By Kara Sherrer
As another school year comes to a close, we’ve been looking back on the best stories of the past academic year. We continue the series with a look at the best operations stories from 2017-2018.
How I Got the Job: Ankush Sahni (MBA’18), Pathways Operations Management Program, Amazon
The former aerospace engineer explains how he transitioned to operations and working for the world’s largest e-commerce company.
When Disaster Doesn’t Strike: New Book from Stanford University Press Explores the Study of Highly Reliable Organizations
Organizational Reliability Experts Rangaraj Ramanujam and Karlene Roberts curated 30 years of work in the field for researchers and practitioners.
The Opposite of Complacent: How Risky Businesses Avoid Disaster
In this Q&A, Roberts and Ramanujam discuss the field of high reliability, the special qualities of highly reliable organizations, and the work that has taken them to the aftermath of disasters around the world.
Career Insider: Operations & General Management Internships
In this episode of the podcast, Ben Rasmus and Yashar Pirasteh (both MBA’18) discuss how they landed operations internships at Land O’ Lakes and T-Mobile, respectively.
Career Insider Follow-Up: Operations and General Management
In this followup podcast episode, Ben Rasmus (MBA’18) and Yashar Pirasteh (MBA’18) talk about their summer experiences and what they learned about their roles, companies, and career aspirations.
