Operations Research as a Profession
Operations Research as a Profession
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运筹学作为一种职业
DOI：
10.1287/mnsc.17.2.b37
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发表时间：
1970
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
C. Churchman
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作者：
C. Churchman
这篇论文是关于运筹学专业的，特别是关于该专业的准备工作。在相当普遍的情况下，这篇论文表达了对这一职业的未来的担忧，这一职业本应引领社会对贫困、污染和隐私日益增长的焦虑，但实际上在这些问题上几乎没有扮演重要角色。
在他的自传《回忆，梦想，反思》中，荣格主张用一种引人入胜的方式来讲述一个人的生活故事。他说，有两个故事。一个故事是理性的，一个人在追求人生目标的过程中经历的挣扎、挫折和快乐的故事。另一种是“非理性的”，他生活中的原始的神话元素往往没有表达出来。冒着歪曲荣格建议的丰富性的风险，我想讲两个关于运筹学这个职业的故事，但最后我不确定哪一个是理性的。
讲述这两个故事的原因是为了对运筹学这个职业有一个批判性的概述，主要是评估它的教育基础，不仅是在学院和大学，而且是在整个学习计划中：在会议、期刊和非正式讨论中。
This paper is concerned with the profession of operations research and specifically with the preparation for the profession. On a fairly general plain, the paper expresses a concern about the future of a profession which ought to be in the lead in the growing societal anxiety over poverty, pollution and privacy, but in fact plays virtually no significant role in these matters.
In his autobiography, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, C. G. Jung argues for a fascinating way of telling the story of one's life. There are, he says, two stories. One story is the rational, a story of a man's struggles, frustrations and joys in seeking his life's goals. The other is the “irrational,” the primitive often unexpressed mythic elements of his life. At some risk of perverting the richness of Jung's suggestion, I'd like to tell two stories of a profession, operations research, but in the end I'll not be sure which is the rational.
The reason for telling these two stories is to obtain a critical overview of the profession of operations research, primarily to assess its educational base, not just in colleges and universities, but in the overall program of learning: in meetings, journals and informal discussions.