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Book cover image of Operations Management: A Strategic Approach by David Mayle

Authors: David Mayle (Editor), Alison Bettley (Editor), Tarek Tantoush
ISBN-13: 9781412919036, ISBN-10: 1412919037
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: October 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: David Mayle

Book Synopsis

'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

Table of Contents

Introduction1
Theme 1Operations as strategy5
1Introduction to theme 1 : operations as strategy7
2Operations-based strategy10
3Resource-based competition and the new operations strategy24
4Stakeholder capitalism and the value chain35
5Managing the transition from products to services48
6In defense of strategy as design58
Theme 2Approaches and techniques77
7Introduction to theme 2 : approaches and techniques79
8Leveraging management improvement techniques82
9A critical examination of the business process reengineering phenomenon94
10Best practice in business excellence107
11The fallacy of universal best practices123
Theme 3The role of technology131
12Introduction to theme 3 : the role of technology133
13Technology, the technology complex and the paradox of technological determinism136
14IT-enabled business transformation : from automation to business scope redefinition145
15Technology and strategic advantage164
16Technology infusion in service encounters178
17Integrating environmental issues into the mainstream : an agenda for research in operations management193
Theme 4Human issues219
18Introduction to theme 4 : human issues221
19Seven practices of successful organizations224
20A framework for linking culture and improvement initiatives in organizations244
21Empowering service employees259
22Client co-production in knowledge-intensive business services273
Reflections, implications and propositions297

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