Managing Microcomputers in Large Organizations (1985) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Personal Computing, Not Personal Computers
Personal Computing, Not Personal Computers
Pages 130-134
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 130... ...
We have 400 branch offices around the world and a campus in lower Manhattan with 6,000 people in 12 buildings. We have 9,000 people in the field, 6,000 account executives, and 3,000 people in support positions.
|
From page 131... ...
For example, the Bunker Ramo terminal is selected because it is a market data system, the Wang terminal because it has certain word processing capabilities, the Data General terminal because it ties into our operations and communications. How are our operations and communications tied together?
|
From page 132... ...
This is an awesome box, and it is sitting in a branch office. The terminal hangs off this box, with high-speed, dual mode printers and a local database for very rapid response time and for personal computing.
|
From page 133... ...
In terms of word processing, for example, with multiple printers in the branch we can easily separate various functions. In the area of clecision and sales support the system provides the real resource of personal computing at the branch level.
|
From page 134... ...
And realizing the mission of an organization raises the issue of management control. Yet, strangely enough, in all the talk about personal computers, we don't hear much about managers' ability to control the work.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.