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Managerial Relevance: The Key to Survival for OR/MS

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  • Robert L. Carraway

    (The Darden School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906-6550)

  • Dana R. Clyman

    (The Darden School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906-6550)

Abstract

OR/MS has come under increasing pressure within the MBA community to justify its place in the curriculum. Bucking this trend, Darden's first-year OR/MS course, “Quantitative analysis” (QA), is routinely rated by students as one of the top courses in the required core of the MBA curriculum. We believe the course's success is due largely to its focus on managerial relevance, rather than operations research, management science, statistics, or any other methodological discipline, per se. By managerial relevance, we mean that our modules and individual classes have a decision-oriented focus, raise issues and address contexts pertinent to the informed business person, and integrate closely with functional courses like finance, marketing, and operations. We contend that managerial relevance depends less on the macro-level course design than on the details at the class- and module-design levels.

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  • Robert L. Carraway & Dana R. Clyman, 1997. "Managerial Relevance: The Key to Survival for OR/MS," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 27(6), pages 115-130, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:27:y:1997:i:6:p:115-130
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.27.6.115
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    5. Matthew J. Liberatore & Robert L. Nydick, 1999. "The Teachers' Forum: Breaking the Mold—A New Approach to Teaching the First MBA Course in Management Science," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 29(4), pages 99-116, August.
    6. James Corner & Patricia Doyle Corner, 2003. "Teaching OR/MS Using Discussion Leadership," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 33(3), pages 60-69, June.
    7. Stephen G. Powell, 1998. "The Teachers' Forum: Requiem for the Management Science Course?," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 28(2), pages 111-117, April.
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