Author
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- Thomas L. Whisler
(Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago)
- George P. Shultz
(Graduate School of Business, the University of Chicago)
Abstract
Automation of information processing has im mediate effects upon management jobs and the management process of decision-making. The mediating instrument is the computer along with various mathematical and statistical techniques associated with its application to decision prob lems. Use of the computer places strong emphasis upon ra tionalizing and quantifying decisions. Many of these decisions are then incorporated into the machine, leaving managers to spend an increasing percentage of their time on problems in volving interpersonal relations. Organization structure is af fected. The number of levels tends to shrink, the grouping of activities to shift, and the structure of authority and con trol to become centralized. Society will feel the impact of these changes in large part through changing demands made upon the educational system and through possible changes in attitudes and behavior of the managerial group. An impor tant aspect of this application of automation is that both the key decisions with reference to use of the computer and major impacts of these decisions fall on the managerial group, al though different individuals may be involved in the two phases.
Suggested Citation
Thomas L. Whisler & George P. Shultz, 1962.
"Automation and the Management Process,"
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 340(1), pages 81-89, March.
Handle:
RePEc:sae:anname:v:340:y:1962:i:1:p:81-89
DOI: 10.1177/000271626234000111
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