Citation
Table of Contents: The Computer - Sweet and Sour p. 4 - by Thomas J. Schriber, Dr. Schriber reviews a book on the computer which, he says, cannot help but be entertaining and revealing for the layman and the specialist alike. Dr. Schriber, associate professor of statistics, is directing two national workshops this summer on the use of the computer in management education. ; What Managers Need to Know About the Computer p. 6 - by Andrew McCosh, What should non-specialist managers know in order to use the computer most effectively? Andrew McCosh, associate professor of accounting and member of the School's committee on computer equipment and use, addresses himself to this question. ; Ask Me a Question - Any Question - p. 8 - A collection of items from various publications describing some ingenious ways the computer is being used to solve problems. ; Analysis of Decisions Under Uncertainty p. 10 - Reviewed by Rex Brown Dr. Brown, associate professor of business administration, here reviews a book he believes may be the most important practical contribution to management science for many years to come. ; Alumni and the Computer - p. 11 - Twenty-six alumni who are working in the computer field, or who have founded businesses based on the computer, describe their jobs and comment on the problems and possibilities arising from the computer both now and in the future. ; Among Ourselves - p. 24 - Information on the newly established Associates Program, a fund-raising campaign inaugurated by a $325,000 gift, and two accounting firms that have recently given the School a great deal of support. ; Numbers, Part 11 - p. 31 - This issue's Numbers section centers around statistics to do with the computer-jobs with computer industries, growth of computer fields and the computer as tax collector. ; About the Cover and the Art Work in This Issue Our cover is a picture drawn by a computer in the research laboratories of General Motors Corporation. The picture was developed to check image quality on the cathode ray tube screen of the DAC Graphic Console and is used by permission of the G-M Experimental Laboratories. Art work throughout the issue consists of entries in the 1969 Computer Art Contest sponsored by the magazine Computers and Automation, and is used with their permission. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/50695>
Publisher
Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan
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Electronic reproduction; Ann Arbor Michigan; Michigan Copy Center; 2004
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