RE: Root cause???

["Harry Nimon" <hnimonjr@houston.rr.com>]

Rich wrote: Isn't another difference between root causes and special causes
are that
special causes have an economical component to them while root causes may
not?

I really do not believe there is a difference that is economical.  IMHO the
difference is that a special cause is one that acts like a catalyst on the
root cause without actually 'taking part' in the reaction.  For example:
after 9/11 the airline industry suffered a near meltdown.  The 'Root Cause'
was rider reluctance to travel...the special cause was the terrorism threat.

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