Management science: A Practical Approach to Decision Making

🔖 The structure of this book consists of three distinct types of chapters: introductory, technique, and expository. The introduction chapters are descriptive in nature, introducing the reader to the concepts of decision science, operations research, and management science. The technique chapters follow a common flow which we believe is vital to a good understanding of the decision science field and the techniques practiced therein. The common format of each technique chapter is to introduce the problem by a case in which the situation and data are developed. Although simplified, each case is a condensation of a real business situation (most of which have been drawn from the authors' personal experiences in the forest products industries). These cases are followed by a problem formulation section. It is of paramount importance that the reader recognize that problem formulation is the key to scientific management. We therefore urge you, the reader, to put forth considerable effort to understand the details of the problem formulation section of each technique chapter.