| Article ID: | iaor1994396 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 20 |
| End Page Number: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
| Journal: | OR Insight |
| Authors: | Mar Molinero C. |
| Keywords: | financial |
The role of the operational researcher is to solve problems as requested by management. The problems on which the operational research works may only be symptoms of other, more urgent and important, problems. This paper describes the personal experiences of the author when trying to apply Operational Research techniques in a company on the road to bankruptcy.