East Los Angeles College Operations Management and Decision Making Discussion

Discussion 5: Operation Management, Financial Management, and Managerial Decision Making

Read the lecture notes for lecture 9,review one of the recommendedarticles, and the followingquestions:

Demonstrate the concept ofcapacity and constrainmanagement, explained withthe help of the production cut-off point (used in the businesssimulation, input table”Operations Management”)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Discussion should be about 250-300 words,

ask a question at the end of discussion,

and need two replies, 100 words for each.

recommended ariticles:

• MIT Sloan Management Review, What to Expect From Agile, Birkinshaw, J, Winter 2018, pp. 39-42
• Competitive Advantage Through Innovation: The Case of Nespresso, Alexander B., EJIM, 2016 Vol. 19 Iss. 1, pp.133-148
• HBR, You need an innovation strategy, Pisano G., June 2015, pp. 44-54
• MIT Sloan Management Review, How useful is the theory of disruptive innovation, King A at al, Fall 2015, pp. 76-88
• The Hybrid Trap – Why Most Efforts to Bridge Old and New Technology Miss the Mark, Suarez F, MIT Sloan Management Review, 2018 Spring