Each program is written to be user friendly. Where possible, the programs 

 have been written so that errant answers will not cause a program failure. 



A WORD ABOUT THE SOFTWARE 



LIAM is a collection of programs that observe, articulate, and quantify 

 different positions taken during the course of decision-making. Each program 

 is involved with one of the following steps. 



BASIC INFORMATION 



DATA GATHERING 



DATA DISPLAY 



DATA INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS 



DATA REARRANGEMENT, REVISION, AND REVIEW 



LIAM helps you to analyze the present positions of all participants in 

 the decision-making process, and to learn to anticipate potential points of 

 conflict and agreement. No prior experience with computers or keyboards is 

 required. No procedural language must be learned before getting started. 

 Once a LIAM program is chosen, you will interact with the computer program to 

 chart your own course toward a particular decision-making goal. LIAM uses the 

 computer to quantify and graph different positions held by the various 

 decision-making organizations. 



You will be asked a series of questions that help define the specific 

 roles, relative powers, information needs, and bargaining potentials of the 

 relevant agencies in the decision-making process. LIAM will then help you to 

 predict your organization's concerns and the likely concerns of others in a 

 specific negotiation — based on the information in your questionnaire file — so 

 that strategic assessments and choices can be prepared before the negotiations 

 begin. 



A WORD ABOUT THE HARDWARE 



The Computer System 



The Cyber Series computers are produced by Control Data Corporation. Two 

 of the Cyber Series computers at Colorado State University (CSU) are referred 

 to as the Green System and the Gold System. You will always be operating in 

 the Gold System. 



These computers are hooked up to another computer called MODCOMP II 

 Communications Processor, which has 512 communication lines into the computer 

 center. Another aspect of the Cyber Operating System, commonly called the 

 Network Operating System (NOS) controls the functions of the computer itself. 

 When you are using the Cyber, information concerning the NOS is available; 

 just type "help" and press the carriage return key (noted throughout this 



