Community operational research : OR and systems thinking for community development / edited by Gerald Midgley and Alejandro Ochoa-Arias.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Midgley, Gerald.

Ochoa-Arias, Alejandro.

Series:

Contemporary systems thinking

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development.

Operations research.

System analysis.

Physical Description:

viii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2004]

Summary:

"This is the book I have been waiting for. Community Operational Research has shown that analysis can be used not only for, but also with, community groups, helping them to gain more control of their situations. What Midgley and Ochoa-Arias' volume does is provide not only rich examples of grass-roots practice, but also thought-provoking theoretical explorations. The editors have a point of view, but they allow space for debate with those who interpret Community OR differently." Jonathan Rosenhead (Emeritus Professor of Operational Research, London School of Economics and Political Science; Ex-President of the ORS)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306483351

OCLC:

54350506