CONTACTS 
0201 - O-0163 0101 JoDa                       415 923 9542
020101 - Mr. David Wentworth
0202 - O-0190 0101 Speedway Copy Systems      415 982 3182
020201 - Ms. Lisa Dayton, Manager

SUBJECTS
SDS Brochure
Improvements, following
publication, 900710
Printing, 900710

0506 -    ..
0507 - Summary/Objective
0508 -
050801 - David delivered the corrected brochure from his submission last week,
050802 - ref SDS 3 0000.
050803 -
050804 - There was still an error on the line "SDS uses POIMS..." in that the
050805 - "s" in "uses" was obscured.  He corrected this.
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0509 -
0510 - 1115 Lisa called
0511 -
051101 - She quoted a price of $296.23 plus tax for 400 units and $331.07 plus
051102 - tax for 500 brochures.
051103 -
051104 - The unit cost for 400 is $.74, while the unit cost of the next 100 is
051105 - only $.31, so I placed an order for 500 brochures.
051106 -
051107 - They will produce a "linoytpe" from the disketts David submitted to
051108 - them.  I can approve the linotype tomorrow and they will complete the
051109 - order on Thursday.
051110 -
051111 - Lisa at Speedway should call re approving brochure linotype.
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0512 -
0513 - 1248 David here
0514 -
051401 - Showed corrected brochure language.
051402 -
051403 - Called Lisa and confirmed they are proceeding.
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SUBJECTS
SDS Brochure
Improvements, following publication, 900710
Correlates all MI - who, what, when, where and why; 901011
Balancing Competition, Cooperation Needs
Harmony, Applying Work Practices together
Football Options to Succeed Under Complexity
Art of Management is Hard to Automate
Football Analogy Having Well Thought Out

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131101 -  ..
131102 - Art of Managing Complexity is Planning for Alternatives
131103 -
131104 - There is another concept we need to consider about management as a
131105 - forward thinking "planning" function that prepares to meet evolving
131106 - alternative conditions in the future.
131107 -
131108 -   The art of management is applying a variety of information under
131109 -   different circumstances to coordinate people in nearly achieving
131110 -   non-conflicting results.  Most management environments have multiple
131111 -   objectives, multiple constraints and limited resources, as shown in
131112 -   the POIMS paper explaining "intelligence." ref OF 1 3955
131113 -
131114 -       [On 950327 analysed "preparation" factor in management as part
131115 -       of defining Communication Metrics. ref SDS 7 8822]
131116 -
131117 -       [On 960317 examples of need for preparation. ref SDS 10 6870]
131118 -
131119 -   Often time is the most limited resource.
131120 -
131121 -       [On 980307 Andy Grove's book cites "time" as a crucial success
131122 -       factor in management. ref SDS 11 1722]
131123 -
131124 -   This requires planning to balance objectives, means, interests and
131125 -   resources by having a range of alternative outcomes and a sequence
131126 -   of activities required for each circumstance that can be implemented
131127 -   in the event a particular result is not realized.
131128 -   ..
131129 -   Football offers an apt analogy showing the need and value of
131130 -   planning and preparation, where a Joe Montana's skill in selecting
131131 -   alternate receivers makes him a consistent winner.
131132 -
131133 -   The 49er's passing plays are planned so if the first receiver, who's
131134 -   route would get a touchdown is not open, the quarterback looks at
131135 -   the 2nd receiver for a first down, if the 2nd receiver is covered,
131136 -   he looks for the 3rd receiver to make progress toward a first down,
131137 -   or field goal.  He has some well thought out options so when the
131138 -   ball is snapped, his choices are automatic - such is the benefit of
131139 -   planning and preparation to meet contingent situations that arise so
131140 -   rapidly that normal span of attention would be overwhelmed. Of
131141 -   course Joe's execution is excellent, but the design of the play
131142 -   (i.e. "planning") and developing good habits through training is the
131143 -   preparation that enhances the chances of being successful.
131144 -
131145 -       [On 951010 Bill Walsh spoke at a management event and seemed to
131146 -       support this analysis. ref SDS 8 9558]
131147 -
131148 -       [On 951114 developed scope for presentation to Asilomar
131149 -       Conference by Bill Walsh to explain advantage of adding a system
131150 -       of "intelligence" ref SDS 9 3069.]
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