Automating Managers: The Implications of Information Technology for Managers |
Contents
Information technology and managers | 6 |
Research method | 40 |
Information technology and managers in five | 53 |
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activities analysis appeared applications associated automation behaviour Burns and Stalker cation chapter character of managers communication complex Components computer systems context cost culture data access data bases data processing data redundancy decision support decreasing departments director discussed e-mail electronic mail emphasis Engineering factors Figure Finance five companies Hardwear Harvard Business School hierarchical implementation implications important increased information management information technology initiative-taking instance Integral interaction interpersonal interviewed managers involved issues IT-based IT-involved labour less levels literature machines management information systems managerial manufacturing marketing ment non-management numbers of staff operational oral organization organizational culture organizational transparency Overall B/C pace paper-manual personal computers personnel planning priority production professional punched card questionnaires relevant reporting responsibility roles seems senior managers skills social sophisticated specific speed strategy sub-systems technical telecommunications terminals Tier tion Total transaction processing understanding United Kingdom usage vector widely