Tools for Thinking—Modelling in Management Science
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This chapter discusses modelling as convenient worlds, management science - making sense of strategic vision, and heuristic search in soft management science.
Abstract
Preface.Acknowledgements.PART I: MODELLING IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE.Models as convenient worlds.Management science - making sense of strategic vision.Problems, problems...Some principles of modelling.PART II: INTERPRETIVE MODELLING - SOFT MANAGEMENT SCIENCE.Soft systems methodology.Cognitive mapping, SODA and Journey Making.System dynamics.PART III: MATHEMATICAL AND LOGICAL MODELLING.Optimization modelling - linear programming.Visual interactive modelling - discrete event computer simulation.Heuristic search.PART IV: MODEL ASSESSMENT AND VALIDATIONModel assessment and validation.Index.