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Operations
Management
Introduction to
Operations
Management
Chapter 1
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Outline
 PROFILE: HARD ROCK CAFE
 WHAT IS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT?
 ORGANIZING TO PRODUCE GOODS AND
SERVICES
 WHY STUDY OM?

 WHAT OPERATIONS MANAGERS DO


How This Book Is Organized

 WHERE ARE THE OM JOBS?

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Outline - Continued
 THE HERITAGE OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
 OPERATIONS IN THE SERVICE SECTOR
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Differences between Goods and Services

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Growth of Services

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Service Pay

 EXCITING NEW TRENDS IN OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT

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Outline - Continued
 THE PRODUCTIVITY CHALLENGE
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Productivity Measurement



Productivity Variables



Productivity and the Service Sector

 THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY

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Learning Objectives
When you complete this chapter,
you should be able to :
Identify or Define:
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Production and productivity
Operations Management (OM)

What operations managers do
Services

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Learning Objectives Continued

When you complete this chapter,
you should be able to :
Describe or Explain:
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A brief history of operations
management
Career opportunities in operations
management
The future of the discipline
Measuring productivity

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Principles of Operations Management, 5e, and
Operations Management, 7e

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River, N.J. 07458