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Different Perspectives in Design Thinking
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Different Perspectives in Design Thinking

by Yvonne Eriksson
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
260 pages
9h 20m
English
CRC Press
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Chapter-8 Design Thinking and Designerly Ways of Knowing in Operational Research Practice

Christina J. Phillips

Liverpool Business School, Email: c.j.phillips@ljmu.ac.uk

DOI: 10.1201/9780429289378-8

Introduction

Let us begin by understanding what is meant by operational research; according to The Operational Research Society in the United Kingdom “Operational research (OR) is a scientific approach to the solution of problems in the management of complex systems that enables decision makers to make better decisions.” It is often used to solve messy and complex problems in a wide variety of domains including business and industry, but also government and the military. Operational research uses many different techniques, from those that help ...

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