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This text is concerned with managerial and organisational integration, already referred to as “MOI”. The acronym carries a certain useful flavour: (“moi”, myself, an organic totality), which I believe will have additional meaning as the form and structure of this work develops. The need to integrate, as fully as possible, a wide range of managerial, organisational, functional and operational skills, which in the past have been viewed to a large extent, as “discrete” or specialised, is examined. Such integration can assist in achieving the best use of new technological capacity, can optimise organisational and human potential, and can thereby significantly improve overall systems performance.
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Whiston, T.G. (1992). Managerial and Organisational Integration Needs Arising Out of Technical Change. In: Managerial and Organisational Integration. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1839-8_3
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