Editorial: MS/OR on Thin Ice

Gary L. Lilien
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Gary L. Lilien: Editor-in-Chief, 113 Business Administration Building II, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Interfaces, 1985, vol. 15, issue 4, 12-13

Abstract: I recently attended a meeting of the Management Science Roundtable on the impact of new technologies on the MS/OR professions. The details and action plan of that meeting will be the subject of a further article or editorial; I would like to speculate on what I learned from conversations during coffee breaks and cocktails.The MS/OR environment is changing rapidly. MS/OR users are everywhere, calling what they are doing everything but MS/OR. Perhaps these two suggestions---certification and selling the profession at high levels---may help prevent a major decline in the credibility and the value of what MS/OR offers management practice.

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Date: 1985
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