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Teaching objectives: the value of using cases in teaching operational research

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  • P C Bell

    (Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario)

  • C Haehling von Lanzenauer

    (Freie Universität Berlin)

Abstract

This paper describes our experience with a case study that was intended to provide business students with a straightforward exercise in operational research/management science (OR/MS) but which consistently produces a learning experience for students that is quite different from that envisaged when the case was originally written. An effort is made to explain the surprising results in the classroom. This example demonstrates the fact that building OR/MS models often reveals important dimensions of a problem that otherwise might remain unexplored. The richness of this case also demonstrates the value of exposing OR/MS students to real problems through the use of cases.

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  • P C Bell & C Haehling von Lanzenauer, 2000. "Teaching objectives: the value of using cases in teaching operational research," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 51(12), pages 1367-1377, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:51:y:2000:i:12:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2601041
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601041
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    Cited by:

    1. Valerie Belton & Helyn Thornbury Gould & John L. Scott, 2006. "Developing the Reflective Practitioner---Designing an Undergraduate Class," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 36(2), pages 150-164, April.
    2. Georgiou, Ion, 2008. "Making decisions in the absence of clear facts," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 185(1), pages 299-321, February.
    3. Matthew J. Drake, 2019. "Teaching OR/MS with Cases: A Review and New Suggestions," INFORMS Transactions on Education, INFORMS, vol. 19(2), pages 57-66, January.
    4. Jesús Muñuzuri & Pablo Cortés & Rafael Grosso & Luis Onieva, 2016. "Teaching Heuristic Methods to Industrial Engineers: A Problem-Based Experience," INFORMS Transactions on Education, INFORMS, vol. 16(2), pages 60-67, January.
    5. Daniel M. Frances & Daria Terekhov, 2019. "A Case-Based Undergraduate Operations Research Course," INFORMS Transactions on Education, INFORMS, vol. 19(2), pages 67-80, January.

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