Management Science: Decision Making Through Systems Thinking - Brossura

Daellenbach, Hans G.; McNickle, Donald C.

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ISBN 10: 1403941742 ISBN 13: 9781403941749

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Riassunto

Written for a wide-range of mathematical abilities, this comprehensive, accessible overview emphasizes the conceptual aspects of decision-making rather than mathematical techniques or computer methods. Structured around a clear framework, the text first builds up the basic ideas of systems and shows how hard "OR" incorporates these concepts into its modeling process. It also incorporates important real-world aspects such as time, decision-making over time, constraints, uncertainty and multiple objectives into this framework, and shows how conflicts and ambiguities of world views lead to fundamental changes in the aims and models of decision-making approaches.

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L'autore:

Hans Daellenbach worked for several years as an operations researcher for Standard Oil of California after gaining his PhD. He taught at the Universities of California and Washington before joining the University of Canterbury where he introduced Operations Research as a separate discipline. He launched the Canterbury MBA Program more than twenty-five years ago, and served as its first director.

Donald McNickle is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Contenuti:

Preface
Introduction
PART ONE: SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS THINKING: INTRODUCTION
Systems Thinking and Systems Methodology
Systems Concepts
The Problem Situation
System Models and Diagrams
PART TWO: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE METHODOLOGIES: INTRODUCTION
Overview of Hard OR Methodology
Soft System Thinking
Implementation and Code of Ethics
PART THREE: ASSESSING COSTS AND BENEFITS, DEALING WITH TIME
Relevant Costs and Benefits
Discounted Cash Flows
Decision Making Over Time
PART FOUR: HARD MS/OR METHODS
Marginal and Incremental Analysis
Constrained Decision Making
Multiple Constraints - Linear Programming
Uncertainty
Waiting Lines: Stochastic Systems
Simulation and System Dynamics
Decision and Risk Analysis
Decisions with Multiple Objectives
Bibliography
Glossary of Technical Terms
Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1403941742
• ISBN 13: 9781403941749
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 598