Course "Research Perspectives on Operational Processes" 2014

Effort
2 EC (56 hours)

Lecturers
Responsible lecturer: prof.dr.ir. Geert-J an van Houtum (Eindhoven University of
Technology, School of Industrial Engineering, 040-2475163, g.j.v.houtum@tue.nl).
Other Beta staff lecturers: prof.dr.ir. J .W.M. Bertrand, prof.dr. E. Demerouti,
prof.dr.ir. P.W.P.J . Grefen, dr.ir. E.W. Hans, prof.dr. F. Langerak, dr.ir. W.R.W. Scheinhardt.

Timing
One block of three course days: 8 - 10 April, 2014.

Location
Holiday park De Hertenhorst
Kaapbergweg 45
7361 TG Beekbergen
Tel : 055 - 50 61 343
Please note: the course will be given in the restaurant of the holiday park (not in the
bungalow as last year).

Schedule
PhD students will arrive at holiday park in the afternoon / evening of 7 April 2014. Dinner on
this day is not included.


Activity Lectures
Day 1
April 8, 2014

09.00 - 09.45 Introduction Prof.dr.ir. G.J . van Houtum
09.45 - 10.00 Break
10.00 - 12.30 Production, Maintenance, Materials
Coordination & Transportation
Prof.dr.ir. G.J . van Houtum
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 16.00 Human Performance Management Prof.dr. E. Demerouti
16.00 - 16.15 Snack
16.15 - 18.45 Quantitative models for the analysis
of operational processes
Dr.ir. W.R.W. Scheinhardt
19.00 Dinner


Day 2
April 9, 2014

09.00 - 11.30 New Product Development
Processes
Prof.dr. F. Langerak
11.30 - 12.30 Business Information Systems - part
1
Prof.dr.ir. P.W.P.J . Grefen
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Business Information Systems - part
2
Prof.dr.ir. P.W.P.J . Grefen
15.00 - 17.30 Healthcare Dr.ir. E.W. Hans
18.00 Dinner

Day 3
April 10, 2013

08.30/09.00 -
15.00
Research Methods in Operations
Management & research model
Mitroff
Prof.dr.ir. J .W.M. Bertrand


Purpose
The purpose of the course is to teach the PhD students how to position their research within
the broad field of operations management, and to get familiar with the typical research
problems and methods within the six research programmes of Beta.

Organization and Content
This course consists of two parts. The first part will be devoted to the six research
programmes of Beta. These programmes represent different research disciplines. Per research
program, one will discuss typical research topics, typical research methods, strengths and
weaknesses of these research methods, good vs. bad research, and the interaction with other
disciplines.
In the second part of the course, we give an overview of the development of operations
management in the past 50 years, and a framework is presented for different types of
research. Next, students work in groups to position their own PhD research (the research
proposals at this stage will vary from very green to fully developed proposals, but all of them
can be positioned), and each PhD student will give a short presentation on his/her research
proposal.
The first part consists of six sessions. Each of these sessions has a load of 7 hours, consisting
of 4,5 hours preparation and 2,5 lecture hours.
The second part has a load of 14 hours, consisting of 8 hours preparation and 6 lecture hours.

Costs
For Beta PhD's free.

Information
For information please contact the Beta office, Geertje Kramer, phone 040-2474576.
mailto:beta@tue.nl