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CHURCHMAN, C West, is Professor of Business Administration, University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in philosophy. He co-authored the first OR textbook, Introduction to Operations Research and has contin- ued to write books that deal with the philosophy of science and ethics, systems approach and inquiring systems. He serves as consultant to private industry and government agencies. Two of his current books, Challenge to Reason and The Systems Approach as well as an article which appeared in The Accounting Review have received awards. His research interests are earth resource management, educational policy and urban management as well as a continuing interest in the philosophy of the systems approach. Address for correspon- dence: Schools of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 U.S.A.

DAVIS, K Roscoe, is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods, at the University of Georgia. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in 1962 and 1963. While working as a senior design engineer, OR Analyst, and senior systems analyst tbr 9 years with Texas Instruments Inc., he pursued a Ph.D. degree in Management Science at Nor th Texas State University; graduating in 1972. He has published numerous articles in the area of production line balancing, use and applica- tion of simulation and gaming, and in the simulation of industrial systems. His current area of research is in the application of simulation within risk management. Address for corres- pondence: Department of Risk Management, Insurance and Quantitative Methods, College of Business Administration, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, U.S.A.

ELLIS, Christopher, is currently reading for a B.Phil in Management Studies at Oxford University and is preparing a thesis on the application of Dynamic Programming to Capital Investment Problems. He took a first degree in Engineering Science and Econom- ics at Brasenose College, Oxford. Address for correspondence: Oxford Centre for Manage- ment Studies, Kennington, Oxford, England.

FINDLAY, M Chapman, I11, received his Ph.D. from University of Texas and is Associate Professor of Finance at McGill University and co-author of An Integrated Analysis for Managerial Finance (Prentice-Hall, 1970) and Investment Analysis (Prentice- Hall, 1974), as well as several articles in professional journals. Address for correspondence: Faculty of Management, McGill University, P.O. Box 6070, Montreal 101, Quebec, Canada.

GORDON, Lawrence A, received his Ph.D. from gensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a member of the Faculty of Management at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He has recently published in various journals, including Accounting and Business Research and The Accounting Review. Address for correspondence: Faculty of Management, McGill University, P.O. Box 6070, Montreal 101, Quebec, Canada.

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KEILN, David, is Senior Economist at the National Westminster Bank, London. He took a BA degree in Economics at the Hebrew University and an M.Sc.(Econ.) degree at the London School of Economics. He is an author of several articles in monetary and financial economics. Address for correspondence: National Westminster Bank, 41 Lothbury, London EC2P 2BP.

LANSLEY, Peter, graduated from Leicester University with an Honours degree in Mathematics and then obtained a Masters degree in Statistics from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to joining Ashridge, he worked as a statistician for the Agri- cultural Research Council, advising on the design of large scale animal and crop production experiments and on the economics of modern methods of crop conservation. His work at Ashridge involves research into a wide variety of problems facing medium sized construction firms and into the methods of measuring employee morale. Address for correspondence: Research Unit, Ashridge Management College, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 INS, England.

LETHBRIDGE, David, is a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Management Studies and is responsible for the B.Phil. in Management Studies Programme, and is also Director of the Senior Executives Programme. His academic qualifications were obtained at the Universities of Bristol and London and at the University of Oxford, where he previously taught in the Department of Engineering Science. Prior to that he was with Schlumberger Overseas S.A., working with major oil companies in the development of new oil fields. His current research is concerned with quantitative and qualitative aspects of managerial decision making. Address for correspondence : Oxford Centre for Management Studies, Kennington, Oxford, England.

LUSK, Edward J, is an Assistant Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania He holds a joint appointment in the Accounting and Health Care Systems Departments. His research interests focus on the study of large scale system's behavior and their mathematical description. Address for correspondence: W-280 Dietrich Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19174, U.S.A.

MONETTE, Jean, has obtained his electrical engineering degree at Ecole Polytechnique de Montrral and a diploma in Management Sciences at McGill University in the same city. Since his graduation, he has been employed by Hydro-Qurbec, a major electric utility generating and distributing electricity in the province of Quebec. He is now responsible for load studies and related research projects within his firm. Address for correspondence: Rates Department, Hydro-Qurbec, C. P. 6106, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

OLIVER, Bruce L, is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has published in several scholarly journals. His current research interest is in the effects of behavioral parameters effecting the nature and quality of financial reporting. Address for correspondence: W-280 Dietrich Hall, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19174, U.S.A.

PHILIPPATOS, George C, received his Ph.D. from New York University and is presently Professor and Head, Department of Finance, The Pennsylvania State University. l ie is the author of two books, Financial Management: Theory and Techniques, (liolden-Day, 1973), and Essentials of Financial Management: Text and Cases (Holden-Day, 1974), and numerous articles published in leading economic and engineering Journals. Many of his publications reflect his interest in the application of adaptive control processes and informa- tion theory to the study of capital markets. Address for correspondence: The Pennsylvania State University, 701-J Business Administration Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, U.S.A.

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SADLER, Philip, graduated from the London School of Economics in 1953 with an Honours degree in Sociology. After a brief spell in advertising he joined the Civil Service to work in personnel research with the Royal Air Force and was subsequently seconded to the National Economic Development Office to advise on sociological factors affecting economic growth. In 1964 he joined the staff of Ashridge as Director of Research and was appointed Principal in January, 1969. Publications include (with B. A. Barry) Organisational Develop- ment : Case Studies in the Printing Industry (Longmans, 1970). Address for correspondence: Ashridge Management College, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 1NS, England.

SADLER, PG, was Senior Lecturer and Director of the Economic Research Unit at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He has recently been appointed Professor and Director of the Institute for Sparsely Populated Areas at the University of Aberdeen, and will take up his new appointment on 1st June 1974. Address for correspondence: Institute of Sparsely Populated Areas, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.

SARNOFF, Robert W, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the RCA Corporation has had a career of more than 30 years in the information and communi- cations industries. He heads a corporation with gross annual sales totaling almost $4 billion, and with major manufacturing, marketing and research activities in 22 countries throughout the world. He became President and Chief Operating Officer of RCA in 1966, Chief Execu- tive Officer in 1968, and Chairman of the Board two years later. Under Mr. Sarnoff's direction, RCA has strengthened its base in electronics and communications and has entered several new consumer oriented businesses. Among the companies acquired by RCA during Mr. Sarnoff's tenure have been Random House, The Hertz Corporation, Banquet Foods, Cushman & Wakefield, and Coronet Industries. Before moving to the parent com- pany, Mr. Sarnoff spent a decade as Chief Executive Officer of NBC, first as President and then as Chairman of the Board. He has earned many special honors and awards from universities and professional societies as well as from governments, including a decoration as an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters by the Government of France (1966), as Commander of the Order of Merit by the Italian Government (1968), La Grande Medal of Vermeil by the City of Paris, France (1970), and the Order of the Crown Medal, the highest award given to non-citizens in Belgium. He is a director of numerous business organizations, including the New York Stock Exchange, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, and American Home Products, Inc. Address for correspondence: RCA Corpora- tion, Department of Public Affairs, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020, U.S.A.

WABE, J Stuart, is a principal research fellow in the Centre for Industrial Economic and Business Research at the University of Warwick. He joined the Centre in September 1971 as the Director of the Manpower Planning Unit. He graduated from Birmingham University in 1963 and was awarded the D.Phil. degree by Oxford University in 1967. Before joining the Centre he was a lecturer in Economics at the University of Warwick for three years and served as a consultant for two years with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Address for correspondence: Centre for Industrial Economic and Business Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, England.

ULPH, Alistair, is a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Stirling. Previously he was a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Management Studies, having taken his first degree in Political Economy and Statistics at Glasgow University followed by a B.Phil. in Management Studies at Balliol College, Oxford. Address for correspondence: Depart- ment of Economics, University of Stirling, Scotland.

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WEBB, Terry, graduated from Loughborough University in 1969 with a first class Honours degree in Humanities and Technology. He first joined the Ashridge staff in July 1970 as an Assistant then as Research Officer, and has since completed a master's degree at Loughborough in Social Science Utilisation. He is currently studying the managerial and organisational problems of change in small and medium sized firms which form three groups of printing companies. Address for correspondence: Research Unit, Ashridge Management College, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 INS, England.

~,~JLSON, Charles J, received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from The Pennsyl- vania State University in 1973. He also holds an MBA from St. John's University as well as a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and The Pennsylvania State University, respectively. His doctoral research was concerned with the application of information theoretic concepts to the study of security risk and portfolio selection and revision. He is currently employed by CACI, Inc. as Manager, Operations Research Group. Prior appointments include Leasco Data, Inc., and the Ordinance Research Laboratory of The Pennsylvania State University. Address for correspondence: CACI Inc., Harrisburg Offices, 5000 Lenker Street, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 17055, U.S.A.

ZEIRA, Yoram, is a faculty member, Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel-Aviv University. He received his M.A. from the University of California, at Berkeley, and his Ph.D. from New York University. Since 1967, he has been responsible for several management development and planned organizational change efforts in Israel and the U.S.A. and has published a number of articles on this theme. He is currently conducting two com- parative studies: the first deals with the patterns of management development in the public administration in Israel; the second is concerned with topics of morale and planned organizational change in monocentric-multinational corporations. Address for correspon- dence: The Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Ramat-Aviv, TeI-Aviv, Israel.

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