The Role of Operational Research in Creating an Information Technology Strategy
本文探讨运筹学团队在制定信息技术战略中的特殊能力，认为他们在其他IT发展领域比在战略制定中更有成功机会。
Many organizations are now realizing that information technology (IT) is making a significant contribution to their operations, and could be even more influential. A corollary of this is that they need an IT strategy. It can be argued that OR groups can make a more significant contribution than they have hitherto made to strategy, because of their knowledge of IT, their skills and their position in the organization. This paper takes a different view. It explores the claim that OR groups do have special competence in this area, and examines their previous contributions to strategy formulation. The conclusion is that other areas of IT development offer a greater chance of success than do attempts of OR groups to press for a major role in the development of IT strategy.