Tools for Thinking
Modelling in Management Science
(Sprache: Englisch)
With over 30 years' experience as a management teacher and consultant, Mike Pidd provides the tools for thinking that will help us to think through the consequences of decisions before we act.
The third edition of Tools for Thinking builds on the...
The third edition of Tools for Thinking builds on the...
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With over 30 years' experience as a management teacher and consultant, Mike Pidd provides the tools for thinking that will help us to think through the consequences of decisions before we act.The third edition of Tools for Thinking builds on the successes of the previous two editions. It creates a bridge between the soft and hard (Operations Research) OR schools of thought and provides an empirically based framework in which to place them. Focusing on modelling as an activity, rather than on models and techniques, Mike Pidd shows how models can be employed to explore possible future scenarios and to make sense of managerial vision.
This third edition has been fully revised and updated without changing its focus. It features a new chapter on Decision Analysis and includes up-to-date examples using popular softwares, such as Precision Tree, @Risk and Micro Saint Sharp, to illustrate how these help in developing and using management science models as tools for thinking.
The book builds a bridge between the 'soft' and 'hard' MS/OR and provides an empirically based framework in which to place them. It focuses on modelling as an activity rather than on models and techniques and argues for its relevance alongside intuition, vision and leadership. It also stresses that systematic thinking and analysis has a role to play in organizational life. Mike Pidd shows how models can be employed to explore possible future scenarios and to make sense of managerial vision.
A third edition is required to keep up to date with developments in Operations Research, Modelling and Management Science. The book will be updated throughout and the chapter on Heuristics will be replaced by one on Decision Analysis.
A third edition is required to keep up to date with developments in Operations Research, Modelling and Management Science. The book will be updated throughout and the chapter on Heuristics will be replaced by one on Decision Analysis.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Tools for Thinking “
Preface ixAcknowledgements xi
PART I MODELLING IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 1
1 Models as convenient worlds 3
2 Management Science - making sense of strategic vision 21
3 Problems, problems . . . 43
4 Some principles of modelling 63
PART II INTERPRETIVE MODELLING - SOFT MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 83
5 Soft systems methodology 89
6 Cognitive mapping, SODA and journey-making 109
7 System dynamics 135
8 Decision analysis 157
PART III MATHEMATICAL AND LOGICAL MODELLING 185
9 Optimization modelling - linear programming 187
10 Computer simulation - visual interactive modelling and Monte Carlo simulation 211
11 Heuristic search 241
PART IV MODEL ASSESSMENT AND VALIDATION 263
12 Model assessment and validation 265
Index 285
Autoren-Porträt von Michael Pidd
Mike Pidd is Professor of Management Science at Lancaster University. He has served as President of the Operational Research Society and as Chair of COPIOR (the Committee of Professors in OR). His research interests focus on the development of usable models in management science and computer simulation, most recently in healthcare, and he has published widely in academic journals and books.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael Pidd
- 2009, 3. Aufl., 304 Seiten, Maße: 16,8 x 24,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0470721421
- ISBN-13: 9780470721421
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.03.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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