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Behavioural Problems of Operational Research Implementation in Developing Countries

In: Management Problems in Africa

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  • Joseph A. Bello

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Operational research models frequently do not work because of the lapses of assumptions made by operational researchers. Most mathematical or conceptual models of how decision-makers should approach their problems in organisational settings may be valid in their own rights. If those who design complicated problem-solving analytical models are motivated by the need to resolve pressing operational problems, there should be no serious differences between such models and the persons implementing them. Model builders tend to exist in academic settings in which the mere exercise of producing models is rewarded as academic contributions. Analytical models in the field of operational research tend to rest on the use of mathematical tools and analytical frameworks. Those who are schooled properly in mathematical and analytical cultures do readily feel at home in relating to many abstruse mathematical models. Such persons do represent a tiny percentage of decision-makers and analysts in modern organisations.

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  • Joseph A. Bello, 1986. "Behavioural Problems of Operational Research Implementation in Developing Countries," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ukandi G. Damachi & Hans Dieter Seibel (ed.), Management Problems in Africa, chapter 11, pages 232-269, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05478-7_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05478-7_11
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