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209. The operations of well-being: How operations interacts with happiness, equity, and sustainability
Invited abstract in session WE-1: Charles Corbett [IFORS Distinguished Lecture], stream Plenaries.
Wednesday, 16:30-17:30Room: Sportshallen (building: 101)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Charles Corbett
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| UCLA Anderson School of Management |
Abstract
What does well-being have to do with operations? Well-being encompasses a lot: Are we happy as individuals? Are groups treated fairly? Is society sustainable? Operations management has many impacts on well-being at each of these levels, some more obvious than others. This talk will offer a wide-ranging exploration of linkages between operations and well-being. It organizes “operations” into five broad areas: pace and productivity, predictability and probability, process and prevention, performance and payment, and pollution and protection. For each of those, it explores what makes individuals (un)happy, what is fair, and what is sustainable. Operations cannot solve all societal problems but the links between quality of operations and quality of life are more numerous and nuanced than we usually realize.
Keywords
- Sustainable Development
Status: accepted
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