Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts
Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing their Impacts

Author: R. Kuehr

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9401000336

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Personal computers have made life convenient in many ways, but what about their impacts on the environment due to production, use and disposal? Manufacturing computers requires prodigious quantities of fossil fuels, toxic chemicals and water. Rapid improvements in performance mean we often buy a new machine every 1-3 years, which adds up to mountains of waste computers. How should societies respond to manage these environmental impacts? This volume addresses the environmental impacts and management of computers through a set of analyses on issues ranging from environmental assessment, technologies for recycling, consumer behaviour, strategies of computer manufacturing firms, and government policies. One conclusion is that extending the lifespan of computers (e.g. through reselling) is an environmentally and economically effective strategy that deserves more attention from governments, firms and the general public.

Computers and Commerce
Computers and Commerce

Author: Arthur Lawrence Norberg

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780262140904

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"Both ERA and EMCC had their roots in World War II, and in postwar years both firms received major funding from the United States government. Norberg analyzes the interaction between the two companies and the government and examines the impact of this institutional context on technological innovation. He looks at the two firms' operations after 1951 as independent subsidiaries of Remington Rand, and documents the management problems that began after Remington Rand merged with Sperry Gyroscope to form Sperry Rand in 1955"--Jacket.

The Impact of Computers on Small and Medium-sized Banks
The Impact of Computers on Small and Medium-sized Banks

Author: James A. Vaughan

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13:

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Brief report on a survey of experience in introducing automation in small and medium-sized banks in the USA - includes information on the research methodology used in the survey, and covers Motivation for introducing EDP systems, employees attitude towards computerisation and towards EDP personnel, the effect of such technological change on business organization and management, etc.

Introduction to Business
Introduction to Business

Author: Lawrence J. Gitman

Publisher:

Published: 2024-09-16

Total Pages: 1455

ISBN-13:

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Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond. This is an adaptation of Introduction to Business by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Use and Impact of Computers in Clinical Medicine
Use and Impact of Computers in Clinical Medicine

Author: James G. Anderson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1461386748

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Computer technology has impacted the practice of medicine in dramatic ways. Imaging techniques provide noninvasive tools which alter the diag nostic process. Sophisticated monitoring equipment presents new levels of detail for both patient management and research. In most of these high technology applications, the computer is embedded in the device; its presence is transparent to the user. There is also a growing number of applications in which the health care provider directly interacts with a computer. In many cases, these applica tions are limited to administrative functions, e.g., office practice manage ment, location of hospital patients, appointments, and scheduling. Nev ertheless, there also are instances of patient care functions such as results reporting, decision support, surveillance, and reminders. This series, Computers and Medicine, focuses upon the direct use of information systems as it relates to the medical community. After twenty five years of experimentation and experience, there are many tested ap plications which can be implemented economically using the current gen eration of computers. Moreover, the falling cost of computers suggests that there will be even more extensive use in the near future. Yet there is a gap between current practice and the state-of-the-art.

Computers and Society
Computers and Society

Author: Ronald M. Baecker

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 549

ISBN-13: 0198827083

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Computers and Society explores the history and impact of modern technology on everyday human life, considering its benefits, drawbacks, and repercussions. Particular attention is paid to new developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the issues that have arisen from our complex relationship with AI.

The Impact of Computers on Management
The Impact of Computers on Management

Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Industrial Relations Section

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Composite work on the impact of computers and EDP systems on management in the USA - covers top management and middle management activities, operational research, business organization, decision making, effects of automation on the occupational structure, etc. References.

The Trouble with Computers
The Trouble with Computers

Author: Thomas K. Landauer

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780262621083

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Beginning with an explanation of why considerable outlays for computing since 1973 have not resulted in comparable payoffs, the author proposes that emerging techniques for user-centred development can turn the situation around - through task analysis, ite

The Social Impact of Computers
The Social Impact of Computers

Author: Richard S. Rosenberg

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-09-03

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1483267156

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The Social Impact of Computers should be read as a guide to the social implications of current and future applications of computers. Among the basic themes presented are the following: the changing nature of work in response to technological innovation as well as the threat to jobs; personal freedom in the machine age as manifested by challenges to privacy, dignity, and work; the relationship between advances in computer and communications technology and the possibility of increased centralization of authority; and the emergence and influence of artificial intelligence and its role in decision-making, especially in military applications. The book begins with background and historical information on computers and technology. Separate chapters then cover major applications: business, medicine, education, government; major social issues, including crime, privacy, work; and new technologies and problems: industry regulation, electronic funds transfer systems, international competition, national industrial policies, robotics and industrial automation, productivity, the information society, videotex. The final chapter discusses issues associated with ethics and professionalism. The material presented should be accessible to most university students who have had an introductory course in computer science. Self taught or sufficiently motivated individuals who have gained an understanding of how computers operate should also profit from this book. Especially useful are backgrounds in sociology, economics, history, political science, or philosophy.