Organization and Methods is a historical term in management science. Divisions of Organization and Methods were charged with devising and managing large scale administrative procedures. The term is notable in that it was the large O & M organizations in areas such as insurance and government which pioneered the commercial use of electronic computers in what became
Data Processing
Data processing is the collection and manipulation of digital data to produce meaningful information.
Data processing is a form of ''information processing'', which is the modification (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an ...
, later
Information Systems and
Information Technology.
[Akera, Atsushi (2007). Edmund Berkeley and the Origins of the ACM. ''Communications of the ACM''. 50 (5), 31.]
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