Operations Management [Hardcover]

William Stevenson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0073377848 | ISBN-13: 978-0073377841 | Publication Date: October 28, 2008 | Edition: 10

The Tenth Edition of Operations Management features the latest concepts and applications while preserving the core concepts that have made the text a market leader. Stevenson’s careful explanations and approachable format supports students in understanding the important operations management concepts as well as applying tools and methods. By providing detailed examples, solved problems, questions, and cases students learn by doing, and the Tenth Edition continues to offer more support for 'doing Operations' than any other.

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About the Author

Dr. Stevenson is an associate professor of Decision Sciences in the College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in production/operations management, management science, quality concepts, and quality applications. He is the author of textbooks in management science, statistics, as well as production/operations management. His articles have appeared in Management Science and Decision Sciences. He also serves as a consultant to the New York State Regents External Degree program. His current research interests are in quality applications. Dr. Stevenson received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, and an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in production/operations management from Syracuse University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 944 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 10 edition (October 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0073377848
• ISBN-13: 978-0073377841
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #2 in Books > Business & Investing > Management & Leadership > Operations Research
  • #4 in Books > Business & Investing > Management & Leadership > Production & Operations
  • #70 in Books > Business & Investing > Management & Leadership > Management

More About the Author

Dr. Stevenson is an associate professor of Decision Sciences in the College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in production/operations management, management science, quality concepts, and quality applications.

He is the author of textbooks in management science, statistics, as well as production/operations management. His articles have appeared in Management Science and Decision Sciences. He also serves as a consultant to the New York State Regents External Degree program. His current research interests are in quality applications.

Dr. Stevenson received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, and an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in production/operations management from Syracuse University.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Student Review, July 19, 2010

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I'm about half way through the book. I will update my review after I finish the book. For a highly quantitative subject matter like operations management, it reads like a history book. For the most part, if you can get through the explanation, you will understand the mechanics of the calculations. The chapters are dense with many concepts and functional formulas and calculations. It even goes into explanation of how to do calculations in excel. However, the book does jump around from topic to topic. You won't have a clear picture of what operations management really is from this book. You will walk away with fragments of knowledge. This book serves as an introduction to decision making, forecasting, etc.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars International version as Good as any other!, October 18, 2009

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I got the international version of this book and it is exactly the same (from the comparisions I have done with classmates) as the American hardback version. I would not buy the book for fun, but for class it is good.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for on-line class!, December 9, 2010

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This review is from: Operations Management (Hardcover)

I used this book for my MGMT 370 class. I found it very useful, being that I was not in class. The book taught me the material very well and I relied on it a lot. I was never good at statistics which is a pre-req for this class I just finished, but the book had me understanding better than my math class. I would highly recommend this book to students and teachers because I feel like I learned a lot from it. The examples were clear, and the definitions were easy to understand.