TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daellenbach,Hans G.
AU  - McNickle,D.C.
TI  - Management science: decision making through systems thinking 
SN  - 1403941742 (paper)
U1  - 658.4032 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Operations research
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Management science
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages564-570) and index; 1. Introduction --
2. Systems thinking --
3. System concepts --
4. The problem situation --
5. Systems models and diagrams --
6. Overview of hard OR methodology --
7. Soft systems thinking --
8. Implementation and code of ethics --
9. Relevant costs and benefits --
10. Discounted cash flows --
11. Decision making over time --
12. Marginal and incremental analysis --
13. Constrained decision making --
14. Multiple constraints : linear programming --
15. Uncertainty --
16. Waiting lines : stochastic systems --
17. Simulation and system dynamics --
18. Decision and risk analysis --
19. Decisions with multiple objectives --
20. Reflections on MS/OR
N2  - Management Science provides a comprehensive, accessible overview of the subject, incorporating a wide and developing set of methodologies and tools. The authors explore both 'soft' and 'hard' approaches to decision making and highlight conceptual aspects rather than mathematical techniques or computer methods - as a result, the text is suitable for a wide range of mathematical abilities

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