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Front MatterSource: Operations Research, Vol. 13, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1965), pp. i-xPublished by: INFORMSStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/167651 .
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ASSOCIATE EDITORS WILLIAM W. COOPER, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania GEORGE B. DANTZIG, University of California, Richmond, California WALTER L. DEEMER, U. S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, Washington, D. C. ROBERT DORFMAN, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts JOSEPH H. ENGEL, Operations Evaluation Group, Washington, D. C. CHARLES GOODEVE, British Iron & Steel Assn., London W1, England JOSEPH 0. HARRISON, JR., Research Analysis Corporation, McLean, Virginia G. RONALD HERD, Kaman Aircraft Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland ROBERT HERMAN, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan WILLIAM J. HORVATH, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan RONALD HOWARD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts T. C. Hu, IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N. Y. HUGH J. MISER, Travelers Research Center, Hartford, Connecticut MARCEL F. NEUTS, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana GEORGE E. NICHOLSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina THORNTON PAGE, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut E. W. PAXSON, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California PAUL RANDOLPH, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana ANDREW SCHULTZ, JR., Cornell University, Ithaca, New York GEORGE SHORTLEY, Booz - Allen Applied Research Inc., Bethesda, Maryland RYSZARD SYSKI, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland LAJOS TAKICS, Columbia University, New York, New York It. M. THRALL, Editor, Management Science, Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, Mich. ROBERT S. WEINBERG, International Business Machines Corp., New York, N. Y. PETER B. WILSON, Canadian National Railways, Montreal, Quebec
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PROTECTORS These dedicated "pros" are members of a vital team. They are responsible for the personal safety of workers in every General Motors plant-much as police and fire departments protect the citizens of a city. They are serious- minded, hard-working men, thoroughly skilled at their jobs. Shown here are the safety director, the fire chief, and police chief of a typical GM plant. Backed by a large plant-protection force and a volunteer fire brigade, plus an able medical staff, they perform a number of highly impor- tant duties. Fire prevention, traffic control and plant security are just a few of these. But perhaps their key function is the effective maintenance of GM's traditional "Seven Basic Principles of Safety." GM employes, as a result, are actually safer at their jobs than in their homes. General Motors has led the way in the establishment of modern industrial safety procedures. Its record in this regard is exceptional in American indus- try. Thus, these security and safety experts are among GM's most valuable people. They produce no products but they are essential to the well-being of those who do.
General Motors Is People... making better things for~you
Seven Basic Principles of Safety
1 Provide Active Top Management Suppoti
2 Maintain Adequate Safety Personnel
3 Develop Safety Instruclions For Every Job ............:: m
Many job offers today stress recreation, gracious living, and ideal conditions.
Strangely enough, few of them say much about work. Since work is the main purpose of employment, we'd like to say merely that the Center for Naval Analyses of The Franklin Institute employs operations and systems analysts, mathematicians, physical scientists, and research engineers to assist the U. S. Navy in improving present operations and in preparing to meet future requirements.
Our new Systems Evaluation Group is at work on technological models relating systems characteristics to system costs, and we've recently increased the responsibilities and scope of the Marine Corps Operations Analysis Group.
This increase in activity has not increased our total staff. It has, however, increased our need for variety of education and experi- ence in the few openings that are still available. These aren't easy jobs, and they demand considerable analytical ability; but they pay competitively and afford considerable satisfaction to a person who likes to see his ideas put into practice.
Yes, we need people who work.
For further information, write: Director CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES Department RSJ 1401 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22209
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INS * Institute of Naval Studies SEG * Systems Evaluation Group DEG * Operations Evaluation Group An equal opportunity employer
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Above are some of the divisional functions of Bellcomm, the systems engineering contractor of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Bellcomm is utilizing a wide range of disciplines in its extensive feasibility studies and operations analysis of manned space flight systems.
Bellcomm's work on Project Apollo offers rewarding employ- ment opportunities for persons especially qualified in such fields as physics, mathematics, computing and programming, engineering, flight mechanics, chemistry, propulsion, guidance and trajectory analysis.
If you believe you are such a person, Bellcomm will welcome your inquiry. Send your resume to Mr. N. W. Smusyn, Personnel Director, Bellcomm, Inc., Room 1309-H, 1100 17th St., N. W., Wash- ington, D. C. 20036. Bellcomm is an equal opportunity employer.
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OR RECRUITMENT |;Several positions are available NATIONALLY- at all levels for Operations Re-
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Staff members of the laboratories work as members of interdisciplinary teams in close collaboration with Psychologists, Mathematicians, and military and civilian government personnel.
The Franklin Institute is a non-profit scientific institution located in center city Philadelphia. Good housing, cultural institutions, univer- sities, and recreational facilities are all conveniently located. These Appointments Offer MR. EZRA S. KRENDEL, Technical Director Exceptional Opportunities. OPERATIONS RESEARCH DIVISION For Information - WRITE TO: THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 An Equal Opportunity Employer
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With a desire to shape in an innovative way how managers organize their efforts to accomplish
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THE TIME IS RIGHT for ramp-function increases in the rates of development and applica- tion of management sciences, management systems, near and real time process control, and design automation - all aided as required by the most advanced of computer configurations and all pointed
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v NOW O important new positions are being created for those with PhD level O abilities in Management Science, Mathematics, Management Systems,
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MANAGEMENT SCIENCE JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY SINCE OCTOBER 1954 IT BECAME A BIMONTHLY WITH THE FIRST ISSUE OF VOLUME 11 IN SEPTEMBER 1964
Editor-in-Chief: Professor R. M. Thrall, University of Michigan
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A NEW MANAGERIAL SECTION, incorporating MANAGEMENT TECH- NOLOGY and the TIMS BULLETIN, WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY OTHER MONTH STARTING IN FEBRUARY 1965 ALTERNATELY WITH THE SCIENCES SECTION.
Editor-in-Chief, Managerial Section: Professor S. B. Littauer, Columbia University
Editor-in-Chief, Bulletin Section: Joseph E. Hoagbin, University of Michigan
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...as a place to build a career? Many things. The stimulating interplay of disciplines ... the 'workshop for ideas' environment of the new research center . . . the chance to push back technological frontiers in areas of vital national interest . . . the frequent seminars on advanced controversial topics by nationally known authorities . . . the opportunity to use all your talents in associa- tion with colleagues you respect.
RAC is 550 people, a scientific problem-solving organization, inde- pendent and nonprofit. It is a major operations research and systems en- gineering adviser to the U. S. Army and other important contractors.
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RESEARCH ANALYSIS CORPORATION McLean, Virginia 22101 (Suburb of Washington, D. C.)
An equal opportunity employer
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Research Triangle Park, To lead and participate in space North Carolina and weapon systems studies in-
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with for a given concept and include IMAGINATION and resourcefulness in per- definition of alternative systems forming a wide variety of applied research assignments for government and industrial and procedures for mission imple- sponsors, mentation, definition of cost effec- TRAINING in operations research, the tiveness measures for systems physical sciences, mathematics, economics, evaluation and system optimization. industrial engineering, DISPOSITIONS that thrive on meeting Requires the capability for struc- rigorous project deadlines and the continu- tuning broad mission concepts in ing challenges of multi-disciplinary research. analytical forms, especially prob- Skill in writing fluently and clearly is essen- abilistic models. Experience in tial. An ability to obtain and maintain a weapons effectiveness analysis, security clearance is required. reliability/availability A separately operated, nonprofit organiza- a s systems cst/avalabit tion, RTI is a part of the Research Triangle analysis or systems cost analysis family that includes the University of North is desirable. Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University in These important assignments re- Durham, and North Carolina State Uni- quire an accredited Engineering versity at Raleigh. The Institute's eight degre an a m in eering research divisions occupy five modern degree plus a minimum of five laboratory and office buildings on a 200- years of applicable, professional acre campus within North Carolina's famed experience and U. S. citizenship. Research Triangle Park. Close university affiliations provide a For immediate consideration, please uniquely stimulating environment for pro- airmail your resume to: fessional and cultural development. Nearby MR. ROBERT A. MARTIN mountains and beaches enhance pleasant living conditions. Head of Employment
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Where two worlds meet. The nature of the problems assigned to the Institute for Defense Analyses provides our staff members with the best of two worlds-one of intellectual challenge, the other of national purpose. In one world, the analysis of military systems and processes plunges us deep into development of new and penetrating methodological techniques, an exciting and fulfilling activity.
At the same time, our staff is squarely in the world of national defense.
Offices from which many of the nation's basic decisions must come- the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Director of Defense Research and
Engineering, and others-look to IDA for advice and research
on which to base these decisions.
We presently need scientifically trained people with
grounding in operations research and systems analysis.
If you require both challenge and purposefulness,
write to T. J. Shirhall, Institute for Defense Analyses, 400 Army-Navy Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202 (near the Pentagon). An equal opportunity employer sponsored by twelve of the
nation's leading universities.
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