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Foster, Lawrence W.

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0.176 field work changes new years time change major period year end use past early century
0.129 implementation systems article describes management successful approach lessons design learned technical staff used effort developed
0.128 choice type functions nature paper literature particular implications function examine specific choices extent theoretical design
0.122 technology organizational information organizations organization new work perspective innovation processes used technological understanding technologies transformation

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Flynn, David M. 1

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Human factors 1 management 1

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Management Information Technology: Its Effects on Organizational Form and Function. (MIS Quarterly, 1984)
Authors: Abstract:
    Advancements in management information technologies in the past half decade are bringing to organizations forms and functions unanticipated even a few years ago. The revolution in personal communication and computation power is changing organizational roles and tasks and is offering increased effectiveness and productivity to organizational designers who choose to take advantage of technological Innovations. This article articulates the nature of those changes and their impact on a particular organization within the General Motors family.