Traditionally top management decision making relies heavily on informal techniques--intuitive judgements by experienced managers, traditions and 'rules of thumb' peculiar to each organization, or informal consensus among a group of managers. This report surveys the potential role of and desirability of more formal approaches to some top management decision problems

The work reported herein was supported by the Training and Evaluation Group of the Navy Education and Training System.

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