Managers, Computer Systems, and Productivity.

Reprints the article "Managers, Computer Systems and Productivity," by Franz Edelman, which appeared in the September 1981 issue of the journal "MIS Quarterly." Reference to the value-added systems, designed and operated to support managerial and professional activities; Areas in which Data Base Management (DBM) technology is to be applied; Demonstration that a higher degree of "managerial self-sufficiency," with respect to information, avoids clerical churning and produces better.