Operations Management

Section

Operations Management

Photo

Employees standing and sitting outside. Photo
Front left: Vedran Zerjav, Ola Edvin Vie, Hanne Finnestrand. Back left: Aud Marit Wahl, Poul Houman Andersen, Marte Daae-Qvale Holmemo, Luitzen De Boer, Jonas Ingvaldsen, Tim Kristian Andreas Torvatn, Heidi Carin Dreyer, Ann-Charlott Pedersen

Alireza Ashrafian and Anita Romsdal are also part of the research group, but they were not present when the photo was taken.

Research activity

Operations Management is an internationally recognized section with a strong research track record. Currently, we are active in several national and international research projects and programs, financed by for example EU H2020 and the Research Council of Norway. We cooperate closely with both industry and governmental partners, and we are always willing to discuss new research collaboration prospects. 

The academic staff teaches in a number of programs and courses, such as the 2-year international Master of Science programs Project Management (PROMAN) and Global Manufacturing management (GLOMAN), the 5-year Master of Technology program in Industrial Economics and Technology Management (INDØK) and the Bachelor program in Logistics Engineering. 

The Operations Management Section also teaches courses in other master programs at NTNU, including NTNUs Centre for Continuing Education and Professional Development.

Our key research themes are:

I. Operations Management in an organizational context

  • Organization theory and organization design   
  • Project management
  • Change management and organizational transition
  • Leadership and managerial work
  • Knowledge management

II. Research design and management in Operations Management

  • Qualitative research designs
  • Action research

III. Operations Management in an interorganizational context

  • Industrial and business networks
  • Supply chain management
  • Purchasing management
  • Logistics management