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Introduction
Competitiveness
     Why Some Organizations Fail
Strategy
     Mission and Goals
     Strategies and Tactics
Newsclip: A Sampling of Company Strategic Initiatives
     Strategy Formulation
     Global Strategy
     Operations Strategy
     Strategic Operations Management Decision Areas
     Quality and Time Strategies
Newsclip: Productivity Gains Curb Inflation
Productivity
     Computing Productivity
Reading: Why Productivity Matters
     Productivity in the Service Sector
     Factors That Affect Productivity
     Improving Productivity
Newsclip: Productivity Improvement
Summary
Key Terms
Solved Problems
Discussion and Review Questions
Taking Stock
Critical Thinking Exercises
Experiential Learning Exercises
Problems
Reading: Productivity Gains at Whirlpool
Cases: An American Tragedy: How a Good Company Died
     Home-Style Cookies
     Hazel Revisited
Operations Tour: The U.S. Postal Service
Selected Bibliography and Further Reading







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