Screen LibraryProcess theory : the principles of operations management /
The motivation for this book came out of a shared belief that what passed as 'theory' in operations management (OM) was all too often inadequate. In one respect, OM scholars were bending over backwards to make theories from other fields fit our research problems. In another, questionable a...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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The motivation for this book came out of a shared belief that what passed as 'theory' in operations management (OM) was all too often inadequate. In one respect, OM scholars were bending over backwards to make theories from other fields fit our research problems. In another, questionable assumptions were being used to apply mathematics to OM problems. This book provides a succinct summary of the core knowledge of OM through a set of ten fundamental principles that bring together a century of operations management thinking, and which cover all basic aspects of the core teaching covered at Master's level. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780199641055 0199641056 9780199641062 0199641064 |
| Index Number: | TS155 |
| CLC: | F273 |
| Call Number: | F273/H759 |
| Contents: | 1. The discipline of operations management -- 2. The process -- 3. Analyzing processes -- 4. Variation, capacity, and throughput -- 5. Scale, scope, and complexity -- 6. Aligning operations -- 7. Measuring performance -- 8. Improving processes -- 9. Coordinating interfaces -- 10. The principles of operations management. |