Gate Gourmet:
A. Identify a specific and narrow area where the organisation’s human tacit and implicit knowledge is essential in order to make sense of hard statistical information.
B. Analyse with examples how that tacit or implicit knowledge enhances performance in your chosen area, demonstrating clearly which type of knowledge is being used in each example and why.
You may select any specific area of the business outlined in the case.
Course Textbooks:
Barnes, D., (2008) Operations Management: An international perspective, Thomson Learning, London (ISBN: 978-1-84480-534-1)
Beynon-Davies, P., (2009, 2013), Business Information Systems, Palgrave
Boddy, D., Boonstra, A. & Kennedy, G., (2009), Managing Information Systems, an Organisational Perspective, FT Prentice Hall.
Chaffey, D & Wood, P., (2005), Business Information Management, FT Prentice Hall.
Chase, R.B., Jacobs, F.R. and Aquilano, N.J., (2006), Operations management for competitive advantage, McGraw-Hill
Coakes, E. (ed.), (2010), Information Management, McGraw-Hill
Gaither, N., (2002), Operations Management, SouthWestern/Thomson
Greasley, A., (2009), Operations Management, John Wiley & Sons
Hawryszkiewycz, I., (2010), Knowledge Management, Palgrave MacMillan
Heizer, J. and Render, B., (2010), Operations Management, Prentice Hall
Krajewski, L.J., Ritzman, L.P., and Malhotra, M.K (2009) Operations Management: Processes and Value Chains, Eight Edition, Upper Saddle River.
Laudon, K., & Laudon, J., (2011), Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 12th edition, Global Edition, Pearson.
Meredith, J. and Schafer, S., (2010), Operations Management for MBAs, John Wiley and Sons, New York,
O’Brien, J. & Marakas, G.M., (2008), Management Information Systems: Managing Information Technology in the Business Enterprise, 10th edition, McGraw Hill.
Pearlson, K., & Saunders, C., (2009), Strategic Management of Information Systems, Wiley.
Stair, R., Reynolds, G. & Chesney, T., (2008), Principles of Business Information Systems, 1st Edition, Thomson Course Technology. (ISBN 978-1-84480-779-6)
Reid, R.D., (2010), Operations management: an integrated approach, Wiley,
Slack, N., Chambers, S. & Johnston, S., (2009) Operations Management, 6th ed., Prentice Hall, Harlow
Stevenson, W.J., (2007), Operations Management, McGraw-Hill.