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Operations Management: A Strategic Approach: Published in association with the Open University

Editat de Alison Bettley, David Mayle, Tarek Tantoush
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 sep 2005
`This reader is an outstanding piece of work. It captures the essence of operations management by providing an interesting and sometimes provoking set of readings. It also provides an excellent review of the topic. Its approach to operations management is both topical and comprehensive. The editors have done an outstanding job of including many of the significant recent developments in the area, particularly in the technology and operations strategy areas' - Nigel Slack, Professor of Operations Strategy, Warwick University

How have consumer demands, environmental and ethical concerns, the advancement of technology and the globalization of business changed and redefined operations management?
This Reader explains new and emerging areas and re-evaluates some important mainstream issues. Leading specialists contribute their experiences and thoughts on four key areas. They are:
-Strategy - makes the case for regarding operations as a strategic asset in their own right
-Methodology - examines the myriad of approaches taken towards process improvement
-Technology - asks why problems associated with the implementation of technology continue to dog organisations
-Human Issues - repositions human input to the top of the operational agenda
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781412919036
ISBN-10: 1412919037
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 189 x 246 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications Ltd
Seria Published in association with the Open University

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction
THEME 1: OPERATIONS AS STRATEGY
Operations-Based Strategy - Robert Hayes and David Upton
Resource-based Competition and the New Operations Strategy - St[ac]ephane Gagnon
Stakeholder Capitalism and the Value Chain - Edward Freeman and Jeanne Liedtka
Managing the Transition from Products to Services - Rogelio Oliva and Robert Kallenburg
In Defense of Strategy as Design - Jeanne Liedtka
THEME 2: APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES
Leveraging Management Improvement Techniques - Kenneth Euske and Steven Player
A Critical Examination of the Business Process Re-Engineering Phenomenon - Stefano Biazzo
Best Practice in Business Excellence - John Oakland, Steve Tanner and Ken Gadd
The Fallacy of Universal Best Practices - H J Harrington
THEME 3: THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY
Technology, the Technology Complex and the Paradox of Technology Determinism - James Fleck and John Howells
IT-Enabled Business Transformation - N Venkatraman
From Automation to Business Scope Redefinition
Executive Forum - Robert M Price
Technology and Strategic Advantage
Technology Infusion in Service Encounters - Mary Jo Bitner, Stephen Brown and Matthew Meuter
Integrating Environmental Issues into the Mainstream - Linda Angell and Robert Klassen
An Agenda for Research in Operations Management
THEME 4: HUMAN ISSUES
Seven Practices of Successful Organizations - Jeffrey Pfeffer
A Framework for Linking Culture and Improvement Initiatives in Organizations - James Detert, Roger Schroeder and John Mauriel
Empowering Service Employees - David Bowen and E Lawler
Client Co-Production in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services - Lance Bettencourt et al

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`This reader is an outstanding piece of work. It captures the essence of operations management by providing an interesting and sometimes provoking set of readings. It also provides an excellent review of the topic. Its approach to operations management is both topical and comprehensive. The editors have done an outstanding job of including many of the significant recent developments in the area, particularly in the technology and operations strategy areas' - Nigel Slack, Professor of Operations Strategy, Warwick University