... of distributed processing systems, has presented personnel management with opportunities to use computing technology as a means of increasing the professionalism of practising personnel managers. Effective use will only occur if the implementation of technology is matched by appraisal of skills and organisation...

...Derek Torrington; Laura Hall There is not much evidence of a computer‐led revolution in personnel management. An ongoing survey of the uses to which computers are put in 350 establishments suggests a generally superficial take‐up of computer applications, with more being done to take over previous...