When Businesses First Began to Use Computers in the Early

question 31

True/False

When businesses first began to use computers in the early 1950s, the MIS department owned all the computing resources.

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Definitions:

Private Property

The legal ownership of resources or objects by individuals or corporations, distinguishing from public or communal ownership.

Formal Labour Market

The sector of the economy that involves jobs with official employment contracts, regular hours, benefits, and legal protections.

Symbolic Interactionists

Sociologists who study how people use symbols to create meaning and how those meanings shape and are shaped by social interaction.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.