Developing computer-based planning support systems for China's economic planning

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Yuan, Yu-Fei^{a; b}

Affiliations: [a] Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA | [b] Management Science Department, Fudan University, China

Abstract: This paper reviews the history of China's economic development and discusses the main problems caused by inappropriate economic plans. In order to improve China's capacity for making more reasonable economic plans, planning support systems are essential. The main tasks of developing and utilizing planning support systems for national economic planning are discussed and strategies for the implementation are suggested.

Keywords: Socialist economics, economy of China, economic planning, planning support systems, social inertia, implementation strategy

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1983-4206

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 113-122, 1983