Title :
Some educational issues in operations management and service systems
Author :
Yurtseven, M. Kudret ; Kozanoglu, Orkun ; Bekar, Ebru Turanoglu ; Buchanan, Walter W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Izmir Univ., Izmir, Turkey
Abstract :
The aim in this paper is to explore how the educational and research issues are handled in operations management and service systems in industrial engineering programs in major Turkish universities. Firstly, a review of the recent developments in the area is given. Based on this review, the performance of industrial engineering departments in major Turkish universities is assessed. The study identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the programs under study in this particular area. The paper also includes some suggestions for operations management education.
Keywords :
educational institutions; industrial engineering; management education; operations research; Turkish universities; educational issues; industrial engineering departments; industrial engineering programs; operations management education; research issues; service systems; Companies; Educational institutions; Globalization; Industrial engineering; Manufacturing; Supply chains;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering & Technology (PICMET), 2014 Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kanazawa
