THE ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION IN CRITICAL PERIOD MANAGEMENT. VOLUME II

The crisis management study was designed to be an exploratory effort, which would provide insight into the use of scientific and technical information and develop hypotheses which could be employed in future experiments or analyses. The report has been prepared in two volumes. The second volume presents the full case study and associated documentation for each of four particular crises. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Chase-Mogdis, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. See also Volume 1, PB-272 178.
• Corporate Authors:

  Gellman Research Associates, Incorporated

  100 West Avenue
  Jenkintown, PA  United States  19046

  Chase-Mogdis, Incorporated

  Ann Arbor, MI  United States 

  National Science Foundation

  1800 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20550
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 389 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bankruptcy; Commercial space transportation; Crashes; Crude oil; Economic conditions; Energy resources; Flight; History; Hypothesis testing; Industrial engineering; Information systems; Information, data, and knowledge; Management; Planning; Policy; Problem solving; Railroads; Spacecraft
• Identifier Terms: Penn Central Transportation Company
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis; Hypothesis; Information exchange
• Old TRIS Terms: Management policies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Energy; Finance; History; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168839
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: NSF76-05499
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1978 12:00AM