Heads of OR
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EDITORIAL
Heads of OR It gives me particular pleasure to introduce this edition of OR Insight, which has been sponsored by the OR
articles published herein give plentiful evidence of our
Ranyard's tenure of the office of OR Society President,
have personally been involved in an evaluation of the contribution OR makes in my own company, so that my OR group does not go into recession. Fortunately, I had done some image-research among my clients, who all
Society's Heads of OR Committee.
profession's ability to unravel and make sense of complex strategic issues which directly affect the "bottom line". I
During John
one of his successful initiatives was to implement the recommendations of the Commission on the Future Practice of OR to set up a Heads of OR Group. This came
into being in early 1987, and has since become a very active contributor to the affairs of our Society. The Group has now become a Committee of Council, and very high on our agenda are the two aims of publicising the best of OR practice and improving client awareness and receptiveness. We felt that there could be no better way of supporting those aims than by sponsoring one of the future issues of OR Insight.
gave a 'Thumbs up", and we were profitable in 1990. Thus
I had a good basis from which to argue. Stephen Ward
in his Editorial in the previous Insight touched on
complacency being a contributory factor in the downfall of some OR groups, and despite having managed to keep mine in being I have realized that we have been guilty of this to some extent. To enable ourselves to see more clearly, and to encourage "possibility thinking', we are putting into place some of the ideas of Tom Peters as revealed in his book Thriving on Chaos. In the book,
So there we are, and here it is! We are particularly grateful to Stephen Ward and his colleagues on the
Peters puts forward prescriptions for a world turned upside-down. It is all about creating total customer
Publications Committee for entrusting us with this edition.
hope that you will all agree that this trust was not misplaced and that the quality and relevance of the articles will add to the body of literature on 'The best practice of OR". Thanks too are due to Tony Taylor of
responsiveness, pursuing fast-paced innovation,
I
achieving flexibility by empowering people and learning to love change. This is certainly the most thoughtprovoking book I have read, and certainly challenges complacency! The lesson I am learning is that successful OR depends far more on the way in which it is managed and applied than on its technical content (though this too must be there and of appropriate quality). The success of indMdual OR groups depends to a large extent on the calibre of the team members and the way in which they are motivated and led. HORC obviously recognise this
Unipart Group. He has been a longstanding and active member of HORC, and undertook the difficult role of
masterminding this edition.
I
believe we all now
appreciate what a difficult and time-consuming business
it is to be re
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