'A festering sore': The issue of professionalism in the history of the Operational Research Society

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1161-1172

  Kirby, M W ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History of OR MS; Operational Research Society; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HISTORY OF OR/MS; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY; PROFESSIONALISM;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33748653396     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602078     Document Type: Article

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