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Subject: Re: MBA seminar in Office Information Systems
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Date: 16 Jan 90 22:29:35 GMT
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>In article <90003.133030UH2@PSUVM.BITNET> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes:
>>I trying to collect a broad array of ideas that cover the topic of
>>Office Information Systems of the near future.  I am interested in current
>>systems that corporations use, or that can be purchased from vendors, but
>>I am more interested in ideas which lean toward
>>the future.  I am building a sysllabus for an MBA seminar for non-specialists.
> 
>Lee, 
> 
>	Here is something which, although not quite what you're looking for,
>might help you.  I would be interested in getting a copy of your syllabus 
>when it takes a final shape.

I would also be interested in a copy.. (thanks Waleed for the extensive 
bilbliography).  A reference which I have found particularly useful which
I did not see on Waleed's list is Gerard Salton's new book:

Salton, Gerard _Automatic Text Processing: The Transformation, Analysis,
and Retrieval of Information by Computer_, (Addison-Wesley, 1989)
ISBN: 0-201-12227-8

Salton covers the following topics: The information environment; the computer
environment; the automated office; text editing and formatting; text compres-
sion; text encryption; file-accessing systems; conventional text-retrieval
systems; automatic indexing; advanced retrieval models; language analysis and
understanding; automatic text transformations; and paperless information 
systems.  He is at times technical (describing phototypesetting equipment) and
at times pedantic (for a survey work, he explains perhaps too much of the math
behind text retrieval) but it is generally a good overview of current technology

yours,


Ted Shelton
ARCH_EMS@GSBACD.UCHICAGO.EDU