Office Automation: Push Managers Into It

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Clerical workers resist the introduction of automation because of their fear that the equipment will make their work obsolete or at least reduce it to dull and tedious chores. Management digs in its heels because managers are reluctant to show their lack of computer expertise and typing ability. Managers are strongly advised that they must be the ones to take the lead, according to Bob Grant of the Chisholm Institute in Melbourne, Australia.

Leadership, Resistance to Computer Technology, Resistance to Change, Grant, Bob

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Giving Managers Information

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Intelligence Pty Ltd of Australia has adapted programs once used on large mainframes into packages that can be used by managers on less costly micros. Managers can do financial calculations on Micro Modeller or PlannerCalc and retrieve information on Delta or D.M.S. Management can use that information to formulate plans on Micronet or Microplanner, bypassing data processing departments.

Information services, product announcement, Software Packages, Microcomputer, Management Applications

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Club Gets Faster Access to Information

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The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland, Australia, has installed a new, more powerful computer manufactured by Perkin Elmer. RACQ has had a computer since 1965, but switched to the Perkin Elmer 3250 because of its four Mb of main memory and 2000Mb of disk capacity. The system will have eighty terminals and will use software supplied by Inscom Systems Pty Ltd.

Automobile industry, Computer system conversion, System Conversion, Perkin Elmer 3250 (mainframe computer), Inscom Systems Pty Ltd. Policy (computer program)

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