Management information systems: selected readings
By: edited by T. W. McRae.
Series: Penguin education; Penguin modern management readings, X234
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Harmondsworth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Management information systems -- Addresses, essays, lectures.; Business -- Data processing.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Communication in economic systems, by G. Vickers.; title: Communication: the flow of information, by D. Katz and R. L. Kahn.; title: Management information crisis, by D. R. Daniel.; title: The dark at the top of the stairs, by S. A. Spencer.; title: The 1968 McKinsey report on computer utilization, by the McKinsey Consulting Organization.; title: How to organize information systems, by J. Dearden.; title: Management will never be the same again, by G. Burck.; title: The scope of computers in an airline, by A. L. Jacobs and P. Harman.; title: Myth of real time management information, by J. Dearden.; title: Scanning the business environment: some practical considerations, by F. J. Aguilar.; title: The evaluation of investment in computers, by T. W. McRae.; title: How to make sure your computer pays off, by staff of Business management.; title: Economic evaluation of management information systems, by D. F. Boyd and H. J. Krasnow.; title: Economics of time shared computing systems, by W. F. Bauer and R. H. Hill.; title: Changes in computer performance, by K. E. Knight.; title: Planning for computers, by E. Mumford.; title: Information flow in research and development laboratories, by T. J. Allen and S. I. Cohen.; title: Plugging the leaks in computer security, by J. J. Wasserman.