Introduction The McNamara fallacy (also known as the quantitative fallacy), named for Robert McNamara, the US Secretary of Defence from 1961 to 1968, involves making a decision based solely on quantitative observations (or metrics) and ignoring all others. The reason given is often that these other observations cannot be proven. “But when the McNamara discipline… Read More
Did you know there are four core functions of business analytics? Do you know what they mean? Do you know what business analytics is? Now, you might think business analytics is for geeks but as a manager or business owner, these four functions of business analytics are very important. For those who are not sure,… Read More
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” (REPS UK, 2017, p.6). Reference REPS UK (2017) Cheat Sheet! Fitness Matters: Official Magazine of REPS UK. Issue, Spring 2017. Leeds: Coachwise Limited.
Research Paper Title A Profile of the Canadian Forces. Outline Canada’s military makes up a small but significant segment of Canadian society. The Canadian Forces (CF) are an important part of the country’s national image, both at home and abroad. On the international front, these highly trained men and women are repeatedly called upon to participate in the humanitarian, peacekeeping and… Read More
“In ancient times, the Athenian general and historian Thucydides described an attempt by soldiers to estimate the height of a wall before a siege. The calculation was made by counting rows of bricks. Though “some [soldiers] might miss the right calculation,” he wrote, “most would hit upon it”. Making siege ladders based on the most… Read More
“Within four years [1809], the [Royal] navy had 113 seaworthy ships of the line, to which were added the 596 cruisers, which had trebled in number since 1793, as the navy used every sinew to prosecute the war: it was the only time in history before the Second World War that one navy deployed half… Read More
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