Data processing management: is it unique?

In the past few years, I've become pretty wary of self-diagnosis or diagnosing problems without much data. I don't have much data on your problem, but I do on a lot of other managerial problems. Let's explore the question of whether yours are unique. Certainly we know the forces of change that are affecting all managers today apply to you and probably apply in some ways more stringently. We know that the knowledge of the physical universe is doubling at least every seven years, and that the people you manage and you yourselves contribute significantly to this growth in knowledge. We also know that an enormous amount of information and systematic study and knowledge is coming out of behavioral sciences which tells us we really aren't very well equipped to cope with the impact of physical science as it affects mankind. This isn't a unique problem.