Behavioral Operational Research: Theory, Methodology and Practice

✍ Scribed by Martin Kunc, Jonathan Malpass, Leroy White (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 412
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Behavioral research is making a significant impact on many academic disciplines. Its status as the source of some of the most profound research in the social sciences is unparalleled. Therefore, it is not surprising that interest in Behavior and Operational Research (OR) is burgeoning, even though understanding the relationship between knowledge, behavior and action has been an academic preoccupation in OR since the beginning of the discipline.

This book introduces the idea of Behavioral OR, where the theoretical and empirical developments in the behavioral field are making an impression on OR academics and practitioners alike. The book provides a much needed overview that connects together theory, methodology and practice and offers the “state of the art” on Behavioral Operational Research theory and practice. The book not only includes chapters by leading academics, but also includes rich and insightful real-life case studies by practitioners.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Engaging with Behavioral Operational Research: On Methods, Actors and Praxis....Pages 3-25
Behavior with Models: The Role of Psychological Heuristics in Operational Research....Pages 27-45
Behavior in Models: A Framework for Representing Human Behavior....Pages 47-63
Behavior Beyond the Model....Pages 65-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Simulation and Laboratory Experiments: Exploring Self-Organizing Behavior in a Collective Choice Model....Pages 87-104
Misperception of Behavioral Operations and Bodies of Knowledge....Pages 105-135
Agent-Based Models and Behavioral Operational Research....Pages 137-159
Modeling Behavioral Decision Making: Creation and Representation of Judgment....Pages 161-175
Big Data and Behavior in Operational Research: Towards a “Smart OR”....Pages 177-193
Behavioral Issues in the Practical Application of Scenario Thinking: Cognitive Biases, Effective Group Facilitation and Overcoming Business-as-Usual Thinking....Pages 195-212
The Impact of Group Model Building on Behavior....Pages 213-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Overview: Behavioral Operational Research in Practice....Pages 245-261
Healthcare: Human Behavior in Simulation Models....Pages 263-280
Service Operations: Behavioral Operational Research in British Telecommunications....Pages 281-302
Smart Cities: Big Data and Behavioral Operational Research....Pages 303-318
Mergers and Acquisitions: Modeling Decision Making in Integration Projects....Pages 319-336
Supporting Strategy: Behavioral Influences on Resource Conceptualization Processes....Pages 337-356
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
The Past, Present and Futures of Behavioral Operational Research....Pages 359-381
Back Matter....Pages 383-395

✦ Subjects

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Logistics; Business Strategy/Leadership

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