Is Implementation Research Relevant for the OR/MS Practitioner?

John C. Anderson, Norman L. Chervany and Ram Narasimhan
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John C. Anderson: College of Business Administration, University of Minnesota
Norman L. Chervany: College of Business Administration, University of Minnesota
Ram Narasimhan: College of Business Administration, Michigan State University

Interfaces, 1979, vol. 9, issue 3, 52-56

Abstract: The last decade has seen an increasing awareness of and concern for the problems associated with the successful implementation of OR/MS methods. This growing awareness has produced two results in the “publishing sector” of the OR/MS profession. With some trepidation [White, Charles H. 1977. Applications publication: An experience. Interfaces 7 (August) 125--126.], practitioners of OR/MS have started to publish the results of actual OR/MS projects. The value of these reports for increasing the chance of more successful implementations of OR/MS efforts is summarized in [Woolsey, Gene. 1976. A triennial editorial policy. Interfaces 6 (August) 3--4.].This article is designed: (1) to examine the relevancy of OR/MS implementation research for practicing OR/MS managers, and (2) to provide some guidelines for improving this relevancy.

Keywords: professional:; OR/MS; implementation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
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