This paper describes the author s experience of 60 years of Operational Research and presents some thoughts on the nature of the work of an Operational Researcher. 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Business strategies are vital for an organisation in the dynamic business environment today. However, most organisations are still facing issues in effectively executing the business strategies. The misalignment of operational factors such people, business operations, and IT systems, is one major problem that hinders the best performance of an organisation and degrades the value of business str...

Ethnography is the study of social interactions, behaviours, and perceptions that occur within groups, teams, organisations, and communities. Its roots canbe traced back to anthropological studies of small, rural (andoften remote) societies thatwereundertaken in the early 1900s, when researchers such as Bronislaw Malinowski and Alfred Radcliffe-Brown participated in these societies over long pe...

abstract after the emergence of industrial design, there is a serious need to find solutions for industrial problems as research projects. a standard design process starts with gathering data and categorizing and analyzing them after finding a need. thus, selecting an appropriate research methodology is one of the basic decisions and steps to do a research and achieve the aims after finding eac...

management needs qualitative and comprehensive information for decision making. managers are always searching for useful information in order to reach their firm's goals and strategies. the development in technology, globalization and focusing on costumers needs has changed the information that managers need to maintain their position in a competitive environment and take advantage of prof...

Management needs qualitative and comprehensive information for decision making. Managers are always searching for useful information in order to reach their firm's goals and strategies. The development in technology, globalization and focusing on costumers needs has changed the information that managers need to maintain their position in a competitive environment and take advantage of profitabl...