Mixed-mode modelling : mixing methodologies for organisational intervention /

Whilst traditional operational research and management science texts have covered the highly quantitative aspects of business modelling, they have tended to ignore the important issues surrounding the engagement of people in the development of models and implementation of policies that arise from de...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Nicholls, Miles G. (Editor), Clarke, Steve, 1950- (Editor), Lehaney, Brian, 1953- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishing, 2001.
Series:	Applied optimization ; 58.
Subjects:	Management science. Information resources management. Economics. Business planning. Social sciences. Economics/Management Science. Operations Research/Decision Theory. Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet) Social Sciences, general. Organization/Planning. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1 Mixing Methods for Organisational Intervention: Background and Current Status
2 Towards a General Holistic Framework for Improving and Controlling Human Activity Systems
3 Framing: A Meta-Framework for the Use of Mixed-Mode Modelling
4 Introducing Forecasting and Monitoring Methods to an SME: the Role of Soft Systems Methodology
5 Assessment of the Value of Knowledge Transferred: a Mixed-Mode Approach
6 Hard Decisions, Soft Data: Localised Context-Rich Solutions to Problems of New Product Development
7 The Fundamentals of Yield Management
8 Management and Wellbeing in the UK
9 The Use of Mixed-Mode Modelling in Determining Best Practice for a Business
10 A Skill Assessment Process for Information Systems Professionals.