Papers written by Andrew Tait

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• Brady, S., Tait, A. (2006). Arizona and New York Schools Push the Envelope. Perspectives on Performance, Volume 5; Issue 2 - October 2006.
• Tait, A. (2006). Speed Confrontation Management.
• Tait, A. (2006). Mario's career crisis.
• Tait, A. (2006). Modeling confrontations using Options Boards.
• Koehn, D., Tait, A., Crannell M. (2005). Absolving the Sin of Collaboration. "inside collaboration", Volume IIII Issue V 06/05.
• Crannell M., Howard N., Norwood G., Tait A. (2005). A C2 system for 'winning hearts and minds': tools for Confrontation and Collaboration Analysis. Proceedings of the Tenth International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, McLean, VA, 13-16 June 2005.
• Crannell M., Howard N., Norwood G., Tait A. (2004). How to assess an exit strategy: Measures of Merit for compliance. Proceedings of the 2004 Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego, CA, 15-17 June 2004.
• Brady S., Tait A. (2004). No Organization Left Behind - "Mass Market" Data Envelopment Analysis. Invited paper at CORS/INFORMS Joint International Meeting 2004, Banff, Canada, 16-19 May 2004.
• Baan A., Howard N., Tait A. (2003). "COM as Shooter" - Operational Planning using C2 for Confronting and Collaborating. Proceedings of the 8th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, National Defense University, Washington, DC, 17-19 June 2003.
• Smith R., Howard N., Tait A. (2002). Commanding Anti-Terrorist Coalitions: A Mid-East Illustration. Proceedings of the 7th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 11-13 June 2002.
• Tait A., Flower A. (2001). Information Security...let's talk business. White paper for finance industry.
• Smith R., Howard H., Tait A. (2001). Confrontations in War and Peace. Proceedings of the 6th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 19-21 June 2001.
• Richardson, K., Tait A., Lissack, M. (1999). The potential role of group decision support tools in the coherent management of complex projects. IRNOP IV, September 1999.
• Stubbs, L., Tait, A., Howard, N. (1999). How to Model a Confrontation - Computer Support for Drama Theory. Proceedings of the 1999 Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Naval War College, Newport, RI, June 29 - July 1 1999.
• Howard, N., Tait, A. (1998). Power: an approach based on drama theory. Presentation to Symposium on Analytical Approaches to Studying Power and Influence in Contemporary Political/Military Affairs, DERA, Farnborough, October 1998.
• Tait, A. (1997). 'Facilitation Environments' for Negotiation and Mediation. Cooperation - or Conflict, 11 (4), July 1997.
• Tait, A. (1997). Drama without Tears. Operational Research Society Tutorial Papers, YOR10.
• Williams, T.M., Eden, C., Ackermann, F. and Tait, A. (1995b). Vicious Circles of Parallelism. International Journal of Project Management, 13 (3), 151-155.
• Williams, T.M., Eden, C., Ackermann, F. and Tait, A. (1995a). The Effects of Design Changes and Delays on Project Costs. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 46, 809-818.
• Bennett, P.G., Tait, A. and MacDonagh, K. (1994). INTERACT: Developing Software for Interactive Decisions. Group Decision and Negotiation, 3, 351-372.