| Titre : | The use of micro-computers into small businesses | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Tidjani Berregui, Auteur ; Ian Graham, Directeur de thèse | | Editeur : | Ecosse : Heriot-Watt University | | Année de publication : | 1985 | | Importance : | 183 f. | | Présentation : | ill. | | Format : | 30 cm. | | Note générale : | Mémoire de Master : Génie Industriel : Ecosse, Heriot-Watt University : 1985
Bibliogr. [11] f | | Langues : | Anglais (eng) | | Mots-clés : | Micro-computers
Small businesses
Hardware
Software | | Index. décimale : | Ms01185 | | Résumé : | In the space of no more than a decade, the micro-computer has been through much the same pattern of evolution as the mainframe computer took forty years to accomplish.
Progress in micro-computing has so far been exceedingly rapid and haphazard.
Hence, the attention of the world is now directed at new products and emergent technologies, such as the new micro-computers that are launched each month and for which growth expectations are extremely high.
The use of computers has been spreading rapidly since the Mid-60s.
Recently, the availability of micro-computers at prices which even the smallest business can contemplate, has led to a sudden acceleration in the rate of adoption of computer applications.
For many existing small businesses, it is the micro-revolution which could be of most help.
Thus, the choice is made and the rapid pace of technology has led, in some areas, to rapid absolescence, and in all areas to falling prices for a given level of power.
The present study is about the use of micro-computers into small businesses, its purpose is to provide a basis on which a small businessman can build a successful micro-computer implementation process.
The research is also of value in that there is relatively little published academic or commercial research in the area.
The main problem encountered during the research was the lack of research texts about the subject.
Information, therefore, has had to be collected from a great deal of articles available in various computer magazines, newspapers, reviews and other sources.
To carry out the study, both desk and field research were used.
The former consisted of collecting data from books, magazines, periodicals, reviews and newspapers; while the latter consisted of survey using a questionnaire distributed to a sample of small businesses in Scotland.
The dissertation begins by describing the main computers development from the first computer to the introduction of the micro-computers.
It also outlines the major difficulties faced by most writers in giving an exact definition to small business and the various yardsticks by which small businesses are measured.
The major hardware components that make up a micro-computer, system and the software that makes the micro-computer system perform its variousdifferent tasks, are discussed in some detail.
A discussion of how a small business might go about establishing a computer system is also provided.
The different types of suppliers and some of the typical hardware and software items available in the market are presented along with a discussion of how well the market satisfies the different users' needs.
Research methodology with general background about the methodological perspectives and the method used in carrying out the present research, is discussed, including the formation of the questionnaire, the sample process, objectives of the survey, etc.
A discussion of the data gathered from the survey is provided.
Lastly, opportunities for further research are briefly discussed. |
The use of micro-computers into small businesses [texte imprimé] / Tidjani Berregui, Auteur ; Ian Graham, Directeur de thèse . - Ecosse : Heriot-Watt University, 1985 . - 183 f. : ill. ; 30 cm. Mémoire de Master : Génie Industriel : Ecosse, Heriot-Watt University : 1985
Bibliogr. [11] f Langues : Anglais ( eng) | Mots-clés : | Micro-computers
Small businesses
Hardware
Software | | Index. décimale : | Ms01185 | | Résumé : | In the space of no more than a decade, the micro-computer has been through much the same pattern of evolution as the mainframe computer took forty years to accomplish.
Progress in micro-computing has so far been exceedingly rapid and haphazard.
Hence, the attention of the world is now directed at new products and emergent technologies, such as the new micro-computers that are launched each month and for which growth expectations are extremely high.
The use of computers has been spreading rapidly since the Mid-60s.
Recently, the availability of micro-computers at prices which even the smallest business can contemplate, has led to a sudden acceleration in the rate of adoption of computer applications.
For many existing small businesses, it is the micro-revolution which could be of most help.
Thus, the choice is made and the rapid pace of technology has led, in some areas, to rapid absolescence, and in all areas to falling prices for a given level of power.
The present study is about the use of micro-computers into small businesses, its purpose is to provide a basis on which a small businessman can build a successful micro-computer implementation process.
The research is also of value in that there is relatively little published academic or commercial research in the area.
The main problem encountered during the research was the lack of research texts about the subject.
Information, therefore, has had to be collected from a great deal of articles available in various computer magazines, newspapers, reviews and other sources.
To carry out the study, both desk and field research were used.
The former consisted of collecting data from books, magazines, periodicals, reviews and newspapers; while the latter consisted of survey using a questionnaire distributed to a sample of small businesses in Scotland.
The dissertation begins by describing the main computers development from the first computer to the introduction of the micro-computers.
It also outlines the major difficulties faced by most writers in giving an exact definition to small business and the various yardsticks by which small businesses are measured.
The major hardware components that make up a micro-computer, system and the software that makes the micro-computer system perform its variousdifferent tasks, are discussed in some detail.
A discussion of how a small business might go about establishing a computer system is also provided.
The different types of suppliers and some of the typical hardware and software items available in the market are presented along with a discussion of how well the market satisfies the different users' needs.
Research methodology with general background about the methodological perspectives and the method used in carrying out the present research, is discussed, including the formation of the questionnaire, the sample process, objectives of the survey, etc.
A discussion of the data gathered from the survey is provided.
Lastly, opportunities for further research are briefly discussed. |
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