Essential Guide to Operations Management: Concepts and Case Notes

by David Bamford

The book is a contemporary and novel treatment of Operations Management. It complements the existing set of texts by taking a fresh insight to Operations Management. It explores fundamental operations management principles, equally applicable to service and manufacturing situations. It adapts a strategic stance by providing a framework for effective decision makingThis book is aimed at practising managers, who need to make decisions, manage change and design working processes within a strategic framework. The framework and supporting case vignettes allow the practitioner to grasp essential concepts relatively quickly in a range of different operational contexts.In addition to the case vignettes, the authors provide Inclusion of key Reading Lists and useful web addresses at the end of each chapterA 'useful formulae' listing for the quantitative side of operations management

226 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting handbook that works as a primer in Operational Improvement studies. I enjoyed that this is personal and opinionated while still focusing on the current research. This narrative separates it from the more sterile, descriptive textbooks.