Information Technology as Business History - Issues in the History and Management of Computers

List of contents

Preface
General Introduction to the Study of Computing History
The Industry's Structure
An Introduction to the History of the Information Processing Industry
Patterns in Office Equipment Technology and Business Practices
The Applications for Computers
The Case for Studying the History of How Computers Were Used
Commercial Applications of the Digital Computer in American Corporations, 1945-1995
The Management of Information Processing
Issues to be Studied in the History of Information Processing Management
Information--the Corporate Asset
Evolution of Information Processing Management, 1945-1995
Bibliographic Essay
Index

About the author

James W. Cortada

Product details

• Authors: James W. Cortada, Cortada James W.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.1996
• EAN: 9780313299506
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29950-6
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Business and Management, COMPUTERS / History, Business & management, Information technology industries, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of engineering & technology, Computing & Information Technology, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), History of Computing, digital and information technologies, Business: History