| Article ID: | iaor19971192 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 19 |
| End Page Number: | 24 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1996 |
| Journal: | OR Insight |
| Authors: | Mar Molinero Cecilio |
| Keywords: | programming: linear |
Academic Operational Researchers are inevitably expected to teach Mathematical Modelling, Linear Programming (LP) and related subjects such as Optimisation. Linear Programming is their bread and butter. It should not be surprising to discover that many students associate Operational Research OR an LP. But Operational Research OR is more than LP, more than a collection of mathematical techniques. The author argues that a way of dispelling prejudice is to engage in Operational Research OR teaching in such a way that we develop technical ability, stimulate creative problem solving attitudes and build teamwork into the syllabus.