Tools for thinking : modelling in management science

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Title:

Author:

Pidd, Michael.

ISBN:

9780470721421

Personal Author:

Pidd, Michael.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication Information:

Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2009.

Physical Description:

x, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Models as convenient worlds -- Management science : making sense of strategic vision -- Problems, problems -- Some principles of modelling -- Soft systems methodology -- Cognitive mapping, SODA and journey-making -- System dynamics -- Decision analysis -- Optimization modelling : linear programming -- Computer simulation : visual interactive modelling and Monte Carlo simulation -- Heuristic search -- Model assessment and validation.

Subject Term:

Problem solving -- Simulation methods.

Management science -- Simulation methods.

Decision making -- Simulation methods.

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Summary

The third edition of Tools for Thinking builds on the successes of the previous two editions. It creates a bridge between the soft and hard (Operations Research) OR schools of thought and provides an empirically based framework in which to place them. Focusing on modelling as an activity, rather than on models and techniques, Mike Pidd shows how models can be employed to explore possible future scenarios and to make sense of managerial vision.

This third edition has been fully revised and updated without changing its focus. It features a new chapter on Decision Analysis and includes up-to-date examples using popular softwares, such as Precision Tree, @ Risk and Micro Saint Sharp , to illustrate how these help in developing and using management science models as tools for thinking