This paper presents a comprehensive evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the Zero-Base Budgeting (ZBB) process during the initial year of its implementation in the Federal Government. The evaluation includes ten Departments and six agencies of the Federal Government representing 74...

This paper summarizes work performed in evaluating shortage costs associated with stockouts for each of a manufacturer's seven thousand catalogued line items. A modified version of a decision tree model proposed by Yu Chang is employed in a determination of estimated unit shortage costs for a...

Critique of Rath, G. J. 1968. Management science in university operation. Management Sci. 14(6, February) B373-B384.

The OPRAD game was developed as an educational and research tool in R&D management. The game is an extension of a previously developed OPSIM management game (Darden and Lucas, [Darden, W. R., W. H. Lucas. 1969. The Decision Making Game: An Integrated Operations Research Management Simulation....

A bidding model is developed and used to examine alternative contract research proposal preparation strategies. Expected profits due to sales from initial and follow-on production orders are related to proposal preparation cost, contract value, and the probability of contract award. Limited...

This paper considers the allocation of national technological resources to different sectors of the economy. The impact of economic investments in technology is related to national, industry, and company growth. In some sectors of the economy investments in research and development (R and D) are...