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OR/MS: Dead or Dying? RX for Survival
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1978
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Palliative CareWell-structured ProblemsManagement EducationOrganizational CommunicationLongevityEnd-of-life IssueManagementBusinessThird-generation FacultyThanatologyScholarly CommunicationProfessional DevelopmentInformation ManagementTerminal IllnessHigher Education ManagementPractical ProblemsBusiness AdministrationEmergency Medicine
An essay about the status of OR/MS in business and academia. Considerations about decreased visibility, disappearance of well-structured problems, and third-generation faculty concerned more with the publishability of results than resolving practical problems are expressed. Some practical steps towards improvement are suggested.