Abstract
Trends of microcomputer technology in developing countries, including Tanzanian. is like a 'mixed bag' of achievement and problems. Although rhe technology has been available for many years in developed world, developing countries are responding to it differently due to differences in political and economic policies. Some countries have acrimonious policies on the technology, some not. There are countries which utilize fully the technology in work places and others are still at dilemma on the importation of the technology due to what is 'claimed to be a weak economy in the presence Of many other pressing needs'. Other countries seem to have very little information on the gamut of the technology. Ironically, among the major problems of the same developing countries include lowest level of work efficiency, and more serious, have lowest level of managing information in the services and production industries compared to countries which utilize in full the gamut of the technology. Since computer technology together with its infonnatics is becoming cheaply accessible, developing countries should use it in solving dara managentent problems and inproving the quality of work efficiency. Similarly developing countries should review more seriously policies ofünportation of the technology to enhance national development.
Recommended Citation
Mahenge, S. (1998). Trends of Microcomputer Technology in Developing Countries, With More Focus on Tanzanian Experiences: Achievements and Problems. Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET), 22(1), 11-22. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.52339/tjet.v22i1.266
Publisher Name
University of Dar es Salaam
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