OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Conference Paper Abstracts.

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Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings includes abstracts of all papers and symposia presented at the annual conference, plus 6-page abridged versions of the “Best Papers” accepted for inclusion in the program (approximately 10%). Papers published in the Proceedings are abridged because presenting papers at their full length could preclude subsequent journal publication. Please contact the author(s) directly for the full papers. ArticlesOPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Conference Paper Abstracts.Published Online:13 Dec 2017https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2003.13792438AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsDownload CitationsAdd to favoritesTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail AbstractThis section presents abstracts of operations management conference papers. The research 'Theory and Tool of Linking Business Strategy and Manufacturing Strategy,' intends to add to the theory building work by examining the following three relationships concerning the formulation of manufacturing strategy. First, the role of the formulation of manufacturing strategy in the alignment between business objectives and manufacturing missions; second, the role of the formulation of manufacturing strategy in the changes of manufacturing performance towards the business objectives; and last, the role of the formulation of manufacturing strategy in the transition from manufacturing missions to action programs. The research 'Operations Management for Professional Services: Developing Flexibility in the Knowledge Economy,' challenges criticisms with a series of propositions for professional services firms, based on a flexible manufacturing paradigm. The paper 'Building Process Improvement Capacity' focuses on the means by which process improvement capacity is developed, and, indeed, how it can be practiced. Building theory from exploratory case studies, it proposes that building process improvement capacity is an intermediating process that structures experiences of process improvement in order to maximize learning.FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Vol. 2003, No. 1 Permissions Metrics in the past 12 months History Published online 13 December 2017 Published in print 1 August 2003 InformationCopyright of Academy of Management Journal is the property of Academy of Management and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.KeywordsINDUSTRIAL managementMANUFACTURING processesPRODUCTION managementDownload PDF