The imperfections of traditional approaches to policymaking - the analytical tradition and the design tradition - are increasingly evident as society becomes more complex. Ray Wyatt argues that the software route offers policymakers a better alternative. The software considered is exclusively analytical, addressing the pivotal act of policymaking: deciding what to do in the future. Wyatt has created two books in one, while the main text describes the types of software package available (chapters 2 to 4) with a detailed examination of four particular packages (chapters 6 to 8), throughout the...
The imperfections of traditional approaches to policymaking - the analytical tradition and the design tradition - are increasingly evident as society ...
This book develops an innovative system, in the form of an "app," that harnesses the power of the internet to predict which sorts of people will prefer which policy in ANY planning situation.
It chronicles the accumulated research wisdom behind the system's reasoning, along with several less successful approaches to policy making that have been found wanting in the past - including the myth, usually peddled by strategic planners, that it is possible to find a "best" plan which optimally satisfies everybody.
The book lays out an entirely new kind of Planning Support System...
This book develops an innovative system, in the form of an "app," that harnesses the power of the internet to predict which sorts of people will pr...
