Watchlist Concepts for Business and Management - Getting Started

A watchlist is generally regarded as a database the government uses to track terrorists. While that is partially true, there is clearly more to it.  Otherwise, all of the terrorists would be easily rounded up and the world... [ view full abstract ]

A watchlist is generally regarded as a database the government uses to track terrorists. While that is partially true, there is clearly more to it.  Otherwise, all of the terrorists would be easily rounded up and the world would be free of the immense security problems that we now face.  It follows that if the methodology were genuinely effective, then the inherent techniques could perhaps be used for marketing and other business and societal concerns.  Although the methods developed thus far by government agencies are indeed impressive, they necessarily have to be updated as the underlying problems mature.  Many subjects need to be analyzed and solutions implemented.  The problem domain must be precisely defined and related considerations delineated.  To start, a few basic questions need to be answered concerning where society is essentially going with the notion of watch listing and whether or not the concepts of listing are applicable to other areas of business, government, and education.  This paper gives an introduction to this very important topic.