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Table 6.1. Actors (extract)
Ref
Who
When
Who is it?
What happened
Act01
BAE Automatic
Systems Inc.
1992
Engineering consulting and
manufacturing company based
in Carrollton, Texas
Awarded contract
Act02
Shareholders
1994/05
Applied pressure on Denver
Mayor Wellington Webb to
intervene in project
Act03
Denver
business
community
1994/05
Applied pressure on Denver Mayor
Wellington Webb to intervene in
project
Act04
Denver
residents
1994/05
Applied pressure on Denver Mayor
Wellington Webb to intervene in
project
Act05
Federal
Aviation
Administration
1994/05
Applied pressure on Denver Mayor
Wellington Webb to intervene in
project
Act06
Tenant airlines
1994/05
Applied pressure on Denver Mayor
Wellington Webb to intervene in
project
Act07
Concessionaires
1994/05
Applied pressure on Denver Mayor
Wellington Webb to intervene in
project
Act08
Wellington
Webb
1994/05
Denver Mayor
Called in German firm LogPlan to
assess situation
Act09
Logplan
1994/07
German (consulting?) firm
Issued an 11-page report on the
system
Act10
Gene Di Fonso
1983
BAE President
Act11
Monte Pascoe
1983
Mayoral candidate and
prominent Denver attorney
Brought airport issue in as an
election issue
Act12
Dale Tooley
1983
Mayoral candidate
Unsuccessful
Act13
Frederico Pena
1983
Mayoral candidate
Successful mayoral candidate -
agreed to commit to continued
expansion of DIA
Act14
Colorado
Forum
1983
Lobby group of 50 of Denver's
senior executives
Urged the continuing commitment
to the DIA
Act15
Local voters
1989/05
Denver and Adams counties
Voters supported the DIA by a
margin of 62.7% for versus 37.3%
against
Act16
Gail Edmond
1989/05
DIA Administrator
Claimed referenda passed on the
basis of economic benefits, jobs
etc.
Act17
Chamber of
Commerce
1987
Their leadership
Promoting airport relocation
Act18
Frontier
Airlines
1986
Bought by Texas Air
The understanding developed after this cycle has deepened considerably. It is evident
that project controls and coordination were simply not in place, externally imposed
deadlines and political imperatives were running roughshod over the management team,
and interpersonal conflict was surfacing. The overall impression is one of chaos.
During the creation of this first derivative text document, the researchers became aware
of deeper factors at work. It was clear that these extra things would reveal themselves
further during the next few cycles. It was like a growing suspicion that there was defin-
itely more to come.
Third cycle
Here the researchers read again through the document extracting and tabulating
everything that could be construed as environmental facts. The definition of an envir-
onmental fact used when this table was constructed was 'any thing or context that would
have influence on an actor when making their decisions or any thing or context that
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