Business history and operations management
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8418328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Niall Piercy (University of Bath, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 154-178 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2011.631121 |
| OpenAlex | W1978641262 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
Operations management is a key function in the modern organisation and an important area of study in the business school. Like many subjects it remains separated from the business history community. The practice of operations management can gain meaningful and significant lessons from proper consideration of the historical antecedents of current practices. Unfortunately, more than any other business area, operations management has a habit of forgetting the lessons of the past and ‘reinventing the wheel’. The purpose of this paper is to emphasise the value of historical analysis in operations management, assess the level of historical coverage of the development of operations within that subject area (taking a review of OM textbooks as a proxy), and highlight the valuable opportunities for the business history community to engage with their operations colleagues to better guide the next generation of operations management education and practice
Business · Business administration · Business history · Business management · Economics · Management · Operations management · Process management · Accounting and Organizational Management · Operations Management Techniques · Organizational Management and Leadership
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |