Abstract
Much of the discussion about the use of personal computers within organizations arises from viewing personal computers and personal computing as the same thing. The focus is on a peripheral issue: the choice between distributed computer hardware and central computer hardware. It is more useful to focus on a very different issue: the difference between organizational computing and personal computing in organizational information systems. The primary problem is that of control; how can centralized information processing organizations ensure that the correct data is used, that it is protected, that the systems developed are what end users need, and that such development represents productive use of computing resources without getting in the way of productive use of computing resources to solve individual users' problems?
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- Personal computing vs. personal computers
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