Download or read book Operational Research and the Social Sciences written by J. R. Lawrence and published by London : Tavistock. This book was released on 1966 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conference report on operational research and the social sciences - comprises papers under 5 broad headings, (1) organisation and control (application of behavioural science, decision making), (2) cost benefit approach (social implications, urban planning, transport planning), (3) conflict resolution (intergroup relations), (4) systems concept (systems design, social psychology), (5) models, etc. (Communication). Conference held in Cambridge 1964 September 14 to 18.