Microcomputer Applications in Transportation: A Strategy for Improving Organizational Effectiveness

Microcomputer applications in transportation are particularly interesting and exciting. The technology itself is exciting but its implications for the practice of transportation as a profession should be even more exciting. The microcomputer movement has a substantial momentum now. It is important to identify critical success elements or major sources of failure or frustration in order that transportation organizations can effectively manage the evolution of this technology to better serve their transportation functions.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

  Secretariat, 14 Avenue Berthelot
  69363 Lyon cedex 07,   France 
• Authors:
  • Manheim, Marvin L
  • Thompson, Paul D
• Conference:
  • World Conference on Transport Research: Research for Transport Policies in a Changing World
  • Location: Hamburg , Germany
  • Date: 1983-4-26 to 1983-4-29
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Volume I and Volume II
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 606-918
• Monograph Title: Research for Transport Policies in a Changing World: Proceedings of the World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Management; Microcomputers; Organizational effectiveness; Public transit; Technological innovations; Technology; Transit operating agencies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation professionals; Transportation programs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01079383
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 22 2007 10:14AM