Real-Time Management - An Analogy

COMPARISON BETWEEN REAL TIME DATA PROCESSING AND REAL TIME MANAGEMENT SHOWS THAT, UNLIKE MANAGERS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS CANNOT USE INTUITION, COMMON SENSE, OR ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE. AFTER SYSTEMATICALLY STUDYING AND DEFINING THE COMPUTER AND ITS CAPABILITIES, THE NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PO...

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Published in:The Academy of Management review 1977-04, Vol.2 (2), p.311
Main Authors: Borovits, Israel, Segev, Eli
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comparative analysis
Data processing
Real
Real time
Time management
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Summary:COMPARISON BETWEEN REAL TIME DATA PROCESSING AND REAL TIME MANAGEMENT SHOWS THAT, UNLIKE MANAGERS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS CANNOT USE INTUITION, COMMON SENSE, OR ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE. AFTER SYSTEMATICALLY STUDYING AND DEFINING THE COMPUTER AND ITS CAPABILITIES, THE NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF POTENTIAL JOBS, AND THE AIMS OF THE SYSTEM, IT IS POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP SCHEDULING POLICIES WHICH INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS. THESE POLICIES HAVE INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY OF REAL TIME PROCESSING SYSTEMS BY IMPROVING TASK SCHEDULING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION. THIS APPROACH ALSO APPLIES TO REAL TIME MANAGEMENT. EXISTING POLICIES CANNOT BE APPLIED DIRECTLY BUT CAN BE USED AS POINTS OF DEPARTURE FOR DEVELOPING NEW ONES. TO APPLY THE METHODOLOGY TO REAL TIME MANAGEMENT, IT IS NECESSARY TO DEFINE THE SPECIFIC DESIGNATED AREA OF MANAGEMENT AND ITS GOALS, ASSIGN A MANAGER TO THIS AREA, AND STUDY AND DEFINE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE MANAGER AND POTENTIAL DISTURBANCES. REFERENCES.
ISSN:0363-7425
1930-3807
DOI:10.2307/257914