With the above dedication, Oliver Wight begins what is probably the most

provocative (and most useful) book ever written for business and manage-

ment professionals on the subject of computers in busin ess application. In

providing a myth-shattering portrait of the complexities of computer "over-

sophistication," the practice of defending and promoting computer business

applications that have resulted in failure in the past, this book develops a

common-sense approach to computers and their realistically effective;imple-

mentation for systems designed to support--nat supplant--the act,~es of

people in the business community. :