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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#cc0000" vlink="#cc0000" background="/books/art/bakwhite.gif"> <img src="../books/cleardot.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="4" border="0"><br> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="465"><tr valign="top"> <td width="15"> </td> <td width="450"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="3"><b>Real World Operations Research:</b></font><br> <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="4"><b>The Woolsey Papers</b></font><br> <img src="../books/art/coverRealWorld.gif" width="191" height="285" hspace="0" vspace="0" align="Right" border="0" alt=" "> <img src="../books/art/cleardot.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="4" border="0"><br> <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">By Robert E. D. Woolsey, Ph.D., F.I.D.S.<br> Edited by Richard L. Hewitt, Ph.D.</font><br> <img src="../books/art/cleardot.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="4" border="0"><br> <b>Pages: 164</b><br> <b>Print Price: $19.95<br> (Plus Shipping & Handling)<br> 6 x 9, paperback<br> ISBN:</b> 1-931634-25-4<br> <a href="#order"><img src="../books/art/order.gif" width="116" height="19" hspace="0" vspace="4" border="0" alt="Order Button"></a><br> <img src="../books/art/cleardot.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="4" border="0"><br> <br> <p><b>Real World Operations Research: The Woolsey Papers</b> is a collection of the diverse writings of one of OR's most outspoken and controversial figures, Gene Woolsey. Woolsey's humorous and practical writings leave little wonder as to his venerable status in the field. <p>This collection contains 33 articles published from 1972 and 2003, covering a broad spectrum of subject matter relevant not only to OR/MS professionals, but also educators, managers and corporate administration. To accompany his writings on operations research, chapters also cover topics from communication in the corporate world to handling labor disputes, getting promoted and getting fired. Through creative storytelling and down-to-earth advice, Woolsey provides readers with the knowledge and philosophical mindset to conquer operations and management situations in all settings. <p><i>"Gene Woolsey is unique, provocative, insightful and entertaining. This collection of some of his articles is an important and thought provoking read for anyone in the field of OR. Hopefully, this book will motivate and guide the behavior of those in the profession to successfully apply OR to resolving real problems that matter and to insure that the solutions are actually used."</i> <p> Tom Cook,<br> Chairman and CEO,<br> CALEB Technologies Corp.<br> President (2003), the Institute for Operations Research<br> and the Management Sciences <br> <img src="../books/art/cleardot.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="8" border="0"><br> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" bgcolor="#CECECE"> <tr> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>About the Author:</b><br> <img src="../books/art/cleardot.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="4" border="0"><br> Gene Woolsey is a past international president of the Institute of Management Sciences (now INFORMS), has served as the editor for five professional journals, held teaching positions at eight colleges or universities, in four countries, written eight books and over 100 published papers. <p>He has advised, or co-advised and graduated over 200 master students and 47 Ph.D.s. He has been awarded the Commander's Medal, the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal, and the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal of the United States Department of the Army and the Logistics Badge (Honorary) of the Israeli Air Force. <p>Woolsey has received the "Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Award for the Teaching of OR/MS Practice," was designated a "Fellow of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences," and was the first recipient of the "Harold Lardner Prize for Distinguished International Achievement in Operations Research." <p>Yes, but what's he really like? <p>Gene Woolsey is a successful, witty, pompous ass. He is short, fat, bald, and looks like the second vice president of a Midwest Kiwanis Club that sings in a barbershop quartet. <br> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="448"> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Table of Contents</b></td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Gratuitous Forward</b></td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Introduction</b></td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Chapter 1: Educating Future Managers</b></td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td width="55"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 1.1 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Operations Research and Management Science Today, or Does an Education in Checkers Really Prepare One for a Life of Chess?</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">  1.2 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">A Totally New Direction for Management Education: A Modest Proposal</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">  1.3 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">On the Proper Training of Future Management</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 1.4 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">On the Proper Training of Future Management II</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Chapter 2: Marketing the OR Profession</b></td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td width="55"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 2.1 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">How to Market OR Successfully</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 2.2 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">You Can Too Use Operations Research!</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">  2.3 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The Keynote Speech</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">  2.4 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Sounding the Charge, or Marketing Management Science</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 2.5 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Sales Psychology of Management Science/Management Information Systems: Why Some Work, Why Some Win</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Chapter 3: Consulting</b></td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td width="55"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 3.1 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Some Reflections on Surviving as an Internal Consultant, Azerbaijan, & Two Thieves</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 3.2 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">How to Succeed as an Internal Consultant, or It's Not How that Matters, but When!</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 3.3 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">An Exemplary Essay on Communication, or Corporate Style, Corporate Substance, & the Sting</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 3.4 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Yet Another Essay on Effective Communication, or On Learning Where to Begin, How to Listen, and When to Stop</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 3.5 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">La Methode de Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, or Maximized Acceptance with Optimized Agendas</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Chapter 4: Real World Operations Research</b></td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td width="55"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.1 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">On System Acceptance</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.2 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Being Wrong with Clarke & Wright</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.3 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">On Becoming an Elephant</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.4 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">A Requiem for the EOQ: An Editorial </td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.5 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The Strange Case of the Disappearing Product</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.6 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The Warehouse Model that Couldn't Be and the Inventory that Couldn't Be Zero</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.7 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">An Essay in the Management of Inventory, or Por Razon si Possible, Por Fuerza si Necessario!</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.8 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">On Simulation at High Altitudes, or the Case of the Floating Ore Body</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.9 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">On Wet Consultants, Dry Consultants, and Humanware Simulation</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.10 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Whatever Happened to Simple Simulation? A Question and an Answer</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.11 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Two Essays on Model Motivation: With this Sign, Optimize & the Shekels of Silver Solution</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.12 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">A Case of Optimum Trucking, or To Keep on Rising, Just Keep on Truckin'</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 4.13 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">On the Optimal Fueling of Airlines, or There's No Fuel Like an Oil Fuel</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Chapter 5: Government Projects</b></td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td width="55"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 5.1 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Three Digressions on the Routing of Trucks: Ice & Snow, Garbage & More Garbage</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 5.2 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Take Me Home, Country Roads, or Paving without Politics</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 5.3 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">The Mouse and the Elephant, a Fable of Politically Optimal Arson</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 5.4 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Spare Parts System Survival, or Finding the Thin, Real System within the Fat, Fake System</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Chapter 6: Operations Research: Past, Present and Future</b></td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td width="55"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 6.1 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Reflections on the Past of Scientific Management and the Future of Management Science</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 6.2 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Where Were We, Where Are We, Where Are We Going, and Who Cares?</td></tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> 6.3 </td> <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">Conclusion</td> </tr> <tr align="Left" valign="Top"> <td colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><b>Reprint Permissions and Credits</b></td> </tr> </table> <br> <img src="../books/art/cleardot.gif" width="1" height="1" vspace="4" border="0"><br> <a name="order"></a> <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="3"><b>Ordering:</b><br></font> <b>Real World Operations Research: The Woolsey Papers</b> is available in print-form only (no e-book version). 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