FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION
The author of this book is a soldier through and through – but he also has a comprehensive understanding of the principles of data management and is a highly skilled professional educator. This rather unusual blend of experience makes this book very special.
Data management can be seen as a chore best left to people with no imagination, but Keith Gordon taught me that it can be a matter of life and death.
We all know that any collective enterprise must have records that are both reasonably accurate and readily accessible. In a commercial operation, failures in data management can lead to bankruptcy. In a public service it can put the lives of thousands of people at risk and waste public money on a grand scale. For ...
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