Augustine's Laws
Drawing heavily upon the author's experiences in managing aerospace projects as well as his years in government, this tongue-in-cheek, witty text addresses unmistakably real management issues that are deserving of attention.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Augustine's Laws
List of Figures
Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End
- Figure 1: There are many risky undertakings in this world, but few have a failure probability as intimidating as starting a new business. (Note that the data for astronauts includes both the United States and Soviet Union.)
Chapter 2: Wait Till Last Year
- Figure 2: For many years, official projections have shown an eventual large, increase in the size of the fleet. For many years this has not been happening at least not until the late 1980s.
Chapter 3: Easy Doesn't It
- Figure 3: The margin between victory and defeat is often very, very small whether one is dealing with the world of sports, business, politics, or a host of other undertakings.
Chapter 4: Madison Avenue Crosses Wall Street
- Figure 4: Products that are well known are generally produced by firms possessing ample funds with which to advertise them. Unknown products, on the other hand, are likely to stay that way because their producers have insufficient funds to tell anyone about their products.
Chapter 5: Striving to Be Average
- Figure 5: In virtually any undertaking it is found that a very small fraction of the participants produces a very large fraction of the accomplishments. It must, in fairness, be pointed out that a very small fraction of the participants also produces a very large fraction of the problems.
Chapter 6: A Hungry Dog Hunts Best
- Figure 6: Although it can be shown mathematically to be an exercise in futility to risk losing...
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