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Resource Allocation Systems

Resource Allocation and Management

Whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty by close application thereto, it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

George Washington

Resource availability and shortages permeate organizations. Even in times of extreme resource shortage, pockets of limited availability reside in nooks and corners of any organization. To find and redistribute such constrained resources require an enterprise-wide systems approach. Foraging for resource to reallocate is an essential part of project management. Where you think none exists, there may actually be plenty. You find whatever is available through systematic ...

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