Managing Microcomputers in Large Organizations -- Copyright -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- OVERVIEW -- Vision and Value Getting the Most out of Microcomputers -- The Organizational Issues -- PART I SMALL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED -- Introduction -- Faster, Smaller, Cheaper Trends in Microcomputer Technology -- Trends in Personal Computer Software -- Personal Computer Networks -- PART II SMALL COMPUTERS IN LARGE ORGANIZATIONS THE IMPLICATIONS -- Introduction -- Managing Uncontrollable Growth -- Managed Innovation Controlling End-User Computing in the Federal Government -- Personal Computers and the Office of the Future -- PART III MANAGING MICROCOMPUTERS THE ISSUES -- Introduction -- A Perspective for the Chief Executive Officer -- Managing Microcomputers and End-User Computing Some Critical Issues -- Regaining Control Through Centralized Action -- PART IV MANAGING MICROCOMPUTERS CASE STUDIES -- Introduction -- Productivity Through Automation -- Managing Microcomputers in State and Local Government -- The User Era -- Personal Computing, Not Personal Computers -- Control Through Persuasion -- INDEX.