PUAD 626, Information Resource Management

Government and Information
The Government’s Business Is Information Processing

Government Information Managers
Require Skills From Disparate Knowledge Domains

Information as a Resource
Characteristics of Information

History of Computing
1900 – 1959

Slide 6

History of Computing, 1960s
Infancy of the “Business Machine”

History of Computing, 1960s
Infancy of the “Business Machine,” cont.

History of Computing, 1970s
Adolescence: The “Databased” Corporation

History of Computing, 1970s
Adolescence: The “Databased” Corporation, cont.

History of Computing, 1980s
Transition to Maturity: Software Engineering for Mainframes

History of Computing, 1980s
Transition to Maturity: Software Engineering, cont.

History of Computing, 1980s, ver. 2
Pesky PCs – Toys or Appliances?

Platform Wars

Here and Now, 1990s
PCs Meet Individual Needs, Not Organizational Needs

Here and Now, 1990s
Information Costs

Here and Now, 1990s
Productivity and Office Automation

Toward 2000
Adolescence: The “Databased” Corporation