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Automation of information processing has immediate effects upon management jobs & the management process of decision-making. The mediating instrument is the computer along with various mathematical & statistical techniques associated with its application to decision problems. Use of the computer places strong emphasis upon rationalizing & quantifying decisions. Many of these decisions are then incorporated into the machine, leaving managers tc spend an increasing % of their time on problems involving interpersonal relations. Org structure is affected. The number of levels tends to shrink, the grouping of activities to shift. & the structure of authority & control to become centralized. Society will feel the impact of these changes in large part through changing demands made upon the educ'al system & through possible changes in att's & behavior of the managerial group. An important aspect of this application of automation is that both the key decisions with reference to use of the computer & major impacts of these decisions fall on the managerial group, though different individuals may be involved in the 2 phases. AA.