TY - JOUR
AU - Ahituv, Niv
AB - Editorial Niv AHITUV and terminals deployed in distinct geographical Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel locations. Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA 91711, USA The second generation (the late 70's) dealt with efficiency and economic problems, e.g., optimizing Until the late 70's information system technol­ the distribution of computing facilities. ogy (i.e., computers, communications network, etc.) The third generation (the beginning of the 80's) had not been flexible enough to adjust itself to directs its attention to managerial problems, i.e., vario~s managerial styles, in particular to de­ how to devise a policy for DIS. Two notable centralized organizations. Computers were large papers in this area were written by Buchanan and and centralized; consequently, data bases and Linowes [1], They were the first to emphasize that computing power could not be delegated to the an information system is not a rigid entity but a compouild of a large number of activities; it en­ end user. The rapid progress in the development of tails that while a certain activity is distributed, microcomputers and communications has brought another one can be centralized. The immediate technology to a state where management can sub­ conclusion is that questions of distribution policy, due the hardware and software configuration 
TI - Distributed information system
JF - Human Systems Management
DO - 10.3233/hsm-1985-5401
DA - 1985-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/ios-press/distributed-information-system-cwXUqO0g0L
SP - 275
EP - 276
VL - 5
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -