![Donegan's drive [operational research]](/resources/images/comingsoon.png)
| Article ID: | iaor20071885 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 101 |
| End Page Number: | 106 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1998 |
| Journal: | Engineering Management Journal |
| Authors: | Williams L.A. |
| Keywords: | history |
The author, a mechanical and electrical engineer, describes events in an environment of several decades ago, when work study and operational research were displacing older, intuitive styles of management. It is essentially a human story, with corresponding lessons for today's environment. It should be read with that in mind.