Augustine’s Laws
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Augustine’s Laws is a satirical yet insightful book by aerospace executive Norman R. Augustine that presents a series of humorous “laws” illustrating the economic and managerial absurdities of the defense and aerospace industries.
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book
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non-fiction book → satirical work → |
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entertain while educating about complex technical organizations
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highlight systemic problems in defense and aerospace management → |
| author |
Norman R. Augustine
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| field |
aerospace management
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defense economics → |
| genre |
aerospace industry literature
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business humor → management literature → satire → |
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dry humor
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exaggeration for effect → irony → |
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Augustine’s laws
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| hasPerspective |
insider view of aerospace and defense industries
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| influenced |
popular understanding of defense procurement problems
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| intendedAudience |
engineers
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general readers interested in defense and aerospace → managers → policy makers → |
| language |
English
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| mainTheme |
inefficiencies in large technical organizations
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relationship between technology, cost, and schedule → unintended consequences of complex procurement rules → |
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print
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| notableFor |
critiquing economic and managerial absurdities in defense acquisition
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formulating Augustine’s laws about defense and aerospace programs → |
| portrays |
aerospace engineers
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government procurement officials → large defense contractors → |
| subject |
aerospace industry
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bureaucracy → cost overruns → defense industry → economics of defense procurement → management → project management → technology development → |
| tone |
humorous
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satirical → |
| usedAs |
supplementary reading in defense acquisition training
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supplementary reading in engineering management courses → |
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Augustine’s Laws
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Norman R. Augustine
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