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Published: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 12:04 (CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- CRC Press has published a new business management book from its Industrial Innovation Series titled LearningCurves: Theory, Models, andApplications, by Mohamad Y. Jaber, Ph.D. A contributed work covering advances in learning-curve research theory and applications, this book draws a learning map to demonstrate where learning is involved within organizations and how it can be sustained, perfected, and accelerated. It reviews developments in research and explores the learning-quality relationship. The text explains how to improve learning curves using the earned-value method and through the design of thinking systems. It also offers a chapter that reviews the forgetting curves. • Learning Curves: Literature Review and Future Research Directions Author Mohamad Y. Jaber, Ph.D., is a professor of industrial engineering at Ryerson University in Toronto. He earned his doctorate in manufacturing and operations management from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Quality Digest does not charge readers for its content. We believe that industry news is important for you to do your job, and Quality Digest supports businesses of all types. However, someone has to pay for this content. And that’s where advertising comes in. Most people consider ads a nuisance, but they do serve a useful function besides allowing media companies to stay afloat. They keep you aware of new products and services relevant to your industry. All ads in Quality Digest apply directly to products and services that most of our readers need. You won’t see automobile or health supplement ads. So please consider turning off your ad blocker for our site. Thanks, CRC Press is a premier global publisher of science, technology, and medical resources. It offers unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery worldwide. Its aim is to broaden thinking and advance understanding in the sciences, providing researchers, academics, professionals, and students with the tools they need to share ideas and realize their potential. CRC Press is a member of Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business.Book: Learning Curves: Theory, Models, and Applications
Sustaining, perfecting, and accelerating learning within organizations
Chapter titles
• Inside the Learning Curve: Opening Up the Black Box of the Learning Curve
• The Learning-Quality Relationship
• Forgetting Curves: A Review
• Learning and Forgetting: A Conceptual Framework
• The Organizational Learning Curve
• The Learning Organization at the Steady State
• Inventory Management and the Learning Curve
• Work Assignment in Mass Customized Production Lines Based on Learning Curves
• Industrial Work Measurement and Improvement Through Multivariate Learning Curves
• Timing Software Upgrades to Maximize Productivity: A Decision Analysis Model Based on the Learning Curve
• Learning Curves in Project Management: The Case of a Troubled Implementation
• Learning and Thinking Systems
• Learning Curves for the Assessment of Energy Technologies
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