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S U M M A R Y
DIARY: May 2, 1995 10:40 PM Tuesday;
Rod Welch
Called Morris re Information Revolution v. Highway; POIMS Tech.
1...Summary/Objective
..................The Welch Management Method
.....SDS is actually a set of sound mangement practices integrated by
.....SDS automatically links succeeding records, how it automatically
2...Explaining SDS Easily
3...Information Highway v. Information Revolution
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0201 - Chips & Tech. 408 434 0600
020101 - Mr. Morris E. Jones
020102 - Vice President =Ext. 4283
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SUBJECTS
SDS, Marketing, Product Definition
Automated Integration
Design and writing
Information Management, Welch Management Method
Describe SDS in 25 words, Difficult to Explain SDS/POIMS
New World Order - Information Highway
Information Revolution v. Information
1209 - ..
1210 - Summary/Objective
1211 -
121101 - Followed up work at ref SDS 11 line 36, and ref SDS 9 line 48, and
121102 - internet ref DIP 1 line 30 to remind Morris we need the SDS Windows
121103 - source code to send to Mori Smyth.
121104 -
121105 - Reviewed terminology this evening with respect to meeting industry
121106 - standard usage.
121107 -
121108 - Morris has not yet read the recent EM on discussions with Axiom, ref
121109 - SDS 11 line 40, nor with Sackett Design, ref SDS 11 line 44.
121110 -
121111 - Submitted ref DIT 1 line 30 via internet to confirm understandings
121112 - and get further comment.
121113 -
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1212 -
1213 -
1214 - Discussion
1215 -
121501 - I asked Morris about his perspective that POIMS Technology is a
121502 - misnomer. I noted that the term "Information Technology" or IT, which
121503 - came up last Friday on the workshop by Gopal Kapur, ref SDS 10 line
121504 - 86, seems to indicate POIMS is well positioned within the general
121505 - field of IT.
121506 -
121507 - Further cited the reference to Lotus Notes in the Thomas Davenport
121508 - article in HBR entitled:
121509 -
121510 - Saving IT's Soul
121511 -
121512 - ...reviewed at ref SDS 3 line 185.
121513 -
121514 - ..
121515 - These sources seem to place POIMS within the general Information
121516 - technology field.
121517 -
121518 - Morris said he considers technology to be machines not software. He
121519 - said software represents a "method" not technology. Morris described
121520 - SDS as:
121521 -
121522 - The Welch Management Method
121523 -
121524 - ...discussed earlier at ref SDS 1 4930.
121525 -
121526 - SDS is actually a set of sound mangement practices integrated by
121527 - automation, ref OF 1 line 144, and so may qualify as technology
121528 - under Morris' definition.
121529 -
121530 - Confirmed this at ref DIT 1 line 27.
121531 - ..
121532 - Morris feels the definition is a matter of perspective. He
121533 - feels SDS does not "automate" management, because it does not do
121534 - anything by itself.
121535 -
121536 - SDS automatically links succeeding records, how it automatically
121537 - assembles disparate information on a single topic, once the
121538 - manager issues a request. He suggested we look up "automatic." I
121539 - did this, and found the American Heritage Dictionary gives the
121540 - washing machine as an example of automation, even though it
121541 - requires "management" input on what to wash, and when to wash it.
121542 - SDS works similarly.
121543 -
121544 - [See discussion at ref SDS 13 3867, ref SDS 13 1341.]
121545 -
121546 - We considered how CPM is a method of using a computer. The internal
121547 - combustion engine is a method of using a machine. Jet propulsion is
121548 - method of using airplane engines. POIMS is another way of using
121549 - computers to leverage the capacity to think, remember and communicate.
121550 -
121551 - I confirmed this understanding at ref DIT 1 line 27.
121552 -
121553 -
121554 - Explaining SDS Easily
121555 -
121556 - I seem to have come up with a 25 word description of POIMS, ref DIT 1
121557 - line 43. It follows up discussions with Morris in 1991 at ref SDS 1
121558 - line 154.
121559 -
121560 - [This was used later to submit course proposal to GWU at ref SDS
121561 - 12 line 65; see also meeting at Santa Clara University, ref SDS 14
121562 - line 117.]
121563 -
121564 -
121565 -
121566 - Information Highway v. Information Revolution
121567 - ..
121568 - I asked if he finds these are different. Morris seemed to
121569 - define the Information Revolution to have the attributes I give to the
121570 - Informa- tion Highway, ref SDS 2 line 217. He seems to be aware of
121571 - the increasing rate of information creation and the burden this
121572 - represents for conducting business.
121573 -
121574 - [See however later discussion where he rejects the idea, ref SDS 15
121575 - line 148, and again on New World Order of the Information Highway
121576 - re Asilomar, ref SDS 16 line 293.]
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