The First Step a Manager Should Take to Cope with Information

question 68

Multiple Choice

The first step a manager should take to cope with information overload is to

• A) obtain a good database management system and use it to organize information more efficiently.
• B) hire a qualified information systems analyst.
• C) identify four or five key goals, and eliminate information that is not related to those goals.
• D) purchase more sophisticated hardware that can process and store information more efficiently.

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Font Size

The size of the characters in a piece of text, typically measured in points.

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Software application designed for the creation, editing, formatting, and printing of digital documents comprised of text and sometimes images.

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