Teaching OR/MS to MBA's at Warwick Business School: A Turnaround Story.

Robinson, Stewart, Meadows, Maureen, Mingers, John, O'Brien, Frances A., Shale, Estelle A., Stray, Stephanie (2003) Teaching OR/MS to MBA's at Warwick Business School: A Turnaround Story. Interfaces, 33 (2). pp. 67-76. ISSN 0092-2102. (doi:10.1287/inte.33.2.67.14467) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:3910)

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Abstract

Abstract: OR/MS is under pressure in MBA programs in the United Kingdom as it is in the United States. To ensure its continuance, members of the operational research group at Warwick Business School redesigned the core OR/MS module. The first attempt at a redesign was a failure. As a result, the module was redesigned again. The second version was a success. Through this process, we have learned many lessons about teaching OR/MS to MBA students, among them the need to have a guiding philosophy, adopt a critical-consumer approach, stress managerial relevance, discuss the context and process of modeling as well as content, and use spreadsheets for analytical work.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1287/inte.33.2.67.14467
Uncontrolled keywords:	Professional, OR/MS education
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HA Statistics > HA33 Management Science
Divisions:	Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems
Depositing User:	John Mingers
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2008 07:20 UTC
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/3910 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Mingers, John.

Creator's ORCID:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4102-4696
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