7 main concerns are identified with Operational Research (OR), based on Ackoff and Sasieni's (1968) definition of Operational Research, see Figure 1:
Concern 1: What kinds of technology are (and should be) provided by OR practitioners?
Concern 2: What is (and should be) scientific method and science for the OR profession?
Concern 3: What kinds of purposes and human interests are OR to (and should) serve?
Concern 4: How can OR be interdisciplinary?
Concern 5: What is (and should be) the model of implied relationship between science and technology endorsed by the OR practitioners?
Concern 6: what forms, images and theories of organisation are (and should be) upheld by the OR practitioners?
Concern 7: What are the implications of taking on a total systems view?
Reference
Ho, J.K.K. (1996) "Development of Multi-Perspective, Systems-Based Frameworks" Ph.D. thesis, July, Faulty of Engineering, University of Hong Kong
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