Replying to LO26984 --
I kind of like what Elliott Jaques had to say about "operational
definitions"...
"the definition not of things but of dimensions or qualities of things by
means of a description of the operations necessary to measure those
dimensions or qualities." (p.23 in A General Theory of Bureaucracy.)
By the way, does anyone know if his name is properly pronounced as
"Jacks," "Jakes," or "Jocks"?
Fred Nickols
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