The Journal of Operations Management (JOM) is the premier ranked journal for empirical research in the field of Operations Management. Repeatedly ranked above other journals in the discipline, JOM continues to be viewed as a pre-eminent marker of scholarship outside the field as well. It is the only OM focused empirical journal used by both the Financial Times in its rankings of Business Schools as well as by the University of Texas in its most recent 2006 assessment of scholarship.

Mission Statement

The mission of JOM is to publish original, high quality, operations management empirical research that will have a significant impact on OM theory and practice. Regular articles accepted for publication in JOM must have clear implications for operations managers based on one or more of a variety of rigorous research methodologies. JOM also publishes insightful meta-analyses of the OM literature, comments on past articles, studies concerning the OM field itself, and other such matters relevant to OM. Manuscripts accepted for publication meet the following criteria:

1. Cross-functional and cross-enterprise decision-making
2. Research rigor applied through the scientific theory-building approach
3. Managerial relevance.

Policies, Aims and Scope

The JOM's distinctive emphasis is on the management of operations. Accordingly, the aim of the JOM is to enhance the field of operations management and develop generalizable theory, typically through the identification, analysis, and resolution of real OM problems. JOM's primary audience includes researchers interested in advancing the field as well as educators and practitioners who wish to keep abreast of the state of the art in OM research. The JOM seeks research that can help the audience develop a better conceptual base for understanding OM. The focus of articles for the JOM should be on the managerial situation or the theory being studied rather than the solution techniques being developed or used. Highest priority is thus given to studies that are anchored in the real world and build, extend or test generalizable theories or frameworks of managerial significance. Most often such studies result from either identifying an actual, new managerial situation for which existing theory is inadequate -- thereby resulting in an addition to theory -- or else testing multiple existing theories against actual managerial situations to determine their relevance - thereby enhancing theory through subtraction.

General topics covered by the journal, while not exclusive, include the following:

• Operations management in process, manufacturing and service organizations;
• Operations strategy and policy;
• Product and service design and development;
• Manufacturing and service systems design;
• Technology management for operations;
• Multi-site operations management;
• Capacity planning and analysis;
• Operations planning, scheduling and control;
• Project management;
• Human resource management for operations;
• Work design, measurement and improvement;
• Performance measurement and productivity;
• Quality management;
• Purchasing/sourcing systems;
• Materials and inventory management;
• Logistics, transportation, distribution, and materials handling;
• International and comparative operations;
• Operations and information management;
• Regulatory and environmental issues in operations.

Audience

The primary audience includes researchers who are interested in advancing the field and practitioners who have a concern for keeping abreast of the state of the art in operations management. The journal presents to this audience the concepts, theories, and research methods that address currently unresolved issues in operations management.

Subscription Information

Journal of Operations Management (ISSN 0272-6963) is published in one volume (6 issues) per year.

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