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TheOperationalResearch/ManagementScience?professionisgrowinginstrengthworldwide.ManagementScienceinPracticecontainsfoursimilarlysizedparts.Part1definesthefieldofManagementScience,??laysthefoundations?andgivesanoverviewofthehistory.Part2?describestheanalysistoolboxusedbytheMSprofessionalandcontainstopicssuchasMulti–Methodology,problemstructuringtechniquesandanalysistechniques.Part3?looksatthekeypracticalskillsthatORgraduateslack.Part4?givesabriefoverviewofthecurrentstateoftheORprofession.ItoutlinesthecurrentknowledgeaboutthereflectivepractitionertogiveguidancetotheORpractitioner.It?alsolooksattheethicsinanORcontextandthefuturefortheprofession.TerryWilliamsiswellknownintheORfieldandiscurrentlyajointEditoroftheJournaloftheOperationalResearchSociety.?HeisafellowoftheInstituteofMathematicsanditsApplications(IMA),fellowoftheORSociety,acharteredMathematicianandacertifiedProjectManagementProfessional.