There are several classes of membership: regular member, student member, special member, group member, library member, and honorary member. Qualifications for the various membership categories classes are as follows.
The schedule of annual fees for each type of membership is as follows.
In addition, an enrollment fee is applied to each new member.
The Society is engaged in a wide range of activities at both the regional and national levels. The activities provide members with the opportunity to participate in domestic and international conferences, seminars, workshops, tutorials, and invited lectures. In addition, each member receives the Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society four times a year, the Korean Management Science Review twice a year, and the newsletter of the society four times a year.
Only members may submit papers to the Journal and the Review. Members can also participate in the activities of the Society by playing a role on the Regional Branch Committees and Special Interest Groups. The Society maintains various MS/OR documents as well as the mailing list of the membership, which can be made available for use by individual members.