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Chapter 3 Resources and Bathtub Behavior
Overview
Resources have a special characteristic: They fill and drain over time, like water in a bathtub. This chapter explains this behavior, shows why it is so important, and also does the following:
- explains how to work out what the numbers do when resources fill and drain
- shows where management control lies
- outlines how managers can develop resources through time