Essential Guide to Operations Management: Concepts and Case Notes

The second edition of the popular and practical guide to contemporary operations management has been revised and updated. It features a new chapter on managing sustainable supply networks and adopts a strategic stance for effective decision-making. It is suitable for practicing managers, postgraduate MBA, and MSc students, and final-year undergraduates in advanced operations management elective courses.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 156 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The second edition of the popular and practical guide to contemporary operations management has been revised and updated, featuring a new chapter on managing sustainable supply networks. This comprehensive guide explores fundamental operations management principles and showcases their practical application in both the services and manufacturing sectors. It adopts a strategic approach, providing a framework for effective decision-making, including determining operations strategies, designing processes, products, and work organizations, managing change through effective project management and technology transfer, exploring contemporary approaches to operations planning and control, and managing quality and improvement strategies.

Designed to meet the needs of practicing managers, postgraduate MBA and MSc students, and final-year undergraduates in advanced operations management elective courses, this edition is supported by updated case studies throughout and online support materials for lecturers.

Whether you are a seasoned operations professional seeking to enhance your skills or a student embarking on a career in operations management, The Essential Guide to Operations Management: Concepts and Case Notes, Second Edition, is an invaluable resource that will help you succeed in today's competitive business environment.

Weight: 342g
Dimension: 173 x 246 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032324265
Edition number: 2 ed