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No More Boring Classes: Active Learning for Operations Management

Author(s)
Benton Jones
Edition
1
Copyright
2024

Any course containing math has the potential to be boring for students and for instructors.

This workbook offers engaging active learning exercises to bring Operations Management to life!

Research shows that active learning helps students learn faster and retain concepts longer.

Here are 9 tabletop activities that allow students to experience and experiment with Operations Management concepts.  

Printable handouts for students and printable instructions for instructors – including what to expect from students as they interact make setup and delivery simple.

 

1. Inventory Control Simulation
2. Quality Control Simulation with Flashlights 
3. Shipping Shapes Across the Classroom
4. Assembly Time Study
5. Tabletop Gantt Chart 
6. Value Added Exercise 
7. Measurement with Coins
8. Project Management with Building Blocks 
9. Set-up Reduction

Benton Jones

Dr. Benton B. Jones is a classroom teacher at the undergraduate and graduate level in Business and Management courses.  Before coming into education, he was an Operations Manager.  During his time in Operations Management, many great industry trainers served as inspiration for him to bring Active Learning into the classroom.  Receiving the "Faculty of Excellence in Instruction" award in 2021 and the "Faculty of Excellence in Scholarship" award in 2022 at his institution, Dr. Jones takes evidence-based management and research-based pedagogy seriously!

Any course containing math has the potential to be boring for students and for instructors.

This workbook offers engaging active learning exercises to bring Operations Management to life!

Research shows that active learning helps students learn faster and retain concepts longer.

Here are 9 tabletop activities that allow students to experience and experiment with Operations Management concepts.  

Printable handouts for students and printable instructions for instructors – including what to expect from students as they interact make setup and delivery simple.

 

1. Inventory Control Simulation
2. Quality Control Simulation with Flashlights 
3. Shipping Shapes Across the Classroom
4. Assembly Time Study
5. Tabletop Gantt Chart 
6. Value Added Exercise 
7. Measurement with Coins
8. Project Management with Building Blocks 
9. Set-up Reduction

Benton Jones

Dr. Benton B. Jones is a classroom teacher at the undergraduate and graduate level in Business and Management courses.  Before coming into education, he was an Operations Manager.  During his time in Operations Management, many great industry trainers served as inspiration for him to bring Active Learning into the classroom.  Receiving the "Faculty of Excellence in Instruction" award in 2021 and the "Faculty of Excellence in Scholarship" award in 2022 at his institution, Dr. Jones takes evidence-based management and research-based pedagogy seriously!

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