Colin Eden was a professor in management science and

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at Strathclyde University.

Academic career

Eden worked as an operational researcher in engineering upon bagging a

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. He then proceeded to academia, first working at the University of Bath Management School as a senior lecturer, then, as a reader. He then assumed a professorship at Strathclyde University in management science. He subsequently became head of department at the Strathclyde Business School. And then Director of the Graduate School of Business at Strathclyde, and then finally Vice Dean. His research interests is in business strategy,

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, and operations research. He is widely published in respected management, project management and management science journals such as:

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; and

European Journal of Operational Research The ''European Journal of Operational Research'' (EJOR) is a peer-reviewed academic journal in operations research. It was founded in 1977 by the Association of European Operational Research Societies, and is published by Elsevier, with Roman Sł ...

. His significant contributions are i) in the development of SODA as a problem structuring method; setting out a clear view of the nature Action Research in the study of management and organisations; iii) the development and theoretical grounding for strategy development as negotiation. He has been awarded many accolades including lifetime achievement awards from the OR Society (Beale Medal 2007)and from INFORMS GND Section (2008).

Select Publications

* Eden, C., 1995. Strategic options development and analysis (SODA) * * Eden, C., Ackermann, F. and Cropper, S., 1992
The analysis of cause maps

, 29(3), pp. 309–324. doi
10.1111/j.1467-6486.1992.tb00667.x
* Eden, C., 1992
On the nature of cognitive maps

, 29(3), pp. 261–265. doi
10.1111/j.1467-6486.1992.tb00664.x
* Eden, Colin and Ackermann, Fran., 1998. Making Strategy: The Journey of Strategic Management. London: Sage. * Eden, C.; Ackermann, F., and Williams, T. The Amoebic Growth of Project Costs. Project Management Journal. 2005; 36(2):15-27. * Eden, C. and Huxham, C., 2006. Researching Organizations Using Action Research. Clegg, S.; Hardy, C., and Nord, W., Eds. Handbook of Organization Studies. Beverly Hills: Sage; pp. 388–408. * Ackermann, Fran and Eden, Colin., 2011. Making Strategy: Mapping Out Strategic Success. London: Sage.

References

External links

Introduction to Making Strategy
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