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Viewpoint: Is there life beyond the microchip?
Computing has become the classic example of the philosophy that ‘small is beautiful’ — currently known as the Felicity Kendall syndrome. As the hardware has become smaller so it…
Computers in business
The Editor surveys four current applications which provide a typical example of the wide spread of applications now being facilitated by computer usage.
Conference scene
Obviously such a fundamental change as this within an organisation has to be instituted in all branches over a short period of time. Ideally training needed to be completed in…
Computers at your service
Gordon CBE DaviesHotels and restaurants have always faced a managerial dilemma. Each must present, through members of staff, a warm and friendly welcome to guests; each is, however, also a…
Computer Courses
Godrey GolzenThere are now literally hundreds of short computer courses being given all over the country, says Brian Sawyer, education officer of the National Computing Centre. They fall into…
ABE SUPPLEMENT
There is nothing like a baptism of fire to really find out about an organisation and, in the five months since I become Secretary General, I have certainly been baptised. When I…
Student section: Examiners' Reports — December 1984
Many students were weak in basic techniques. They were unable to calculate a mean, standard deviation, confidence interval, index number, or median to the extent not merely of…
Diploma Mills — Part 6 Medical qualifications
Lyndon JonesIn recent years governments in many countries, notably UK and USA, have introduced a mass of legislation aimed at safeguarding the consumer. This is in sharp contrast with their…
Careers:: COURSES
Inability to pay for studies was mentioned by almost half the people questioned in an Open University sample survey as to the reasons why they turned down a place with the OU this…
Careers:: TRAINING
A centre specialising in mid‐career change has opened in Croydon, the activities of which will appeal locally and to organisations mainly in London and the South‐East. Run by an…
Learning to write right
Edgar CBE BakerWe learn to use our mother tongue through unconscious practice and imitation. We do not need rules to guide us; we do as others do. Thus few native‐born citizens of the UK could…
Validation of accounting software
Peter BronsonIn any analysis or review of accounting software, the day‐to‐day environment in which this software will ultimately be used must surely be the starting point. The bewildering…
Starting a new job
Don RobertsStarting a new job is not a unique experience for most managers. However, when this occurs at senior level it can have a significant impact on organisation performance. I was a…
English as a foreign language
A long queue of Spaniards camping out in the Calle Almagro in Madrid does not mean that the summer sales are on; it is a sign that the British Council English Teaching Centre is…
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- Dr Martin McCracken