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The changing role of management sciences in the UK

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This paper seeks to capture the prevailing spirit in management science in the UK in the late 1980s. It is based on the author's 20 years experience as a management science practitioner, initially in-house and then as a consultant. It also draws on the workings of the Commission on the Future Practice of Operational Research, of which the author was a member. The paper discusses the current state of management science in the UK, based largely on the perceptions of practitioners. The author discerns a significant trend away from technique-based management science aimed at problem solving, and towards a softer approach aimed at improving the processes of management. Some examples are quoted in support of this. The paper concludes with a discussion of the impact of management science on the UK economy as a whole and the chances for a more substantial role in the future.

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  • Thornton, P, 1988. "The changing role of management sciences in the UK," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 16(3), pages 227-231.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:16:y:1988:i:3:p:227-231
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    1. A Paucar-Caceres, 2011. "The development of management sciences/operational research discourses: surveying the trends in the US and the UK," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 62(8), pages 1452-1470, August.

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