The Place of the Computer

Trevor J. Bentley

Chapter 13 in Making Information Systems Work, 1981, pp 127-133 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It has been said that the computer was invented by the Devil to confuse man and confound God. Fortunately the computer is only a tool devised by man and is no more good or evil than most of man’s other tools, which, when the need arises, can become weapons.

Keywords: Management Service; Project Leader; Senior Executive; Work Measurement; Central Data Processing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03955-5_13

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