Establishing and Maintaining a Social Science Enterprise: Decision Making in the Military

The author discusses his experience in building and maintaining an enterprise (group of people with a common purpose) in the for-profit, government-contracting arena on the topic of military decision making. The article draws insights from more than 25 years of experience and the creation of a dozen...

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Published in:The American behavioral scientist (Beverly Hills) 2000-08, Vol.43 (10), p.1602-1634
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Auditoriums
Closely held corporations
Contracts
Control theory
Decision Making
Enterprises
Government
Government contracts
Information systems
Learning activities
Organization theory
Organizational Development
Political Science Research
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Quality control
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