Reflections on the Evolution of Operations Management

Stephen C. Graves ()
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Stephen C. Graves: MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

Management Science, 2021, vol. 67, issue 9, 5379-5388

Abstract: In this paper, I provide some observations on how the academic field of operations management has changed over the past 40 years. For this purpose, I have identified and classified the operations management (OM) papers published in Management Science in 1976 and in 2016. From this review, I comment on what’s changed, what’s new, and what we might see in the future. In reflecting on these changes, I also document and discuss how the OM editorial structure and mission have evolved at Management Science over this time.

Keywords: operations management; professional: comments on; history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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