Diebold, John

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DIEBOLD, John

DIEBOLD, John. American, b. 1926. Genres: Administration/Management, Technology, Information science/Computers. Career: Founder, and Chairman of Board, Diebold Group Inc., mgmt. consultants, NYC, since 1954. Founder, and Chairman, John Diebold Inc., mgmt. and investment, since 1967. Chairman, DCL Inc., holding co. of Diebold Computer Leasing Inc., since 1967. Director, Genesco. With Griffenhagen and Assocs., mgmt. consultants, NYC and Chicago, 1951-60: Owner, 1957-60. Publications: Automation: The Advent of the Automatic Factory, 1952; Beyond Automation, 1964; Man and the Computer: Technology as an Agent of Social Change, 1969; Business Decisions and Technological Change, 1970; (ed.) World of the Computer, 1973; Management, 1973; Automation, 1983; Making the Future Work, 1984; Managing Information, 1985; Business in the Age of Information, 1985; The Innovators, 1990. Address: John Diebold Inc., PO Box 515, Bedford Hills, NY 10507, U.S.A.