|
|
Article: Overcoming computer "phobia."
- Article from:
- Modern Machine Shop
- Article date:
- May 1, 1989
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1989 Gardner Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Overcoming Computer "Phobia"
How does a business owner spell fear? C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R.
Go through the history of industrial mechanization and it will be found that nothing has infected the executive with more goose bumps and icy fingers than technology made up mostly of silicone chips. Yet a computer dominated society is in the entrepreneurial cards and corporate decision-makers will have to overcome their quivers--most of which are more fanciful than real.
Executives whose firms have installed computers or intend to install them in the immediate future are also looking at something called "option shock."
Instead of "ooh-ing" and "ahing" ...