CHAPTER TITLES: --- INFORMATION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING --- THE DATA PROCESSING EVOLUTION --- THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION: ITS SETTING --- THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION: DEVELOPMENTS AND ISSUES --- INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER CONCEPTS --- INPUT AND OUTPUT --- THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT --- PROGRAMMING ANALYSIS --- PROGRAM PREPARATION --- PROGRAM CODING WITH POPULAR LANGUAGES --- MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTERS: AN OVERVIEW --- SYSTEMS STUDIES: THE PLANNING FOR COMPUTERS --- ORGANIZATION AND THE COMPUTER --- STAFFING AND THE COMPUTER --- CONTROL AND THE COMPUTER --- SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS: FACTS AND THE FUTURE.