CONTACTS 
0201 - Stanford University                  650 723 3823
020101 - Department of Management Science and Engineering
020102 - Ms. M. Elisabeth Pate-Cornell; Chair  =650 723 3823
020103 - yourname@organization.xxx

SUBJECTS
Colloquium Unfinished Revolution, 000106
Stanford Center Professional Dev
KM Needs Formal Academic Training
Educate Benefits of Empathic, User Centered Design

0806 -    ..
0807 - Summary/Objective
0808 -
080801 - Follow up ref SDS 22 0000, ref SDS 21 0000.
080802 -
080803 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 to Professor Elisabeth Pate-Cornell, Chair of
080804 - a new department at Stanford for Management Science and Engineering,
080805 - which has a web site...
080806 -
080807 -
080808 -            http://www.stanford.edu/dept/MSandE/
080809 -
080810 -
080811 - ...on 000217 SCPD submitted notice of advanced course in project
080812 - management. ref SDS 25 0001
080813 -
080814 - ..
080815 - Elisabeth has a biography at...
080816 -
080817 -
080818 -    http://ieem.stanford.edu/faculty/pate-cornell.html
080819 -
080820 -
080821 - ...which lists risk analysis as part of her expertise.
080822 -
080823 -  ..
080824 - Integrate Management Science and Engineering
080825 - Mission of the new department...
080826 -
080827 -      The mission of the MS&E department will be research and education
080828 -      associated with the development of the knowledge, tools, and
080829 -      methods required to make decisions and shape policies, configure
080830 -      organizational structures, design engineering systems, and solve
080831 -      operational problems associated with the information-intensive,
080832 -      technology-based economy.
080833 -
080834 - The goal of this new department is to exploit all the synergies among
080835 - existing areas of expertise:
080836 -
080837 -   •  Operations Research and mathematical methods of systems analysis
080838 -   •  Production operations and manufacturing
080839 -   •  Decision analysis and risk analysis
080840 -   •  Economics, finance, public policy and strategy
080841 -   •  Organization behavior, management and entrepreneurship
080842 -
080843 -
080844 -
080845 -  ..
080846 - Recommend Adding Cognitive Science to Management Science Disciplines
080847 -
080848 - Stanford's web site says...
080849 -
080850 -    The opportunity is in the power to combine the different
080851 -    disciplines, to understand the variety of problems involved in the
080852 -    engineering aspects of management of systems and technologies, to
080853 -    create appropriate problem formulations and solutions, and to
080854 -    provide relevant decision support. The two existing departments
080855 -    (IEEM and EES&OR) bring to the new one considerable assets to
080856 -    respond to the global challenges: a focus on high technology,
080857 -    production and manufacturing in a fast-changing world, information
080858 -    systems, supply chain management, decision and policy making, work
080859 -    and technology, management of technologies and of technological
080860 -    risks, and the mathematical tools to address such problems.
080861 -
080862 -  ..
080863 -
080864 - My letter today, points out that this department does not list
080865 - cognitive science as a discipline for improving management.
080866 - ref DIT 1 0001
080867 -
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080869 -  ..
080870 - Knowledge Management Dilemma
080871 - Information Overload Causes Meaning Drift
080872 - Humans are Genetically Designed to React by Speaking and Listening
080873 - Communication Biggest Risk in Enterprise
080874 -
080875 - Cite letter in the record on 000106 explaining...
080876 -
080877 -
080878 -           Communication Biggest Risk in Enterprise
080879 -
080880 -
080881 - ...from the discussion with Morris discussing the knowledge management
080882 - dilemma. ref SDS 11 5120
080883 -
080884 - Based on Elisabeth's expertise in risk management, ref SDS 0 3899,
080885 - point out that communication requires a system of metrics that create
080886 - connections of cause and effect to maintain alignment to avoid the
080887 - risk of meaning drift. ref DIT 1 8085
080888 -
080889 - Cite letter on high cost of medical mistakes, ref DIP 3 0001, issued
080890 - on 990924, ref SDS 7 0001, to explain the level of risk from
080891 - transferring and deferring mistakes, caused by constant information.
080892 - ref DIT 1 4316
080893 -
080894 - Explained background meeting with Ray Levitt on 970723 who explained
080895 - his program for communication metrics called VDT, ref SDS 5 2502, and
080896 - point out that this provides guidance on avoiding meaning drift.
080897 - ref DIT 1 0507
080898 -
080899 - Explain Doug Engelbart's Colloquium at Stanford, ref DIT 1 2496, and
080900 - provided link to review of class on 000120, pointing out that the main
080901 - focus is computer science, and that this is not sufficient to solve
080902 - the knowledge management, as shown in the record on 000120.
080903 - ref SDS 12 5063 and ref SDS 12 4410
080904 -
080905 - Ask Elisabeth if Ray's VDT program is involved with the MSE work on
080906 - integrated disciplines, and how might Communication Metrics be
080907 - evaluated for incorporation into the curriculum? ref DIT 1 2014
080908 -
080909 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Elisabeth saying she will submit my
080910 - letter to people in the organizational behavior group.
080911 -
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0810 -
0811 -
0812 - 1622 called Elisabeth
0813 -
081301 - She commented favorably about my letter on Stanford's work to teach
081302 - management as an integrated science, per above. ref SDS 0 0001
081303 -
081304 - Elisabeth asked about the Colloquium at Stanford presenting a vision
081305 - for integrated management to augment human capabilities, cited in my
081306 - letter to Elisabeth. ref DIT 1 2496
081307 -
081308 - I explained the Colloquium is conducted every Thursday at 1600 in the
081309 - Stanford Center for Professional Development, across the street from
081310 - the Terman Engineering Building.  We discussed briefly initial goals
081311 - reviewed on 000120. ref SDS 12 0001  Elisabeth said she will try to
081312 - attend the session tomorrow afternoon, since it is near her office.
081313 - ..
081314 - Elisabeth advised that Stanford's new Management Science effort
081315 - recognizes the importance of communication, and that Ray Levitt is
081316 - active in the integrated discipline group, per the question in my
081317 - letter this morning. ref DIT 1 0507
081318 -
081319 -     [On 000222 received letter from Ray on another matter.
081320 -     ref SDS 26 0001]
081321 - ..
081322 - She feels I should hear from someone about reviewing
081323 - Communication Metrics, based on distribution of my letter, which she
081324 - noted earlier in her response. ref DRT 1 0001  Elisabeth said the
081325 - Management Science department is pursuing fresh ideas and
081326 - perspectives.
081327 -
081328 -     [On 000725 discussed opportunity to improve education with Pat
081329 -     Lincoln at SRI. ref SDS 27 AH5K
081330 -
081331 -     [On 000829 called Elisabeth to follow up. ref SDS 28 0001
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