Abstract
The Information Executive is a well-written, analytical attempt to characterize management in the future as the management of information. Cleveland presents what is considered conventional wisdom; namely, that the American economy now produces information as its principal output. The transformation from the hard output of durable goods to a society of information processing will change the nature of management. Accordingly, the new manager needs to be a generalist rather than a specialist. What Cleveland says is not so much new as it is cast in a new light. He is among the first authors to speak to the organizational implications of com
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