Management Science Knowledge: Its Creation, Generalization, and Consolidation
The science of management needs the kind of integrative thought given the science of chemistry by a Russian named D.I. Mendeleyev in 1889. Before Mendeleyev developed the periodic table, chemists knew of many seemingly unrelated elements just as management scientists today know of many seemingly unrelated models. This book discusses, classifies, and illustrates the various strategies and tactics for creating new knowledge, and for unifying, consolidating, and/or generalizing upon existing knowledge in the management sciences. Through generalization and systematization, it shows the interconnections, interrelations, and limitations of the various subdisciplines. Such knowledge is thus made more user-friendly, easier to learn to assimilate and hence to teach and to use.

Each of the philosophical, strategic, and tactical concepts discussed are amply illustrated. The illustrations reflect the breath of management science, both theory and applications. Much of the text, by design, is sourced from refereed journals serving archival functions in the various subareas of management science. This book is intended for graduate students about to enter the less structured and ill-defined world of research, and as a guide for their mentors. Project managers in industry and government who forever have to face ill-defined and unstructured problems may derive much benefit from the systematic approaches to problem solving discussed in this book. Lastly, the book is intended for funding agency executives as a means of improving the classification of research proposals. The book should enable future textbook authors to present their material in a much more unified fashion allowing the readers/students to see each bit of new material presented in its proper context.

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Management Science Knowledge: Its Creation, Generalization, and Consolidation
The science of management needs the kind of integrative thought given the science of chemistry by a Russian named D.I. Mendeleyev in 1889. Before Mendeleyev developed the periodic table, chemists knew of many seemingly unrelated elements just as management scientists today know of many seemingly unrelated models. This book discusses, classifies, and illustrates the various strategies and tactics for creating new knowledge, and for unifying, consolidating, and/or generalizing upon existing knowledge in the management sciences. Through generalization and systematization, it shows the interconnections, interrelations, and limitations of the various subdisciplines. Such knowledge is thus made more user-friendly, easier to learn to assimilate and hence to teach and to use.

Each of the philosophical, strategic, and tactical concepts discussed are amply illustrated. The illustrations reflect the breath of management science, both theory and applications. Much of the text, by design, is sourced from refereed journals serving archival functions in the various subareas of management science. This book is intended for graduate students about to enter the less structured and ill-defined world of research, and as a guide for their mentors. Project managers in industry and government who forever have to face ill-defined and unstructured problems may derive much benefit from the systematic approaches to problem solving discussed in this book. Lastly, the book is intended for funding agency executives as a means of improving the classification of research proposals. The book should enable future textbook authors to present their material in a much more unified fashion allowing the readers/students to see each bit of new material presented in its proper context.

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Management Science Knowledge: Its Creation, Generalization, and Consolidation

Management Science Knowledge: Its Creation, Generalization, and Consolidation

by Arnold Reisman
Management Science Knowledge: Its Creation, Generalization, and Consolidation

Management Science Knowledge: Its Creation, Generalization, and Consolidation

by Arnold Reisman

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The science of management needs the kind of integrative thought given the science of chemistry by a Russian named D.I. Mendeleyev in 1889. Before Mendeleyev developed the periodic table, chemists knew of many seemingly unrelated elements just as management scientists today know of many seemingly unrelated models. This book discusses, classifies, and illustrates the various strategies and tactics for creating new knowledge, and for unifying, consolidating, and/or generalizing upon existing knowledge in the management sciences. Through generalization and systematization, it shows the interconnections, interrelations, and limitations of the various subdisciplines. Such knowledge is thus made more user-friendly, easier to learn to assimilate and hence to teach and to use.

Each of the philosophical, strategic, and tactical concepts discussed are amply illustrated. The illustrations reflect the breath of management science, both theory and applications. Much of the text, by design, is sourced from refereed journals serving archival functions in the various subareas of management science. This book is intended for graduate students about to enter the less structured and ill-defined world of research, and as a guide for their mentors. Project managers in industry and government who forever have to face ill-defined and unstructured problems may derive much benefit from the systematic approaches to problem solving discussed in this book. Lastly, the book is intended for funding agency executives as a means of improving the classification of research proposals. The book should enable future textbook authors to present their material in a much more unified fashion allowing the readers/students to see each bit of new material presented in its proper context.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780899307398
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 07/22/1992
Pages: 324
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

ARNOLD REISMAN is a Professor of Operations Research at Case Western Reserve University, and a registered Professional Engineer in California, Ohio, and Wisconsin. He has authored 12 books on management, including the book, Managerial and Engineering Economics, which won the Lanchester Prize (Honorable Mention) in 1971. As Chairman of the Global Countertrading Group, he teaches, consults, and structures businesses within what was the Soviet Union. As consultant to the UN, he has traveled widely in the Americas, India, and the Caribbean.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Challenge
Introduction
Some of the Ways and the Means
On Alternative Strategies for Doing
Research in the Management and Social Sciences
Expansion of Knowledge Via Consolidation of Knowledge
Finding Research Topics Via a Taxonomy of a Field of Knowledge
A Systems Approach to Identifying Knowledge Voids in Problem Solving Disciplines and Professions
Alternative Strategies for Real-World Problem Solving and Mission Oriented Research
Formal Aids to Creativity and Synthesis
Some Philosophical Considerations
On Stages of Knowledge Growth in the Management Sciences
Toward an Epistemology of OR/MS
Some Extended Examples
Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer: A Taxonomic View
Technology Transfer Transactions: A Taxonomic Perspective
Toward Meta-Research on Technology Transfer
Not-For-Profit Sector
Toward A Generic Taxonomy of the Not-for-Profits, Not-For-Profit Managers, and Not-for-Profit Managerial Functions
Countertrade
Growth and Types of Countertrade
Countertrade in the Not-For-Profit Sector
Management Science Methodology
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis: A Generalized Formulation and Classification
Unification of Single Objective Mathematical Programming Problems
Glossary of Terms
Biography
Index

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