Teaching OR/MS to MBAs at Warwick Business School: A Turnaround story

Stewart Robinson; Maureen Meadows; John Mingers; Frances A. O'Brien; Estelle A. Shale; Stephanie Stray

doi:10.1287/inte.33.2.67.14467

Teaching OR/MS to MBAs at Warwick Business School: A Turnaround story

Stewart Robinson, Maureen Meadows, John Mingers, Frances A. O'Brien, Estelle A. Shale, Stephanie Stray

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OR/MS is under pressure in MBA programs in the United Kingdom as it is in the United States. To ensure its continuance, members of the operational research group at Warwick Business School redesigned the core OR/MS module. The first attempt at a redesign was a failure. As a result, the module was redesigned again. The second version was a success. Through this process, we have learned many lessons about teaching OR/MS to MBA students, among them the need to have a guiding philosophy, adopt a critical-consumer approach, stress managerial relevance, discuss the context and process of modeling as well as content, and use spreadsheets for analytical work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	67-76
Number of pages	10
Journal	Interfaces
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.33.2.67.14467
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Professional: OR/MS education

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Strategy and Management
Management Science and Operations Research
Management of Technology and Innovation

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