The Break-Up of Computer Services Departments

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When data processing departments in business organizations were first being organized, accounting departments tended to exercise control due to the adaptability of the accounting process to computers relative to other departments. This tendency relegated computer services to a background priority with a lower position within the organization. Small microcomputers, decentralized for use by various smaller departments, have caused the break-up of service departments and dispersed technical personnel. This resulting horizontal view of computing facilities has led to a decentralization of organizations, a lower profile for technical employees, and a more equalitarian view of data processing.

EDP, Computer Services, Management-EDP Relations, Data Processing

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Visiting Volvo: New Developments in Car Production

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Volvo has slowly become a leader in automobile sales in North America. In Britain, Volvo is a leader in the market. Volvo has diversified into areas such as energy, foods, finance, and recreation. Automobiles are only one-fourth of the company's business. Volvo is the largest company in Scandanavia. Factories were arranged into collective responsibility groups to increase employee participation and productivity. A computer controlled conveyor runs the plants thoroughly and at a rate that workers have been able to live with. Robotics have also increased productivity on the assembly line and have allowed workers to do other tasks.

Automobiles, Motor vehicles, Public opinion, AB Volvo, Robots, Market share, Companies, Retailing, Employee Relations, Image Enhancement, Diversification, Market Penetration

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The Impact of Computers on the Work Organization: Centralization or Decentralization?

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Since the advent of computers in the work place, concern has developed whether organizations have become more or less decentralized. Originally, mainframe computers put centralization into companies. Minicomputers, on the other hand, have had the opposite effect. Microcomputers take this one step further, and make the workplace democratic, providing information to everyone. However, after some time, the conclusion has been reached that microcomputers do not necessarily effect the work place one way or the other in terms of centralization. A chart summarizes the effects of computer technology on centralization within industry.

Computers, Digital computers, Mainframe computers, Minicomputers, Information resources management, Trends, Mainframe Computer, Applications, Minicomputer, Centralization

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