Determining the causal relationship among the research streams of the operations management course.

MANUFACTURING industries; LABOR supply; OPERATIONS management; FUZZY logic; HIGHER education

Due to the rapid changes in technology, there have been dramatic changes in manufacturing systems and techniques in almost all industries. In this sense, higher education institutions have become more important as they play a key role in ensuring the labor force in the industry. In the present study, the research streams for operations management course were established, then fuzzy total interpretive structural modelling technique was employed to analyze the causal relations and influences among the factors. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationships among the research streams of operations management course. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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