| Article ID: | iaor19931239 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 183 |
| End Page Number: | 193 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1991 |
| Journal: | Operations Research |
| Authors: | White John A. |
| Keywords: | education |
This paper, which is based on the Omega Rho lecture given at the 1990 ORSA/TIMS meeting in Philadelphia, states the author’s necessary and sufficient conditions for effective OR/MS. Then it describes the changing character of this field, considers some opportunities for it, addresses some human resources concerns facing it, and offers a view of what it will do in the 21st century. After addressing some concerns about the higher education culture, it then provides some conclusions about the future of OR/MS.