ASP, The Art and Science of Practice: Skills Employers Want from Operations Research Graduates

ManMohan S. Sodhi () and Byung-Gak Son ()
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ManMohan S. Sodhi: Cass Business School, London EC1Y 8TZ, United Kingdom
Byung-Gak Son: Cass Business School, London EC1Y 8TZ, United Kingdom

Interfaces, 2008, vol. 38, issue 2, 140-146

Abstract: We analyzed the text of more than 1,000 ads for operations research (OR) jobs. Our objective was to help industry employers benchmark the skills they are seeking in OR graduates with those that other employers are seeking. Educators can also compare their offerings against the skills industry employers seek. We found that employers of OR graduates consistently require modeling , statistics , programming, and general analytical skills in an operations management context as their primary requirements regardless of sector, function within company, and even degree type. These employers also require communication , leadership , project management , spreadsheet and database , and team skills in that order.

Keywords: personnel; OR/MS education; OR/MS policy standards; data analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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