Perspectives on MS Applications—All Around the Model

The primary objective of this column, as I indicated in the November issue of THE BULLETIN, is to address the problem of successful implementation of management science analysis. Two factors which have to be present in some major degree in every successful implementation of management science are: first, a management which has a good general knowledge of management science, its objectives, and its methods, and which demonstrates a high degree of interest in how the techniques are applied in specific cases; and second, application of the techniques as a team effort with members of management frequently participating in team meetings, providing judgmental inputs, and participating in discussion of difficult problem areas. I call this the “inter-participative” project team.