Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Impact of Interactive Visual Display Systems on the Management Planning Process
Experience with prototype interactive dis play systems in an on-going management set ting has convinced us that they can have a significant impact on the management planning process. This impact falls in a different area than that reached by those computers which only deal effectively with structured problems. Conventional data processing systems have typically been designed to perform tasks in functional areas such as inventory control and accounting, usually to replace clerical labor. Systems for direct use by management to support their decision-making processes are in their infancy. Interactive terminal systems have characteristics which allow them to be used effectively and efficiently on unstructured (3) management problems.
The emphasis with such terminal systems is on management decision-making. The system has to be designed and implemented with the objective in mind of supporting a particular decision-maker in solving his particular problems. This is in contrast to previous management information systems which have been typically based on batch processing computers and have been function ally oriented. For example, we are not dealing with processing routine inventory' transactions, but with one manager's problem solving process based on his responsibility for inventory control.
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