Management Implications Resulting From Changing Computer Technology

This thesis is being archived as a Digitized Shelf Copy for campus access to current students and staff only. We currently cannot provide this open access without the author's permission. If you are the author of this work and desire to provide it open access or wish access removed please contact the Wahlstrom Library to discuss permission.One of the major challenges facing today's business firms is the successful integration of rapidly changing computer technology. New technology can be introduced in a random way by various units in the firm or in a planned environment with appropriate organization structures. Management must understand the direction in which the new technology is moving as well as the organizational variables that must be considered. Failure by management to select an approach will, by default, mean that organizational changes will be dictated by the technology