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‘Post‐financial meltdown: What do the services industries need from us now?’ by Roger W. Hoerl and Ronald D. Snee: Discussion 1
Author(s) -
Parr William C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
applied stochastic models in business and industry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.413
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1526-4025
pISSN - 1524-1904
DOI - 10.1002/asmb.806
Subject(s) - financial services , curriculum , service (business) , process (computing) , management , operations research , finance , marketing , business , computer science , economics , engineering , economic growth , operating system
Roger Hoerl and Ron Snee have done the statistical profession a major favor in providing their vision of what statisticians need to do to help service industries in the post‐meltdown environment. In this discussion, I briefly flesh out my understanding of the actions that statisticians must take to help service industries in the current and future environment. I then turn to a consideration of what I see as some of the significant weaknesses in current statistical curricula in preparing graduates to fulfill these new emerging needs. I conclude by making concrete proposals for some elements of a process for curricular reform. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.