bimbola, E.U. Adegbola National Open University of Nigeria
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National Open University of Nigeria Printed 2009 ISBN: 978-058-331-9 All Rights Reserved
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MBA 758
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Introduction
This course, Database Management System (DBMS), is a course designed in the pursuit of a degree in Masters Degrees in business, finance, marketing and related fields of study. It is also a course that can be studied by Postgraduate Diploma students in business, sciences and education. This course is relevant to students studying business because information/data form the foundation of any business enterprise. Thus a thorough understanding of how to manipulate, design and manage databases. This course is primarily to be studied by students who are already graduates or post graduates in any field of study. Students who had not had exposure to computer science in their first degrees need to put in extra