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Publication Date: 1987-Oct-30
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Planning for the Social Disruption of the Microcomputer Revolution in Academe.
Muffo, John A.; Snizek, William E.
The computerization of the campus has had a profound effect upon the way in which students, faculty, and administrators work and interact with each other. The purpose of this report is to update the findings of an ongoing study of unexpected changes in human interactions precipitated by the introduction of easily accessible computing in the academic workplace. This paper attempts to integrate earlier studies of this topic with an ongoing study of the effects of microcomputer usage on the productivity of academic scientists, together with anecdotal reports on the subject. Observations and anecdotes are discussed and categorized in terms of a computer usage outcomes matrix. The matrix distinguishes the types of social impacts of computing at three levels--the individual, organizational, and extra-organizational. The other axis of the matrix categorizes computing activities, tools and procedures into six groups: career/personal, databases, data/file maintenance, networking/electronic mail, security and control, and word processing/graphics. The result is a matrix of changes in behavior; each cell in this matrix is discussed. In addition, implications and suggestions for planning and management are discussed. (Author/KM)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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