PhD OR Is a Necessary Evil for Developing Economies Like EAC: A Personal Perspective

Sumaya Kagoya

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PhD OR Is a Necessary Evil for Developing Economies Like EAC: A Personal Perspective

Sumaya Kagoya

Published in Social Sciences (Volume 9, Issue 6)

Received: 12 August 2020 Accepted: 1 September 2020 Published: 4 November 2020

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Irrefutably, PhD in operations research program is suggested to be the best approach to solve developing countries long term and persistent problems which require real time solutions and these are mostly applicable in OR. It should be recalled that PhD OR entails content to do with Operations research models, theories and related fields. This provides organisations or companies with best optimization solutions to achieve a competitive age among other benefits provided by the experts (operation researchers/management scientists/operation managers). This paper aimed at providing insights and awareness of the existence of PhD OR offered at UDBS under ORSEA, its meaning, benefits, relevance and applications as a marketing strategy to the potential students from developing economies like East Africa. Using interpretive- inductive design, narrative approach to qualitative method was employed to gather data from personal experience as a stakeholder and pioneer of PhD OR program at UDBS, content analysis was employed to analyse the collected data. The findings, ought to increase on the student intake which has been very low visa v the many resources which are needed during the facilitation of the program. This will also increase on the future OR experts to solve the community real problems. This paper has practical implications to all policy makers and all stakeholders of the program plus future academia. The recommendations will assist top managers to embark of meaningful and aggressive marketing strategies to attract the potential students to join the program.

Published in	Social Sciences (Volume 9, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ss.20200906.13
Page(s)	223-232
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PhD OR, A Necessary Evil, Developing Economies, EAC

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