Faculty Present at POMS Conference in Washington, D.C.

Joel Goldhar, Professor of Operations and Technology Management, Arjun Chakravarti, Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing, and Matt Lauritsen, Ph.D. student at IIT Lewis College of Human Sciences, presented papers on the use of organizational theory in teaching and operations management and the use of sociotechnical systems in the design of more effective service operations at the POMS 26th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., May 8-11. Both papers are works in progress. In addition, Goldhar co-chaired two workshops on improving teaching in the core courses in operations management.

Elizabeth Durango-Cohen, Associate Professor of Operations Management, chaired a track on nonprofit operations and co-presented on a paper on tailoring contribution requests to improve donor participation and the monetary value of contributions.