Assessment of possible uses of optimization methods and models in resource management of telecommunications enterprises

Abstract

An analysis of the Russian market for telecommunications evidences the relevancy of a search for new approaches to business development. Modern resource management presented by various academic schools (Lean production, Theory of constraints, Resource - based view) ensures possible multivariant solution of managerial objectives. The use of optimization methods and models in resource management allows telecommunications enterprises to considerably improve economic performance indicators. Under the conditions of diversity of possible approaches to searching for and implementing optimal solutions of resource management of telecommunications enterprises, the choice of the optimization method or model most suitable to this situation turns out to be a non-trivial problem the solution of which requires a clear understanding of advantages and drawbacks of their use when solving a specific managerial problem. © 2014 Springer International Publishing.