The perceived senselessness of the "Great War" as it was then called, of 1914–18, now called World War I, based in what were perceived to be "emotional" and "irrational" decisions, provided an immediate impetus for a form of decision making that was more "scientific" and easier to manage.
Percipirana besmislenost "Velikog rata" kako se nekoć nazivao rat od 1914-18, danas nazivan Prvi svjetski rat, utemeljena na onome što se percipiralo "emocionalnim" i "iracionalnim" odlukama, osigurala je trenutačan impuls za oblik odlučivanja koje je bilo "znanstvenije" i lakše za upravljanje.