Games and Exercises for Operations Management: Hands-on Learning Activities for Basic Concepts and Tools

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Heineke and Meile, impressed with how many complex and important operations management concepts could be demonstrated in such simple activities as making paper airplanes, asked colleagues to submit classroom activities they had developed. The compilation includes games that spur learning about fundamentals commmon to many courses--the central limit theorem and sampling, learning curve, linear programming, and simulation; product/process design, planning, and control; and quality management. Descriptions include prep time, materials, questions for discussion. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)