Table of contents
2. Information for Forecasting
Ian McCaffertyAny manager or entrepreneur who aims to survive for a considerable period needs information not only on what is going on now, and what happened several months ago, but also what…
3. Information and Corporate Planning: The Director's Needs
John R. BroomfieldCorporate planning should be simple, not complex, but it is always difficult, not easy. Two, three, four or maybe five huge decisions will determine the destiny of a company. No…
4. Planning Research
Judith PalmerThe objective, sustenance and reward of research is information. But information does not yet grow on trees nor through the agency of monoclonal antibodies. It requires careful…
5. The Use of General Information in Marketing Decision Making
Mike TibbettsThis is a welcome opportunity to talk about a variety of subjects including, I hope, the Domesday Project. I am now with BBC Television working on the Domesday Project. Previously…
6. The Library and Information Department's Contribution to MIS (Management Information Systems)
Jo VandenhendeThe constantly growing complexity of society, the growth in size of many organisations, the expanding information demands, the shortage of specialised human skills, these and…
7. Industrial Intelligence: The Need for Synthesis
M.J. RowatI would like to start by stating a little about myself. I think this important because the fact that I work in a College of Librarianship may predispose you to guess what I shall…
8. Information for Managers
Andrew EttingerWriting about information for managers is in some ways quite a daunting task because one could quite easily argue that the art and science of management is all about utilising…
9. Creating a Do‐It‐Yourself Database
Janet FraserWhat I'm going to do is tell you a little about the way in which I am setting up a text database for an Aberdeen‐based company. This is being done using BASIS — Batelle's Database…
10. Full Text Databases: Their Implications for Librarians
Michael BerringtonFull‐text databases, the subject of this article, are worthy of consideration for a number of reasons. They are unique in allowing online access to primary textual information…
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