ABSTRACT
This remarkable volume highlights the importance of Production and Operations Management (POM) as a field of study and research contributing to substantial business and social growth. The editors emphasize how POM works with a range of systems—agriculture, disaster management, e-commerce, healthcare, hospitality, military systems, not-for-profit, retail, sports, sustainability, telecommunications, and transport—and how it contributes to the growth of each.
Martin K. Starr and Sushil K. Gupta gather an international team of experts to provide researchers and students with a panoramic vision of the field. Divided into eight parts, the book presents the history of POM, and establishes the foundation upon which POM has been built while also revisiting and revitalizing topics that have long been essential. It examines the significance of processes and projects to the fundamental growth of the POM field. Critical emerging themes and new research are examined with open minds and this is followed by opportunities to interface with other business functions. Finally, the next era is discussed in ways that combine practical skill with philosophy in its analysis of POM, including traditional and nontraditional applications, before concluding with the editors’ thoughts on the future of the discipline.
Students of POM will find this a comprehensive, definitive resource on the state of the discipline and its future directions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|42 pages
The Remarkable History of POM
part II|151 pages
Core POM Functions
part III|57 pages
POM Process and Project Categories
part IV|90 pages
Emerging Themes and New Research Domains of POM
part V|67 pages
POM Interface with Other Functions
part VI|187 pages
POM Domains of Application
chapter 23|16 pages
POM for Healthcare—Focusing the Upstream
part VII|46 pages
Expert POM Practitioners' Perspectives
part VIII|47 pages
POM—The Next Era