Hearing the voice of the market : Menyimak suara pasar

Jakartaxxxv, 387 hlm.; ilus.; 23 cm

Surviving transformation: lessons from gm's surprising turnaround

Describes the impressive strategic turnaround at General Motors beginning in the early 1990s that has brought it back from the brink of bankruptcy. Focuses on how other companies in a variety of industries can learn from GM's experience

Letter dated 2 January 1975 from Vincent P. Barabba to Lorenzo A. Richards

Letter dated 2 January 1975 from Vincent P. Barabba, Director, Bureau of the Census, to Lorenzo A. Richards, with request to return the form on the 1974 Census of establisments performing agricultural services74-A41 (L) January 2, 1975 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Social and Economic Statistics Administration BUREAU OF THE CENSUS Washington, D.C. 20233 / Y2~+A&~ Dear Friend: It's time for the 1974 Census of establishments performing Agricultural Services, and we need your help. In this census we include establishments performing: • Soil Preparation and Crop Services • Veterinary and Animal Services • Farm Labor and Management Services • Landscape and Horticultural Services This is a most important census. Many changes have occurred since 1969 when the last census was taken. It is important to you that these changes be measured and understood by others performing agricultural services as well as by those who serve you and them. Your answers are needed and are COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL, as spelled out in the Notice on the front of the report form. Please fill out your report and send it back right away in the envelope provided. We'll appreciate it very much. Sincerely, VINCENT P. BARABBA Director Bureau of the Census Enclosures GPO 884- 27

Policy as Argument---A Logic for Ill-Structured Decision Problems

This paper presents a new framework for handling ill-structured decision problems. The framework derives from recent developments in the logic of argumentation. It shows how policy statements may under certain conditions be construed as the outcome of a complex process of argumentation. The framework is especially suited to ill-structured decision problems since it is capable of handling explicit contradictions and missing parts in an argument structure. It is also shown by means of a new concept---plausibility---how it is possible to locate the weakest links in a complex argument. A major consequence of the concept of plausibility is that it is possible under certain conditions to transform a problem in the logic of argumentation (i.e., symbolic logic) into one of algebra (i.e., linear programming).planning: philosophy of modeling