Purpose The current evaluation standards in German higher education institutions (HEIs) do
not often lead to measurable quality improvement. The purpose of this paper is to critically …

Abstract Soft Operational Research (OR) methods, despite providing considerable benefit to
organisations in tackling a range of problems, are not widely utilised by OR practitioners …

Emergy is an important evaluative tool to understand the sustainability of ecological
systems. This methodology normalizes natural and economic inputs to permit a more holistic …

Purpose Advancements and innovation in engineering design are based on learning from
previous failures but students are encouraged to “succeed” first time and hence can avoid …

Despite the increasing popularity of enterprise and entrepreneurship programmes in Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs) worldwide, there has been a growing concern about how …

Understanding bottlenecks is an in‐class experiential learning exercise designed to improve
students' understanding of production system capacity issues. After an introductory teaching …

In this chapter, we show how to use challenge-based learning (CBL) in Operations
Management (OM) education, with a focus on Industry 4.0 technologies. CBL is a cutting …

Purpose Drawing on a novel approach to active learning in supply chain management, the
purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze how the students' learning process as well …

Educational games are effective pedagogical tools capable of enhancing teaching. A
number of organizations and journals have been promoting teaching with games and …

Sustainability in management education is a potential solution to societal challenges,
influencing students' worldviews and attitudes to contribute to a more profound social …