A collection of brief cases and readings to be used as a supplement to any P/OM text. They emphasize both the manufacturing service aspects of production and operations management. Discussion questions at the end of each case and reading are provided to help the analysis and evaluation of the material. Emphasis is on quality, maintenance and reliability for a better understanding of total quality management.

Cases and Readings in Production and Operations Management (Quantitative Methods and Applied Statistics)

Business & Money

Nathan, Jay

Latona, Joseph C.

Management & Leadership

PRENTICE/HALL

Kazakhstan's New Economy: Post-Soviet, Central Asian Industries in a Global Era

<p><div> <div>Kazakhstan has faced severe economic challenges since it gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. <i>Kazakhstan's New Economy</i> explores how the country might shed the outdated business practices that continue to hamper its growth. Jay Nathan first provides a historical overview of the economy and then delves deeper into the strengths and weaknesses of nine major industries, including oil and gas, banking, telecommunications, and transportation. Nathan's careful analysis and recommendations will provide valuable insight for anyone interested in Central Asia's economic growth.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> "An excellent resource on major industries in Kazakhstan."--Byrganym Aitimova, Minister of Education and Science, the Republic of Kazakhstan<br /> <br /></div> </div></p>

Economics

University of Scranton Press

India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. In many ways, India is perceived as a spiritual nation with rich traditions and a way of life quite different from Western countries. History shows that ancient Indian civilization had effective systems for planning and management, allowing them to create highly advanced architecture. The use of large-scale construction plans, and cartographic material was known to India with some regularity since the Vedic Period (first millennium BCE). To produce such intricate architecture would require efficient management--there would have to be a leader who organized that project, a financier, and laborers working in teams.In the modern world, unlike first-world countries, India is not exporting manufactured goods, especially high-end electronic and technological products to global markets. The big question: why has India, not progressed in the application of science and technology, which in turn can translate into sustained development across the sub-continent? Countries that were late adopters of science and technology, have done especially well with technology and productivity-induced development. The adoption-gap still exists in India. Why? By and large, India has done well for the largest democracy, but she can do better with improved work-culture, enhanced productivity across all sectors, and with professionalism in administration, executives, and workers. Given the substantial population of young people, this will be a noble goal, and a desirable one in the post-digital world. When India solves its development dilemma and chooses productivity over bureaucracy, all of her citizens will thrive.

India's Development Dilemma, Productivity or Bureaucracy: Management Strategy for the World's Largest Democracy

History

Asia

Jay Nathan

<p>In this casebook, the authors have selected cases that provide a sense of breadth and depth of Total Quality Management by including cases from a variety of sectors. The cases were selected to represent a wide variety of applications such as TQM quality planning, tools of TQM, and TQM culture and management systems. The case discussions, appendices, teaching notes, and data disks are useful in selecting and presenting the cases that will provide an exciting learning experience for your students.</p>

Cases in Total Quality Management: Manufacturing and Services

Heizer, Jay H.

South-Western Pub.

Kazakhstan has faced severe economic challenges since it gained independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Kazakhstan’s New Economy explores how the country might shed the outdated business practices that continue to hamper its growth. Jay Nathan first provides a historical overview of the economy and then delves deeper into the strengths and weaknesses of nine major industries, including oil and gas, banking, telecommunications, and transportation. Nathan’s careful analysis and recommendations will provide valuable insight for anyone interested in Central Asia’s economic growth. “An excellent resource on major industries in Kazakhstan.”—Byrganym Aitimova, Minister of Education and Science, the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Cases and Readings in Production and Operations Management (Quantitative Methods and Applied Statistics)

Kazakhstan's New Economy: Post-Soviet, Central Asian Industries in a Global Era

India's Development Dilemma, Productivity or Bureaucracy: Management Strategy for the World's Largest Democracy

Cases in Total Quality Management: Manufacturing and Services

Kazakhstan's New Economy: Post-Soviet, Central Asian Industries in a Global Era