Operations management research: an update for the 1990s

Abstract

The issue of operations management (OM) research agendas was first advanced in the literature in 1980 with updates and additions in 1981, 1987, and 1989. We believe that the time is ripe for an analysis of the OM research agenda in the decade of the 90's. In this study, we examine operations management research methodologies and output during the period 1992–1997. Amoako‐Gyampah and Meredith [Amoako‐Gyampah, K., Meredith, J.R., 1989. Journal of Operations Management 8, 250‐262] published a study in which they examined operations management research output from 1982 through 1987. Our objectives are to examine the state of operations management research in the 1990s from the standpoint of topics and methodologies to look for trends, and to determine implications for future research. We assessed the state of research in operations management by examining the research topics addressed and the methodologies used in a subset of seven academic journals that are representative of publications in operations management research. We also surveyed pipeline research in the operations management area by analyzing the topics discussed in national conferences attended by operations management academicians and researchers. Our findings show some significant changes in the kind of research being performed in the 1990s vs. the 1980s. Greater interest in strategy and quality are now apparent in the literature. OM research in the 1990s is also more integrative in nature. We were surprised to find no apparent shift away from modeling solution methods nor any significant shift toward empirical methodologies.

Should we try out for the major leagues? A call for research in sport operations management

“…Finally, a more restricted 2 search using a combination of sport and OM keywords was conducted in three databases (Proquest, ScienceDirect and ISI Web of Science). The keywords were identified based on OM textbooks, review articles of the OM field (Prasad and Babbar, 2000;Pannirselvam et al 1999), prior experience and reviews of sport related material. Each author individually provided a list of keywords and these were combined to develop the final lists.…”

“…Table 1 contains information on units of analysis, method, topic area and sampling in each of the reviewed papers. After a review of the selected papers was conducted, the papers were categorized into nine operations management topics derived from Pannirselvam et al (1999) and Prasad and Babbar (2000). Specifically, the following categories are adopted from these studies and are used to structure the findings of the review:…”

“…This paper provides a detailed synthesis of the sport operations management issues that have been studied based on a systematic literature review. We classify our findings and discussion based on earlier categorizations of operations management topic areas (Pannirselvam et al 1999;Prasad and Babbar 2000). We then identify potential avenues for future research and propose research questions.…”

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“…With an analysis of 1754 articles published in seven Operations Management journals published between 1992 and 1997, Pannirselvam et al (1999) examined the popular topics and research methods in OM research. They identified and classified the studies that address multiple topics in OM research, and presented the frequency of topics in previous research.…”

“…Amoako-Gyampah & Meredith (1989), Pannirselvam et al (1999), Pilkington & Fitzgerald (2006) and Taylor & Taylor (2009) have focused on identifying the topics and corresponding methods in OM studies. Schniederjans et al (2009) suggested that keywords indicate the article content fairly since the articles are evaluated through a review process by journal editors and peers.…”