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Operational Research and the Social Sciences

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. M. C. Jackson

    1. University of Hull, Hull, UK

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  2. P. Keys

    1. University of Hull, Hull, UK

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  3. S. A. Cropper

    1. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

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Table of contents (109 chapters)

  2. Methology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Methodology

      • Paul Ledington
      Pages 167-169

    3. Dualism in Social Theory and Systems Practice

      • Gilbert Mansell
      Pages 171-175

    4. A Scientific Approach to Methodology

      • Brian Lehaney
      Pages 177-182

    5. The Application of the Theory of Directed Graphs in the Social Sciences

      • L. R. Foulds
      Pages 183-188

    6. Applying the Data Dictionary Concept to Models of Social and Industrial Systems

      • Frederick P. Wheeler
      Pages 189-194

    7. Participation, Productivity, and Stability

      • Norman Frohlich, Joe A. Oppenheimer
      Pages 195-200

    8. Institutions and Intelligent Systems

      • Rosaria Conte
      Pages 201-206

    9. Limitations of Managerial Communication Research: No Significantly Different Methods Explore Status and Sex of Managers

      • Suzanne Walfoort
      Pages 207-212

    10. Poverty and Non-Farm Employment in LDCs

      • Meera Tiwari, Alan Mercer
      Pages 213-218

  3. Systems and O.R.

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. OR and Systems

      • R. L. Flood
      Pages 221-223

    3. Methodologies for Messes

      • R. L. Flood
      Pages 225-229

    4. “What a Mess!” The Case of the Necessary Myth

      • Lynda Davies
      Pages 231-239

    5. On the Concept of Mess

      • Paul Ledington
      Pages 241-245

    6. The Limits to Human Organisation: The Emergence of Autopoietic Systems

      • Fenton F. Robb
      Pages 247-251
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Twenty five years ago, in 1964, The Operational Research Society's first International Conference (held at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge) took as its theme "Operational Research and the Social Sciences". The Conference sessions were organised around topics such as: Organisations and Control; Social Effects of Policies; Conflict Resolution; The Systems Concept; Models, Decisions and Operational Research. An examination of the published proceedings (J.R.Lawrence ed., 1966, Operational Research and the Social Sciences, Tavistock, London) reveals a distinct contrast between the types of contribution made by the representatives of the two academic communities involved. Nevertheless, the Conference served to break down some barriers, largely of ignorance about the objects, methods and findings of each concern. In the ensuing twenty five years, although debate has continued about the relationship between OR and the social sciences, mutual understanding has proved more difficult to achieve than many must have hoped for in 1964.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Hull, Hull, UK

    M. C. Jackson, P. Keys

  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

    S. A. Cropper

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