Executive Education: Operations Management

Author: (USA) Schrod
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Provides concise and practical MBA solutions for tough problems faced by corporate executives, serving as a desk reference for CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, and CIOs. The series is used by the top ten business schools in the U.S.: Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Harvard Business School, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, MIT Sloan School of Management, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Columbia Business School, Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business, University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. This book examines operations management from a broad perspective, integrating other management functions. The content is arranged to highlight the following key points: (1) Making readers recognize operations as a major functional area of business and understanding the five management decision areas in operations; (2) Teaching readers how to use various fundamental theories to improve operational decisions, including behavioral science, quantitative analysis, economics, and systems theory; (3) Discussing management decision-making in both manufacturing and service industries using a common conceptual framework.