Reflections on the Evolution of Operations Management

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Graves, Stephen C.
• 署名单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• 刊物名称: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0025-1909
• DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2020.3802
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 5379-5388
• 关键词: Operations Management; PROFESSIONAL; COMMENTS ON; HISTORY

摘要

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.