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Consequently they have little commitment to supporting productivity or efficiency improvement of the type we associate with classic O.R. Theirs is a culture in which career progress depends on pleasing or impressing superiors rather than demonstrating capability on the ground. Managers in the government sector are largely drawn from services such as the prestigious Indian Administrative Service which is the historical offspring of administrative systems set up by the colonial powers. These arise with regard to managers, O.R. In the following sections I elaborate on each one of these in turn. Soft technologies, participative methodologies and small-scale decision tools that are more sensitive to politicall and implementation considerations are available and more appropriate in many applications. At the present juncture Computers and Information Technology provide an unusual opportunity for promoting O.R. is currently practiced in the Third World.Ģ. There is a deep (if subterranean) and multi-faceted dependency relationship in the way O.R. The key factors that have to be recognized and addressed to achieve a fuller contribution are:ġ. My point is that its impact will be a tiny fraction of its potential. This is not to say that in this shape it cannot or will not make a contribution. However, I feel that it cannot impact the rural development process in a substantial manner in the form in which it has historically been practiced in the First World ever since its origin. to transport, irrigation and planning in the rural sector have convinced me of this. can play an important role in promoting development in the rural sector.
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is very limited, especially on development tasks in the rural sector. Many degree and in-service education programmes for managers and engineers have a component on O.R. In 1992, ORSI has around 1000 members making it the fifth largest member society in the world after the U.S.A.
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ORSI, the Opeations Research Society of India, was formed in 1957. India was the first developing country to recognize and launch work in this area. Operations Research in India presents a paradox. Soft technologies, semi-structured approaches Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India* Reshaping operations research for rural development