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Managing Microcomputers in large organizations / Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Business--Data processing--Management--Congresses.
Business.
Office practice--Automation--Management--Congresses.
Office practice.
Microcomputers--Congresses.
Microcomputers.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 151 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The information age is taking its toll on traditional office management techniques. According to Infosystems , "If you're cautious of experts' who claim to have all the answers, then you'll find comfort in the theme of unleashed creativity' that recurs throughout the 20 essays presented in this book. . . . Organizations will have to devise a strategy for understanding how a microcomputer's] performance can be monitored. Regardless of what may happen, this book provides managers with appropriate ammunition."
Contents:
Managing Microcomputers in Large Organizations
Copyright
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTENTS
OVERVIEW
Vision and Value Getting the Most out of Microcomputers
The Organizational Issues
PART I SMALL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED
Introduction
Faster, Smaller, Cheaper Trends in Microcomputer Technology
Trends in Personal Computer Software
Personal Computer Networks
PART II SMALL COMPUTERS IN LARGE ORGANIZATIONS THE IMPLICATIONS
Managing Uncontrollable Growth
Managed Innovation Controlling End-User Computing in the Federal Government
Personal Computers and the Office of the Future
PART III MANAGING MICROCOMPUTERS THE ISSUES
A Perspective for the Chief Executive Officer
Managing Microcomputers and End-User Computing Some Critical Issues
Regaining Control Through Centralized Action
PART IV MANAGING MICROCOMPUTERS CASE STUDIES
Productivity Through Automation
Managing Microcomputers in State and Local Government
The User Era
Personal Computing, Not Personal Computers
Control Through Persuasion
INDEX.
Notes:
Includes index.
Based on papers presented at a forum held in Nov. 1983.
ISBN:
9786610222223
9781280222221
1280222220
9780309541442
0309541441
9780585144337
0585144338
OCLC:
427404706

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