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The Organizational Issues
Pages 11-14

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... The first is that we stand at a milestone. The ever-increasing computer literacy of our society has altered the way one thinks about microprocessors, as well as the role of information technology in any large organization.
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... Only a minimum number of these purchases are justified according to the sort of highly developed methodology that exists for conventional data processing. Microcomputers are also being purchased in gigantic quantities, with far-reaching implications.
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... A fourth piece is the area of manufacturing systems, where major changes in the whole approach to manufacturing are occurring as a result of information technology. Although several organizational moclels exist in this area, DieboIc3 Research Program studies have shown that it has normally reported separately.
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... As information flows from the raw data stage through all the stages to the end user, previously discrete activities become intertwined. What ~ mean to suggest is that today, all is in flux, and it is against this changing and developing background!
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