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The Office for Information Management was founded in 1985 as a unit within the College of Commerce and Business Administration.¹ Funded jointly by industry and by the University, its goals are to "foster the study of the management of information systems"; and "to promote projects between industry and academia on the management of information systems".² A five year goal is to have the entire College of Commerce and Business Administration involved in information management.³ Another long-term goal is "to broaden the focus of graduate curricula and scholarly research in the College to include information management".⁴ One function of the Office is to administer an IBM grant for graduate education and research on "managing information for competitive advantage".⁵ The Office for Information Management also operates a graduate computer laboratory, with over 100 workstations.⁶

1. Office for Information Management Annual Report, 1987, pp. 1, 13.

2. Ibid., pp. 2-3.

3. Ibid., p. 5.

4. Ibid., p. 6.

5. Ibid., p. 1.

6. Ibid., p. 1.