| Article ID: | iaor1997797 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 24 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 47 |
| End Page Number: | 56 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1996 |
| Journal: | OMEGA |
| Authors: | Taket A., White L. |
| Keywords: | practice |
This paper explores a number of different theoretical positions concerned with the methodology, philosophy, process and practice of Operational Research OR. These are presented in order to air some of the debates relevant to the theory of (or the role of theory in) OR, but not to provide any definitive resolution to the debates. In part, and in particuar in terms of the style in which it is written, the paper is a response to Burrell’s 1989 call for postmodernizing Operational Research OR. The concluding section explores these links.