What the Computer Can Do for the Planner

What the Computer Can Do for the Planner

The computer is an extremely valuable tool in strategic planning. But that is all it is-a tool. To borrow a phrase from Peter Drucker, it can make a planner's arm longer. The planner should view the computer as his slave-a sophisticated (and increasingly low-cost) slave, but still a slave. The...

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Published in:The Journal of business strategy Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 70 - 72
Main Author: Lewis, Walker
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Boston MCB UP Ltd 01-07-1981
Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd
Emerald
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects:
Computers
Digital computers
Interactive
Line managers
Management
Methods
Planning
Software
Strategic
Strategic planning
Swimming
Systems
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Summary:The computer is an extremely valuable tool in strategic planning. But that is all it is-a tool. To borrow a phrase from Peter Drucker, it can make a planner's arm longer. The planner should view the computer as his slave-a sophisticated (and increasingly low-cost) slave, but still a slave. The planner who finds himself the computer's slave is in deep trouble.
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