How computing has changed us

Computing has changed the workplace dramatically over the last few years. Information technologies have taken over our infrastructure. It is now necessary to consider your organizational needs before you make any drastic changes. Managers must consider how these changes will affect different aspects such as human behavior. We need to see how the advent of telecommunications will affect peoples behavior. Will Email, database services, and teleconferencing affect our users? These are the questions we need …

…and input goals - it ignores the other three systemic processes. On the other hand, the economist's bias of measuring outputs in relation to inputs overlooks the other systemic processes that eventually effect the organization's overall survival or growth. Clearly, the systems approach has its advantages. Moreover, the problems encountered in defining an organization's goals can be avoided by indirectly deriving the goals - by positing the three generic goals of input, transformation, and output.