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Your Small Business Computer: Evaluating, Selecting, Financing, Installing and Operating the Hardware and Software That Fits

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YOUR SMALL BUSINESS COMPUTER: EVALUATING, SELECTING, FINANCING, INSTALLING AND OPERATING THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE THAT FITS

By Donald R. Shaw

Although $1.00 buys as much computing now as $300.00 did in 1965 and companies with as few as ten employees are acquiring computers many buyers are making serious mistakes when purchasing their firms' first computers or replacing unsatisfactory systems. In this valuable handbook, Donald Shaw tells you how to avoid costly mistakes when selecting, financing, installing, and operating your computer

Shaw shows that no other innovation has so much potential for good or ill in your busi ness operation as the computer. Computer technology can be intimidating to laypeople and systems are usually oversold and improperly prepared for, so it's a good idea and good business to know all you can before investing in them.

He helps you develop an understanding of what computers are and how they work so that you can better handle strategic, legal, and managerial issues stemming from their use. The early chapters of the book are devoted to the ABC's of computers the basic principles of their "care and feeding." Once you've been introduced to computer architecture, the binary numbering system, and the fundamentals of application program design, you'll be ready to assimilate step-by-step sections on.

Full scale, mini, and microcomputers how they work and the differences between

them

Computer terminology

Costs of hardware and software and how to evaluate them

Developing the Request for Proposal (RFP) and evaluating resulting proposals

Negotiating a computer contract and how to follow through on it

Being an expert in your particular field is no guarantee you'll be expert in assessing and meeting your computer needs. Donald Shaw supplies you with all the facts you need to select and utilize your company's computer in the most effective and profitable manner

About the Author

Donald R. Shaw is the president of Business Counselors, Inc., a consulting firm spec aliz ing in the business applicability of mini and microcomputers. Formerly, he was vice president of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., the largest independent data processing ser vice company. He has also held important marketing and management positions at 18M. Burroughs, and Xerox.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

658.0 DON y

Penerbit

: by van ostrand reinhold company inc., 1981

Deskripsi Fisik

ix, 256 hlm; ilus; 21cm

Bahasa

Indonesia

ISBN/ISSN

0-442-28137-4

Klasifikasi

658.0

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

unmediated

Tipe Pembawa

volume

Edisi

Edisi Pertama

Subjek

Komputer bisnis kecil
Perangkat keras komputer — Pemilihan dan instalasi
Perangkat lunak komputer — Penerapan bisnis
Manajemen usaha kecil — Teknologi informasi

Info Detail Spesifik

Membahas panduan praktis memilih, membiayai, menginstal, serta mengoperasikan perangkat keras dan perangkat lunak komputer untuk kebutuhan bisnis kecil.

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oleh donald r.shaw

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