The research examines this conclusion since it is at variance with rational economic planning.

Due to the high level of training required to grasp these methods, however, rational planning fails to provide an avenue for public participation.

Sibornal, under more severe conditions, would survive through rational planning.

He had listened, but it was clear to her that his pain and anger were too acute for any rational planning.

No longer was it to be a question of careful, rational long-term planning of public expenditure.

Any system of rational planning must take account of, and answer, two questions.

These are the happenstances from which actions stem, not rational planning and considered decisions.

Word of mouth, casual connections and hearsay often play a larger role than rational planning.

The eight volumes in this series explore the philosophical implications of social problems whose solutions require rational planning and decision making.

Doubts about the importance of formal rational planning in organizations grew during the 1970s and 1980s.