A Survey of Management Science Implementation Problems

Hugh J. Watson and Patricia Gill Marett
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Hugh J. Watson: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
Patricia Gill Marett: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602

Interfaces, 1979, vol. 9, issue 4, 124-128

Abstract: An increasing amount of attention has been directed to problems associated with the implementation of Management Science methods. This attention is undoubtedly due to a relatively poor performance record, since it has been estimated that only about 40% of Management Science projects are ever fully implemented.Numerous articles have been written about the implementation problem. Some are based upon “undocumented wisdom;” that is, nonempirically based observations about the problem. Others have been written by practitioners who describe the problem as they perceive it. A smaller number of articles are based upon survey data.

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