# 🐙 Operations - 운영관리와 시스템 > *"How to do things right?"* ## Field Overview Operations field는 **시스템 설계**, **프로세스 최적화**, **의사결정 모델링**을 연구합니다. 사천해전의 학익진처럼, 효율적 시스템과 조화로운 실행이 핵심입니다. ### Core Questions - How do we optimize complex systems? - How can we coordinate multiple actors? - What makes operations efficient and effective? - How do we manage supply chains and networks? ### Key Journals - **Management Science** - **Operations Research** - **Manufacturing & Service Operations Management** - **Production and Operations Management** ## Research Themes ### 1. 📦 Inventory and Supply Chain **Coordinating flow of goods and information** Related papers: - [[📜🐙_arrow51_optimize(inventory, decisions)]] - Inventory optimization - [[📜🐙_cachon05_coordinate(channel, revenue-sharing)]] - Channel coordination - [[📜🐙_phanchambers18_integrate(entrepreneurship, operations)]] - Entrepreneurship-operations integration **Core idea**: Coordination is key --- ### 2. 🌐 Platform and Networks **Orchestrating two-sided markets** Related papers: - [[📜🐙_parker05_model(networks, two-sided)]] - Two-sided network models - [[📜🐙_parker16_orchestrate(platforms, network-effects)]] - Platform orchestration - [[📜🐙_terwiesch09_design(innovation, tournaments)]] - Innovation tournaments **Core idea**: Network effects drive value --- ### 3. 🎯 Decision Making **Modeling entrepreneurial and managerial choices** Related papers: - [[📜🐙_corbett07_observe(entrepreneurs, newsvendor-behavior)]] - Newsvendor behavior - [[📜🐙_wood10_observe(behavior, beliefs)]] - Behavioral beliefs - [[📜🐙_packard17_observe(opportunities, beliefs)]] - Opportunity beliefs **Core idea**: Behavior matters in operations --- ### 4. 🔄 Process and Systems **Designing operational systems** Related papers: - [[📜🐙_sterman00_model(business, dynamics)]] - System dynamics - [[📜🐙_anderson13_model(startup, integration-decisions)]] - Startup integration - [[📜🐙_tushman96_manage(ambidextrous, organizations)]] - Ambidextrous organizations **Core idea**: Systems thinking --- ### 5. 🔬 Lean Operations **Creating value through waste reduction** Related papers: - [[📜🐙_yoo21_theorize(lean, operations)]] - Lean theory - [[📜🐙_yoo16_allocate(resources, time)]] - Resource allocation - [[📜🐙_spearman22_unify(operations, science)]] - Operations science **Core idea**: Efficiency through simplicity --- ### 6. 🎲 Prediction and Explanation **Bridging causal understanding and forecasting** Related papers: - [[📜🐙_yarkoni24_integrate(explanation, prediction)]] - Explanation vs prediction - [[📜🐙_Alvarez_Porac20_imagination_indetermincy_managerial_choice]] - Imagination and choice - [[📜🐙_alvarez07_bridge(discovery, creation)]] - Discovery-creation bridge **Core idea**: Understanding enables prediction --- ## Methodology Focus ### Mathematical Modeling - Optimization - Queueing theory - Game theory ### Simulation - Discrete event simulation - Agent-based modeling - System dynamics ### Empirical Methods - Field experiments - Archival data analysis - Behavioral experiments ## Writing Guide for 🐙 Operations Papers ### Structure 1. **Problem**: What operational challenge are we addressing? 2. **Model**: What mathematical/conceptual model captures it? 3. **Analysis**: What insights emerge from the model? 4. **Validation**: How do we test the model? 5. **Implications**: How does this improve operations? ### Language - Use **operational constructs**: throughput, utilization, coordination - Emphasize **tradeoffs**: cost vs speed, efficiency vs flexibility - Bridge **theory and practice**: model → insight → action ### Common Mistakes ❌ Model without real-world validation ❌ Optimization without constraints ❌ Ignoring behavioral factors ❌ No clear operational implication ## Related Fields - [[4👾Cognition]] - Behavioral operations - [[1🐢Innovation]] - Innovation operations - [[2🐅CompBayes]] - Statistical modeling ## Key Papers by Theme ![[papers.base#papers-ops]] --- > *"義로운 어깨 - 손의 협력으로 체계를 세우다"*