Information technology, as emphasized by Charnes, Kozmetsky and Ruefli, will undoubtedly influence the formulation of urban goals significantly. The more that is known and disseminated about the condition of man, his hopes, aspirations and fears in an increasingly urban world, the more broadly...

Since the end of World War II, the single most outstanding development in the world of business has been the economic renaissance of the Free World. From the devastation and dislocation left by 6 years of war, the Western business community has rebuilt and redirected itself in two decades of...

It has been the custom of the President of The Institute of Management Sciences, at the ending of his term of office, to explore various aspects of the affairs of the Institute and to indicate trends and directions for the future. I shall not directly touch on the varied, vigorous, and extensive...

As you know, the objectives of The Institute of Management Sciences are to identify, unify, and extend scientific knowledge that contributes to the understanding and improvement of management practice. Any one of us, I am sure, would like to be able to look back and feel that during these...

As we move toward more complex ways of controlling production and distribution of a greater variety of goods and services through ever more complicated technology, it is perhaps natural that some should entertain the illusion that automation will ultimately take the place of human effort in...