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Sort Desciption: Classics in POM 15 Classics in production and operations management Victor E. Sower Sam Houston State University Huntsville Texas USA Jaideep Motwani Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids ...
Content Inside: Classics in POM 15 Classics in production and operations management Victor E. Sower Sam Houston State University Huntsville Texas USA Jaideep Motwani Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids Michigan USAand Michael J. Savoie University of Dallas Texas USA Introduction Central to the establishment of a formal discipline is the identification of the body of fundamental knowledge underlying that discipline. Most disciplines within the overall "business" supra-discipline have identified the researchers and the works which are classics in those fields. For example Shafritz and Whitbeck's (1978) Classics of Organization Theory Merrill's (1970) Classics in Management Thompson's (1981) The Great Writings in Marketing and the Fall 1990 of the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science on the Special Issue "History of marketing thought" all identify classic theorists and works in their respective disciplines. These works provide valuable insights to the early development of their respective bodies of knowledge and are valuable in explicating the bases for the current theoretical perspectives of the disciplines. No such compilation has been attempted in the field of production and operations management (POM). Most collections of classic works are the result primarily of subjective criteria applied by an editor or a small group of editors. The research reported here applies more objective criteria and draws on the collective wisdom of the academic POM community to determine the classic contributors and works within the field of POM. The research consisted of two phases. An open-ended exploratory survey was used to establish the criteria for judging a contributor as "classic" and a preliminary list of classic contributors. A survey instrument developed from the exploratory phase results was used to determine the classic contributors to the POM field. Two research questions were addressed in this project: (1) What are the criteria which should be used for ...
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