158 ;;Quote: informatics is the science of information aspects of processes and phenomena

158 ;;Quote: a system is a part of the world which someone chooses to see as made of components with properties and actions

158 ;;Quote: no part of the world is inherently a system

158 ;;Quote: programming environment is a tool for individuals or small teams; little regard for management of programming

158 ;;Quote: software engineering environment is for development and maintenance of large programs; management aspects are stressed

159 ;;Quote: an organization is a system of work tasks, an information system, a decision system, a power system, and a social system all together

161 ;;Quote: a role is a task or group of interrelated tasks carried out by persons in development or operation of a system; a person may have multiple roles

162 ;;Quote: three stages of computer technology in an organization: a large computer, a common data base, a network

163 ;;Quote: an organization becomes a network of people and machines linked by electronic communication; human communication decreases

164 ;;Quote: when an organization interacts through a common data base, workers relate to a pre-defined model of reality instead of reality itself

164 ;;Quote: it is disturbing when indirect communication by data screens is substituted for human communication

164 ;;Quote: people should know when they are communicating with a machine instead of a person

164+;;Quote: a commandment: thou shalt not create machines in the image of man

164 ;;Quote: the strength of unions is the solidarity of its members; this is reduced when direct cooperation becomes less meaningful for work

167 ;;Quote: DELTA is for writing system descriptions in semiformalized english