The use of industrial software to create experiential learning activities in operations management courses

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-334

  Laforge, R Lawrence ^a,b   Busing, Michael E ^c  

^a Industrial Management   (United States)

^b Manufacturing Management Laboratory   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Education; Experiential learning; Manufacturing planning and control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347540161     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.1998.tb00460.x     Document Type: Article

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