Learning Curves

Theory, Models, and Applications
Herausgeber: Jaber, Mohamad Y

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by international contributors, Learning Curves: Theory, Models, and Applications first draws a learning map that shows where learning is involved within organizations, then examines how it can be sustained, perfected, and accelerated. The book reviews empirical findings in the literature in terms of different sources for learning and partial assessments of the steps that make up the actual learning process inside the learning curve. Traditionally, books on learning curves have focused either on cost accounting or production planning and control. In these books, the learning curve has been treated as a forecasting tool. This book synthesizes current research and presents a clear picture of organizational learning curves. It explores how organizations improve other measures of organizational performance including quality, inventory, and productivity, then looks inside the learning curve to determine the actual processes through which organizations learn.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 167mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 827g
• ISBN-13: 9781439807385
• ISBN-10: 1439807388
• Artikelnr.: 29945793

Autorenporträt

Mohamad Y Jaber is a Professor (effective 01 September 2008) of Industrial Engineering at Ryerson University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Manufacturing and Operations Management from the University of Nottingham, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Learning Curves - Literature Review and Future Research Directions. Inside
the Learning Curve: Opening Up the Black Box of the Learning Curve. The
Learning-Quality Relationship. Forgetting Curves: A Review. Learning and
Forgetting: A Conceptual Framework. The Organizational Learning Curve. The
Learning Organization at the Steady State. Inventory Management and the
Learning Curve. Work Assignment in Mass Customized Production Lines Based
on Learning Curves. Industrial Work Measurement and Improvement Through
Multivariate Learning Curves. Timing Software Upgrades to Maximize
Productivity: A Decision Analysis Model Based on the Learning Curve.
Learning Curves in Project Management: The Case of a Troubled
Implementation. Learning and Thinking Systems. Learning Curves for the
Assessment of Energy Technologies.