Management information systems: selected readings / edited by T. W. McRae.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McRae, T. W. (Thomas W.), 1933- compiler.

Series:

Penguin Education

Penguin education.

Penguin modern management readings ; X234.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management information systems.

Electronic data processing.

Business--Data processing.

Business.

Physical Description:

381 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1971.

Contents:

Communication in economic systems, by G. Vickers.

Communication: the flow of information, by D. Katz and R. L. Kahn.

Management information crisis, by D. R. Daniel.

The dark at the top of the stairs, by S. A. Spencer.

The 1968 McKinsey report on computer utilization, by the McKinsey Consulting Organization.

How to organize information systems, by J. Dearden.

Management will never be the same again, by G. Burck.

The scope of computers in an airline, by A. L. Jacobs and P. Harman.

Myth of real time management information, by J. Dearden.

Scanning the business environment: some practical considerations, by F. J. Aguilar.

The evaluation of investment in computers, by T. W. McRae.

How to make sure your computer pays off, by staff of Business management.

Economic evaluation of management information systems, by D. F. Boyd and H. J. Krasnow.

Economics of time shared computing systems, by W. F. Bauer and R. H. Hill.

Changes in computer performance, by K. E. Knight.

Planning for computers, by E. Mumford.

Information flow in research and development laboratories, by T. J. Allen and S. I. Cohen.

Plugging the leaks in computer security, by J. J. Wasserman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0140802347

OCLC:

251958