Communications needs of the user for management information systems

The need for data communications is not restricted to only the very large and very widely dispersed business or service organizations. Small businesses tend to have all the problems of their larger counterparts, especially the problem of the conveying of key financial and operating data to the personnel involved in the daily activities of that business. The extent of geographical dispersion of the business is also not a delimiter of the communications need. The widely dispersed organizations usually will reap greater benefits because data communications will help overcome their problems of geography. But, have you ever considered that a management person could have his desk backed right up to a computer and yet have a severe communications void?