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  • Synthesis as Conception Shifting

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    Houghton, Luke
    Metcalfe, M.
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    John Dewey's work inspired Simon, Churchman and Ackoff. To encourage rigorous thinking, Dewey makes the rallying cry: Synthesize don't just analyse. Operational research does analysis well. However, our understanding of its conjoint twin, synthesis, may need some more pragmatic rationalization. Synthesis, often confused with systems thinking, is thought to be a process of engagement with alternative conceptions (interpretations) of the problem domain; conceptions that suggest a different solution set. Therefore, this paper explores the proposition that operational research needs to engage more synthesis to complement its ...
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    John Dewey's work inspired Simon, Churchman and Ackoff. To encourage rigorous thinking, Dewey makes the rallying cry: Synthesize don't just analyse. Operational research does analysis well. However, our understanding of its conjoint twin, synthesis, may need some more pragmatic rationalization. Synthesis, often confused with systems thinking, is thought to be a process of engagement with alternative conceptions (interpretations) of the problem domain; conceptions that suggest a different solution set. Therefore, this paper explores the proposition that operational research needs to engage more synthesis to complement its skill at analysis. Why synthesis is required, what it is and how it works is explained. Two case studies are provided to demonstrate the mechanisms of synthesis as one part of strategic thinking.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of the Operational Research Society
    Volume
    61
    Issue
    6
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2008.188
    Copyright Statement
    © 2010 Palgrave Macmillan. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of the Operational Research Society. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Journal of the Operational Research Society Volume 61, Issue 6, 953--963 is available online at: 10.1057/jors.2008.188
    Subject
    Organisational Planning and Management
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/33151
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