Genre:business & economics
Sub-genre:General
Language:English
Pages:536
eBook ISBN:9798317812225
Hardcover ISBN:9798317812218

Overview

The objective of this book is to equip the reader with the skill set to succeed in Operations Manage-ment. This is companion to Critical Thinking2 – A Force Multiplier (2024) which is a Primer on Prob-lem Analysis and Decision-Making, and, the complementary Logical Fallacies, The Utility of Logic and Argumentation (2024). The current Book is the proverbial " Glue That Keeps It Together" from a business and Operations Management perspective, while it also has a decided Medicine and Healthcare Operations Management bias. The subject matter can supplement your lifelong learning, optimize your operations strategy and is foundational for the business manager, coping with the exigencies presented "on the floor" of any - goods and services - producing plant facility. It might also serve as a reference or a workbook for lead-ers, senior management, and entrepreneurs, as well as those aspiring to reach those lofty heights - that is, those dedicated to overseeing Operations Management and Strategic planning.

Description

Whether you're a university or postgraduate student, a middle manager, senior management or CEO, an entrepreneur, or a professional seeking to leverage your Operations Management skills, this book is a guide as well as serving as a road map along your journey. It is designed to navigate as well as, illumi-nate the path to the achievement of your goals. Ultimately, the end result will be for the reader to be-come more insightful and nuanced when participating in a business organization and Enterprise's opera-tional processes, value and supply chains, capacity and inventory, in resource planning and in quality management. This is companion to Critical Thinking2 – A Force Multiplier (2024) which is a Primer on Problem Analysis and Decision-Making, and, the complementary Logical Fallacies, The Utility of Log-ic and Argumentation (2024). By the time you reach the final chapter, you will have gained a much deeper understanding of the use of quantitative methods, including simulation modeling in problem solving and strategy. Self-Test Questions and Exercises, and many case studies are found throughout. Chapters ten and elev-en, in particular, discuss neural networks and how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become central to business operations, closing the circle. The Epilogue presents the Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) as a special, unique topic; then, Five Appendices follow: Appendix 1, Glossary Of Operations Management Key Terms, Acronyms, And Jargon; Appendix 2, Formulas And Equations Operations Management; Appendix 3, Solving Opera-tions Management Problems; Appendix 4, Understanding Financial Statements Numbers And Ratios You Need To Know; and, Appendix 5, Case Studies Listing. This Book is a great introduction to furthering your business and management career and studies. The wisdom and lessons contained within can be utilized to supplement your life-long Learning, or just be a resource reference, for those aspiring to reach those lofty Management heights.

About The Author

Dr. Jerry J. Marty received his medical degree (M.D.) in 1976 from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. After that, he completed six postgraduate years of training at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Postgraduate Year 1), Strong Memorial Hospital/University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York (Postgraduate Years 2 to 3, and 5 to 6) and completed an additional year in straight Internal Medicine at Saint Joseph's University Hospital -VA Medical Center/Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska (Postgraduate Year 4). An eight-week Fellowship in Forensic Pathology was taken under the direction and tutelage of Dr. Werner Spitz, Co-Author of the "bible" of Forensic Pathology—Medicolegal Investigation of Death (now in its 5th Edition, 2020) at the Detroit Medical Examiner's Office in Detroit, Michigan, lamentably a designated murder capital of the United States at that time. A Visiting Fellowship in Clinical Cytology and Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) was subsequently undertaken in the fall of 1989 under the world-renowned Dr. Torsten Lowhagen at the Karolinska Hospital and Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The author is board-certified in Anatomic, Clinical, and Cyto-Pathology with sub-specialization in Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Cytology. He has authored several publications in peer-reviewed medical journals and two separate book Chapters in his field of expertise, specifically in Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Cytology. Among his earlier responsibilities, Dr. Marty had teaching positions at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and, later, at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy (now Northeast Ohio University College (NEOMED)), Rootstown, Ohio. A Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at George Washington University, School of Business (GWSB), Washington, D.C., was conferred on May 17, 2009. Dr. Marty's most recent professional position until 2016 was as Chairman of Pathology and Medical Director of Laboratories at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (MFSMC), a three hundred seventy-eight (378) bed Joint Commission (JC) accredited hospital facility in Baltimore, Maryland (one of ten Hospitals comprising MedStar Health across Baltimore, Central Maryland, Washington, D.C., and, Southern Maryland). Dr. Marty is based in the United States and enjoys travel, photography, and Chess when not working.

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