Teaching plan‐do‐study‐act (PDSA) in a supply chain context: A paper football in‐class activity

RI Brau, JW Gardner, GS Webb… - … Sciences Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a single‐class period learning game for the Plan‐Do‐Study‐Act (PDSA)
improvement cycle. The experiential activity walks teams through the PDSA problem‐solving …

A best practice modular design of a hybrid course delivery structure for an executive education program

DE Klotz, TA Wright - Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This article highlights a best practice approach that showcases the highly successful
deployment of a hybrid course delivery structure for an Operations core course in an …

The case of flow and learning revisited

YK Ro, YM Guo, BD Klein - Journal of education for business, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Many business schools are criticized for being ineffective in helping students learn proper
management skills and knowledge. Flow theory has been cited as being helpful in many …

A learning curve‐based assembly game

TR Robbins - Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes a game used in an MBA‐level operations management course to help
students understand the concept of the learning curve. Student teams participate in an …

Teaching line balancing through active and blended learning

T Bayley, A Hurst - Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The design of balanced assembly lines, especially when considering workforce, material,
and cycle time factors, is an important managerial decision‐making activity in manufacturing …

Using deliberate practice to transform learning culture: Helping students put real skills in their OSCM toolbox

SE Fawcett, FC Giraud‐Carrier… - … Sciences Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Students select majors like supply chain management largely because they want to obtain a
high‐paying job at graduation. They expect that after 4 or 5 years of studies, they will be …

Time for Students to Take the Stage: Improving Career Readiness via a Deliberate-Practice Case Pedagogy

SE Fawcett, AM Fawcett… - Transportation …, 2023 - scholarlypublishingcollective.org
What skills do supply chain students need to be career ready? The answer: Critical thinking,
communication, collaboration, and professionalism. Regrettably, recruiters lament today's …

The effectiveness of a field observation exercise to learn process management

N Nikandish, D Kim, RO Salvador - Decision Sciences Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To address the need for students to better comprehend process management concepts in an
undergraduate‐level operations management course, we proposed and examined the …

A Pedagogic Experience in Designing a Healthcare Analytics Course: Lessons Learned.

RF Parks - Information Systems Education Journal, 2020 - ERIC
This study presents a contextual active learning perspective on how a healthcare data
analytics course was designed and delivered to students enrolled in a graduate business …

[PDF][PDF] Designing a healthcare data analytics course: A contextual active learning approach

R Parks, F Cobb Payton - 2018 - scholar.archive.org
Despite calls for next-generation business analytics professionals, there is a lack of
curricular modules that emphasize context-specific learning of analytics pertaining to …