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OMER.
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SPECIAL ISSUE: CALL FOR PAPERS
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT EDUCATION REVIEW (OMER)
"Pedagogical Approaches to Incorporating Sustainability in Operations
and Supply Chain"
Submission deadline: August 31, 2012
Special Issue Editors
Ashok Kumar, Management
Seidman College of Business
Grand Valley State University
401 West Fulton, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Tel: (616) 331-7459
kumara@gvsu.edu
Kathryn E. Stecke
School of Management
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX 75083-0688
Tel: (972) 883-4781
Email:
KStecke@utdallas.edu
SCOPE:
Has academia met the challenge (e.g., through creating a conducive
environment and allocating resources for sustainability-focused
curriculum renovations, equipping faculty with the necessary
expertise, and embedding business graduates with requisite skill-sets,
and a research base that feeds into classroom teaching, etc.) posed by
the rapidly evolving landscape of corporate sustainability? The jury
is out on this question. Among other factors, many institutions of
higher learning have confounded sustainability effort with corporate
social responsibility and ethics (The Triple Bottom Line) so that an
exclusive metric for sustainability cannot be ascertained. Weekly
reports from the American Association for Advancement of
Sustainability in Higher Education paint a fulsome and dynamic picture
of the growth of sustainability effort in academia. On the other hand,
one JME (2009) issue reports that among the top 50 MBA programs (rated
by Financial Times), only 12 offered a triple bottom line program, and
only one had a program dedicated to sustainability. At the
undergraduate level, information on sustainability related offerings
is conspicuous by its paucity. Net Impact (2009) reports that 84% of
seniors opined upon their graduation that they had more information on
the triple bottom line. All in all, a lot has been done but a lot more
needs to be done on the part of academia to meet the pace of the
corporate sustainability movement.
In order to address this sustainability deficit in business education,
Operations Management Education Review (OMER) is inviting submissions
of manuscripts for possible publication in its upcoming focused issue
on sustainability. All high-quality, high-impact manuscripts
addressing integration of sustainability efforts into operations
and/or supply chain systems, management and strategies with clear
lessons and insights for the stake holders (faculty, students,
administrators, communities, and industries) of the institutions of
higher learning are welcome. Note that for the purpose of this CFP,
sustainability implies efforts directed towards preserving the
environment, doing more with less (cost savings, profit increasing),
reducing dependence on foreign resources including oil, using
alternate forms of energy, etc. Manuscripts focused on triple bottom
line improvement are also welcome.
The submitted manuscript could be in the form of a teaching case
(where an accompanying teaching note is required), a real-world case
study related to a business or an academic institution, a
think-piece/opinion piece, or survey/taxonomic analyses that establish
trends and directions and strategic forecasts for sustainability.
Suggested themes, but by no means exhaustive, are:
• Examining or describing the development of sustainability-based
curriculum, the process of implementation, and/or process of
incorporation of sustainability in MBA or lower level degree programs.
• Developing methodologies and/or metrics for the measurement of
sustainability effort, and/or structuring the pedagogical effort in
the field of sustainability.
• Case study or teaching case related to greening or thinning of
supply chains (or a module of) and resulting benefits and impacts.
• Case study or teaching case describing greening or thinning of
operations (or a module of ERP) and resulting benefits and impacts.
• Developing taxonomies and structures of decision processes in
developing sustainable programs at industry or academic institutions.
• Manuscripts dealing with measurement of carbon footprints and
organizing trade-offs.
• Effective use of such tools/strategic instruments as Six Sigma
and mass customization to accomplish sustainability of operations in
industry or the development of such course work in academia.
• The role of information technology in successful sustainability
programs implemented in industry or academia.
• Manuscripts dedicated to using technologies to improve the
environment and profits simultaneously.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
All manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the publishing
editor, Peter Neilson at
pneilson@neilsonjournals.com. The OMER
webpage (http:\\www.neilsonjournals.com/OMER/omersubmit.html) provides
submission details for authors. All manuscripts will undergo an
initial assessment by the Special Issue Editors, and if deemed
appropriate a subsequent double-blind review.
KEY DATES: Manuscripts due by Aug 31st, 2012; Final acceptance
decisions by December 1st, 2012. OMER Volume 6: 2012 Special Issue
published online December 2012, OMER Volume 6: 2012 (containing the
Special Issue) printed and distributed early 2013.
* For more information, please contact the editors.