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TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing and implementing a stochastic decision-support model within an organizational context
T2 - The experience
AU - Hoyland, Kjetil
AU - Ranberg, Erik
AU - Wallace, Stein W
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Purpose – Discusses why it is necessary to align a mathematical model with the organization in order to achieve the desired results. The structure of a model's input must fit with the structure of data collection in the firm, and the output must be consistent with the decision structure. Otherwise, data collection will not be properly taken care of and the results of a model will not find their way to where decisions are made. Five years passed from the cooperation first started with the university until the model came on-line.Design/methodology/approach – Parts 1 and 2 of this series of papers discussed the stochastic programming model itself and the relationship between the model and the organization. The results are now reported.Findings – Reports on both organizational and financial results.Practical implications – Shows that, although a lot of work is needed to implement a complicated stochastic programming model within an organization, it can be done and can lead to good results. However, it takes time to adjust an organization to a new way of thinking, as a model like this can never work unless supported by upper management as well as those who use the model daily.Originality/value – The main value is to demonstrate in rather large detail how a somewhat complicated model can be developed and used in an organization, which, originally, was not well aligned with the ideas of the modellers.
AB - Purpose – Discusses why it is necessary to align a mathematical model with the organization in order to achieve the desired results. The structure of a model's input must fit with the structure of data collection in the firm, and the output must be consistent with the decision structure. Otherwise, data collection will not be properly taken care of and the results of a model will not find their way to where decisions are made. Five years passed from the cooperation first started with the university until the model came on-line.Design/methodology/approach – Parts 1 and 2 of this series of papers discussed the stochastic programming model itself and the relationship between the model and the organization. The results are now reported.Findings – Reports on both organizational and financial results.Practical implications – Shows that, although a lot of work is needed to implement a complicated stochastic programming model within an organization, it can be done and can lead to good results. However, it takes time to adjust an organization to a new way of thinking, as a model like this can never work unless supported by upper management as well as those who use the model daily.Originality/value – The main value is to demonstrate in rather large detail how a somewhat complicated model can be developed and used in an organization, which, originally, was not well aligned with the ideas of the modellers.
KW - Decision making
KW - Modelling
KW - Risk management
U2 - 10.1108/15265940510574763
DO - 10.1108/15265940510574763
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 40
EP - 46
JO - The Journal of Risk Finance
JF - The Journal of Risk Finance
SN - 1526-5943
IS - 1
ER -