Implementation Exchange: Reconciling Science and Affairs

David Emanuel
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David Emanuel: School of Management and Administration, University of Texas at Dallas, Box 688, Richardson, Texas 75080

Interfaces, 1983, vol. 13, issue 5, 53-55

Abstract: The June “Implementation Exchange” identified five classifications arrayed along a spectrum ranging from Pure Science to Pure Affairs. (1) pure science, (2) pseudoscience, (3) management science, (4) pseudoaffairs, (5) pure affairs.I am quite happy with this nominal representation. However, I think it is inappropriate to view the five areas as being on an ordinal scale, with pure science and pure affairs as the polar extremes.Where does management science fit in this picture? Why, in the intersection between pure science and pure affairs, of course.

Date: 1983
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