DECISION ENGINEERING: an emerging field?

It’s time for companies to stop relying solely on spreadsheets to make decisions and start using new methods, according to several management experts.

Decision engineering is a field that designs decisions themselves as if they were tangible projects, such as building robots or computer systems, using the same engineering methodologies and techniques. Professionals are needed now in this area more than ever due to complex issues that go beyond generating revenue. Government policies, global growth, environmental impact, and a society with needs that constantly change are just some of the factors that need to be considered when helping organizations making smarter choices.

It's a pile of steaming claptrap, and I'm sorry to say that the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, of which I'm a Life Senior Member) has fallen for it, hook, line, and sinker. But go ahead, read it anyway.