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ABSTRACTThis paper develops an approach for determining staff size when Njpersonnel are needed on weekday j, j= 1, 2,…,7. The method explicitly incorporates the fact that staff size will vary with both regular rest policy and fringe‐benefit days. The typical hospital case where N employees are needed weekdays and n on weekends is developed in det

ISSN:0011-7315    

DOI:10.1111/j.1540-5915.1979.tb00012.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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ABSTRACTThere is considerable evidence that firms and institutions that have adopted and utilized operations research and related management sciences (OR/MS) experience severe internal disruptions and changes as the new technology is introduced. In some cases the reactions have been adverse enough to result in temporary rejection of the technology and a period of three to five years has been necessary for reintroduction of OR/MS. Such lags represent lost opportunities with attendant costs that firms and institutions can ill afford. There is obvious need to manage the introduction of OR/MS into organizations to minimize the inevitable resistances to change and to expedite institutional acceptance and practice. This paper presents a normative framework for this purpose based on four case studies of Indian implementation experience. The selected firms, which represent different sectors of industry, adopted different strategies for introduction and diffusion of OR/MS. The authors have noted several points of similarity between the Indian experience and the experience of U.S. organizations which indicate a fair measure of general validity for the proposed normative framework.

ISSN:0011-7315    

DOI:10.1111/j.1540-5915.1979.tb00013.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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ABSTRACTThere is general agreement that the training of decision scientists during the past ten years has left much to be desired. This note presents nine rules relating to the fundamental reasons for the failure of training programs, along with suggestions for improving the present state of affairs.

ISSN:0011-7315    

DOI:10.1111/j.1540-5915.1979.tb00014.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0011-7315    

DOI:10.1111/j.1540-5915.1979.tb00015.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0011-7315    

DOI:10.1111/j.1540-5915.1979.tb00001.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

数据来源: WILEY