Types of Disasters (discussing the nature of crises, catastrophes, accidents, calamities, debacles, cataclysms-rare, severe, spontaneous, widespread, limited, unpredictable, forecastable, etc.) Suggested major areas and subtopics of research The papers may focus on one (or more than one) types of the causes of disasters - error, terror and nature. Papers sent to the Disaster Management Department may relate to any one (or more than one) time phases of disasters - before, during and after. There is also responsibility for short term and long term recovery and repair. Understanding the supply chain is essential for maximizing humanitarian benefits.
This department will focus on research that covers the entire system of disaster management including forecasting events for prevention and mitigation. Rather, the objectives are to provide relief to victims and to save as many lives as possible. In the latter, profit motives are not paramount. There are major differences between traditional POM and disaster management-POM. Operations management is the only field that can be called upon to spare (and/or alleviate) pain and suffering.
Calamities are magnified since they occur in an ever-more complex, interconnected world. This is an area that has gained great importance for POMS because a global spotlight now illuminates extensive tragedies where countless numbers of human lives are at stake. The department of "Disaster Management" has been established to encourage research in this crucial domain. Yaozhong Wu, National University of Singapore Jordan Tong, University of Wisconsin-Madison John Sterman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Kenneth Schultz, Air Force Institute of Technology Kyle Hyndman, University of Texas at Dallas Kay-Yut Chen, University of Texas at Arlington Papers must be well written with a clear statement of their contribution to theory, practice, or institutional design.įrankfurt School of Finance & Management, Editors Novel ideas must be supported with data and arguments that respond to the major questions raised and be able to show that remaining questions can be plausibly addressed by future research. We encourage focused papers that make one solid point of general importance. The review process is dedicated to turning papers around quickly, and to limiting the number of revisions prior to a firm decision of acceptability for publication being taken. The department does not encourage submission of empirical studies relying entirely or primarily on unincentivized choice or judgment data. The chosen methodology should be well motivated and executed with the highest rigor. The department is open to a broad range of methodologies including laboratory experiments, field studies, system dynamics, and analytical models of human behavior. The department is especially interested in papers that uncover behavioral regularities that are important to operations settings or provide theory for how behavioral regularities influence operations performance or study the ability of alternative institutional mechanisms or tools to improve operations performance through improved human performance. Possible contexts include but are not limited to manufacturing and service processes, supply chain management, procurement, revenue management, product development, human-computer interaction, and technology management. Behavioral influences can surface from a variety of sources including suppliers, customers, workers, and managers. Behavioral issues naturally arise in any operational context in which human judgment or management of human operations is critical. Factors include rationality, bounded rationality, decision biases, cognitive limitations, individual preferences, and social influences. The department seeks papers that further our understanding of operations and its best practice by explicitly accounting for empirically observed influences of human behavior on operations performance and the factors behind this behavior.
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