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Teaching real-life OR to MSc students

Teaching real-life OR to MSc students
Teaching real-life OR to MSc students
The nature of the 'messiness' of the real projects in which we are involved determines how our OR practice proceeds. In order to train the future generation of Operational Researchers, we need to prepare them with the skills to deal with this messiness. The teachers themselves firstly must have these skills and have fresh experience of using them. This paper discusses the synergies to be experienced between teaching, consulting, research and in-company training. These abilities then need to be passed on to the students. Technique training provides an important tool-kit but the key skills have to be learned through guided experiential learning, with the learning loop closed by guided reflection (fostered and aided by mentors).
0160-5682
1440-1448
Wlliams, T.M.
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Dickinson, K.
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Wlliams, T.M.
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Dickinson, K.
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Wlliams, T.M. and Dickinson, K. (2000) Teaching real-life OR to MSc students. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 51 (12), 1440-1448.

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The nature of the 'messiness' of the real projects in which we are involved determines how our OR practice proceeds. In order to train the future generation of Operational Researchers, we need to prepare them with the skills to deal with this messiness. The teachers themselves firstly must have these skills and have fresh experience of using them. This paper discusses the synergies to be experienced between teaching, consulting, research and in-company training. These abilities then need to be passed on to the students. Technique training provides an important tool-kit but the key skills have to be learned through guided experiential learning, with the learning loop closed by guided reflection (fostered and aided by mentors).

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Published date: 2000

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Local EPrints ID: 36895
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/36895
ISSN: 0160-5682
PURE UUID: 79554139-23b1-4485-9cdd-7c16930c54b2

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Date deposited: 28 Jul 2006
Last modified: 27 Apr 2022 09:55

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Author: T.M. Wlliams
Author: K. Dickinson

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