College of Behavior in Operations Management

The POMS College of Behavior in Operations Management is pleased to announce a half-day mini-conference in Chicago, IL, on Thursday, April 19, 2012, the day before the POMS annual meeting:

Mini-Conference of the POMS College of Behavior in Operations Management
Thursday, April 19, 2012. Time: 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., followed by a conference dinner.

Behavioral Operations Management research is interdisciplinary in nature, and often draws from neighboring fields such as Consumer Behavior, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Decision Theory, or Experimental Economics. We are working on an exciting program that includes a number of academics from the above mentioned areas who will provide overviews on the state-of-the art and anticipated trends in their fields, and discuss their perspectives on the Behavioral Operations Management research agenda. Confirmed speakers include:

Behavioral Sciences: George Wu (University of Chicago)
Consumer Behavior: Meg Meloy (Penn State University)
Experimental Economics: Stephen G. Leider (University of Michigan)
Organizational Behavior: TBA

The purpose of the mini-conference is to provide outside perspectives on, and input for, our growing field. The meeting is NOT meant to be a smaller-scale equivalent to the Behavioral Track at the main conference (organized this time by Yaozhong Wu, SMU, and Feryal Erhun, Stanford). The board of the College invites your feedback, questions, and suggestions. Do not hesitate to contact us and get involved!

Registration fees for the mini-conference (including dinner) are $70 for College members, $100 for non-members, and $30 for students. You can now register online through the POMS website. Further program details will follow very shortly. We look forward to meeting you in Chicago!

The College aims to create a community of researchers, educators and practitioners who deal with study of human behavior issues to make POM more effective. In this endeavor, the College will collaborate with other professional groups (see for example Behavioral Operations Site) with similar interests.This effort will lead to a focus on the study of interfaces and interactions of POM with other disciplines primarily with Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management and Occupational Psychology. These also include the overlap and intersection of various disciplines with respect to logistical and transformation processes for products and services, and the development, deployment and evaluation of human resource policies and practices that support these processes. Specifically, the College will focus on the interaction between individuals, work groups, technology and work place environments.

President: Mirko Kremer, Penn State University (muk22@psu.edu)
Vice President: Johnny Rungtusanatham, Ohio State University (rungtusanatham.1@osu.edu)
Secretary: Andrew Davis, Cornell University (adavis@cornell.edu)
Treasurer: Kenneth Schulz, Air Force Institute of Technology

Advisory Members:
Sushil Gupta, Florida International University, College of Business Administration (guptask@fiu.edu)
Elliot Bendoly, Emory University, Goizueta Business School (Elliot_Bendoly@bus.emory.edu)
Martin Starr, Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business (mstarr@cfl.rr.com)
Peter Ward, Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business (ward.1@osu.edu)