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The false efficiency of systems analysis

May 27, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

The revolutionary manner in which McNamara made his decisions… transformed the “expert” career bureaucrat into the “novice” and the “inexperienced” political appointee into the “professional.” […]

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Difference between operations research and systems analysis — one is much harder!

July 22, 2020 Eric Lofgren 1

Since operations research deals with optimization problems in which criteria, alternatives, and other parameters are given, in a sense, the solution to the problem lies […]

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