An-Najah Professor Participates in the Sixth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
On Tuesday March 8th, 2016, Dr. Ayham Jaaron, Director of the Quality Assurance Unit and staff member at the Department of Industrial Engineering at An-Najah participted in the Sixth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM 2016) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The conference was over three days from March 8th-10th, 2016.
Dr. Jaaron submitted two research papers titled: “Activating Organizational Learning Capabilities through Service Operations Design” and “Impact of Change Orders in Construction Sector in the West Bank” respectively.
The first research, which obtained the best research award in the conference, shed light on the impact of applying systems thinking principles for service operations design, expressed as the Vanguard Method, in activating organizational learning capabilities.
The second research talked about identifying the main causes of changes that occur in construction projects in the West Bank and to highlight the potential effects of change orders on the Palestinian construction industry.
Dr. Jaaron also explained the progress made on the industrial engineering ABET accredited programme at An-Najah.
Notes:
- The IEOM conference is organized by the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society (IEOM) at Lawrence Technological University in Michigan.
- IEOM Society promotes and encourages critical thinking in the field of Industrial Engineering (IE) and Operations Management (OM), provides means to communicate and network among people enthused with similar interests through association services, conferences, seminars, workshops, student chapters, professional chapters, journals and certification across the globe, and illustrative research publications to disseminate the earned knowledge and experience.
