THE NEED FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Manish Agarwal
ABSTRACT
The current paradigm in the field of Production and Operations Management (POM) is of mathematical modeling, with competition from empirically based theories. Empirical studies have been the basis for theory generation in marketing and organizational behavior. However, POM remains relatively poor in theoretical developments, resulting in a trend of devaluation of the field. This paper will discuss how adapting the competing paradigm may arrest such a downward trend.
INTRODUCTION
Swamidass (1991) states, “Operations Management research has a very distinctive focus; it is the application of operations research, statistical theory, and computer simulation experiments to operations management problems in order to retrieve prescriptive solutions.”
Meredith (2001) mentions predictions from the 1970s and 1980s, relating to contractions in the field of Operations Management/Management Science......
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