2485	 Managing the Computer Resource A Stage Hypothesis	 Based on the study of expenditures for data processing a descriptive stage hypothesis is presented. It is suggested that the planning organizing and controlling activities associated with managing the computer resource will change in character over a period of time and will evolve in patterns roughly correlated to four stages of the computer budget Stage I computer acquisition Stage II intense system development Stage III proliferation of controls and Stage IV user service orientation . Each stage is described and related to individual tasks for managing the computer resource. computer management computer budget computer expenditures stage hypothesis planning organizing control computer resource
