Understanding Management Software

279 Pages·1985·24.877 MB·English

by  Andrew Leigh B.Sc., M.A., MIPM (auth.)

Understanding Management Software
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Understanding
Management Software
Andrew Leigh
B.Sc., M.A., MIPM
M
MACMILLAN
in association with
Macmillan Education
© Andrew Leigh 1985
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First published 1985
Published by
MACMILLAN EDUCATION LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG212XS
and London
Companies and representatives
throughout the world
in association with
the Institute of Personnel Management
Photoset by Parker Typesetting Service, Leicester
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Leigh, Andrew
Understanding management software.
1. Management-Data processing
2. Microcomputers-Programming
I. Title II. Institute of Personnel Management
658' .05425 HD30.2
ISBN 978-0-333-40946-6 ISBN 978-1-349-08592-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-08592-7
To Aiden and Darion
Acknowledgements
This book would not have been possible without the help of the following, to
whom sincere thanks are offered:
Fiona Murchie of IPM who kept my spirits up when times were difficult;
Jon Finegold of Macmillan Education; the staff of The London Borough of
Croydon Reference Library; James Blackledge of Pulsar (UK) who
provided a substantial number of software packages; Doreena Ward of ACT
(UK) Ltd; ACT (UK) for assistance with purchasing an Apricot PC;
MBS Data Efficiency Ltd for assistance with purchasing a Taxan/Kaga
Printer; Business Simulations for use of Cardbox Plus in preparing the
bibliography; Sapphire Systems for use of DataMaster for keeping track of
all the software products and preparing the index; Raven Computers for use
of Grammatik for checking the grammar of the text; Caxton Software for
use of Brainstorm for miscellaneous creative purposes; Keith Mackay for
helpful advice; Mary Davis for occasional clerical help; Sharon Behr of the
IPM who kindly suggested the title; the producers and suppliers of the
various software products mentioned throughout the book and finally my
wife for her constant, enthusiastic support and tolerance for a husband who
goes to work as a manager during the day, and comes home and starts work
all over again.
Contents
PART ONE
Introduction 11
1 Coping with the Jargon and Some First Principles 13
2 Software Basics 28
3 Foundations 48
4 The Seven Steps to Choosing Software 58
5 Seven Steps Continued 78
6 Training 90
7 Word Processing 99
8 Databases 111
9 Spreadsheets 127
10 Management Aids 134
PART TWO
Introduction 145
Brainstorm 149
Cardbox Plus 154
Condor 159
DataMaster 161
Datebook 165
Everyman 168
Files and Folders 173
Friday! 177
Grammatik 180
Hands on Microcomputers 183
Hands on MS-DOS 185
Lotus 1-2-3 187
Micro file 193
Milestone 196
The Negotiation Edge 200
Notebook 204
The Nutcracker Suite 208
Open Access 211
Palantir 217
QED+ 221
Snowball Guided Learning Course 228
Spellbinder 229
Symphony 232
Touch 'n' Go 238
Trendisk 240
Trendtext/2 242
The Ultimate Diary 244
Wordcraft 246
WordStar 250
Xchange 254
Appendix A: Main functions of Software Packages in Part Two 261
Appendix B: Computer Training Agencies 263
Useful Addresses 267
Bibliography 270
Glossary 273
Index 283
Part One