An MBA specialization in operations management looks at the underlying concepts of the production and operations function of an organization, and are generally divided into two areas – the study of service operations, and manufacturing or production operations. This may encompass study in the following areas: design-related activities that form the function of a particular operation; the planning and control activities necessary to run the operation; and/or improving the way a particular operation performs its function. Operations management is often an attractive specialization for MBA students interested in following management careers in engineering, manufacturing, and logistics.
Professor Miguel Angel Heras, director of ESADE’s department of operations management and innovation explains that careers in this field can be broken down to simple key processes that are vital to many organizations.
“These processes are made up of interrelated, sequential activities through which the components and actors required (raw materials, labor, capital, information, the client, and such) are transformed into products. The key is the value added through the process as perceived by the customer, i.e. the end product has a greater value than the elements pre-process.”
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