What is it about?
The program that "wouldn't die" illustrates that a good manager (Capt Kirk) is a combination of rational/quantitative skills (Mr. Spock) and emotional intelligence (Dr. McCoy).
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Why is it important?
CP Snow said: "The purpose of education is to humanize the scientists and Simonize the humanists."
Perspectives
I realized when watching the old Star Trek reruns on TV that the title of each show should be "Captain Kirk makes a decision." He uses his two officers to get both quantitative and qualitative input to always make the right decision, and within 30 minutes too!
Dr. Rick Hesse
Lincoln Memorial University
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This page is a summary of: Star Trek: An Optimum Decision Making Model, INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, May 1976, INFORMS,
DOI: 10.1287/inte.6.3.60.
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