Overview
- Features the significant pre-requisites on which a large organization should concentrate to achieve long-term sustainability
- Amalgamates business/management theory with practical research results obtained from a case study of open-pit mining operations
- Provides a detailed descriptions of the relevance of decision-making processes in open-pit mining
- Addresses the scope of applying already existing high-end information systems in other industries to LSOPM Operations
Part of the book series: Asset Analytics (ASAN)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book provides a sound knowledge of cutting-edge factors to the reader for managing the business to attain operational excellence and long-term sustainability, and caters to a broad spectrum of management and technical readers.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah is a professor of decision sciences, at the School of Administrative Studies, York University, Canada. Dr. Hassan has over 20 years of teaching, research, industry, and consulting experience in the USA, Canada, Singapore, Norway, UK, Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. His research interests include dynamic decision making, interactive learning environments, system dynamics, and energy policies. His research has appeared in Energy Policy, Energy, Simulations & Gaming, International Journal of Management and Decision Making, Journal of Decision Systems, Telecommunication Systems, International Journal of Technology Management, Decision Support Systems, and Computers & Education. Hassan has also published eleven books and over 100 refereed article in journals and conference proceedings.
Pramela Nair Panthallor completed her Doctoral study in Business Research from Monarch Business School, Switzerland, her MBA from Sikkim Manipal University, India, and her B.Eng. in Computer Science from Orissa Engineering College, India. She was awarded a distinction for her doctoral thesis work and was chosen through peer & student evaluations for an award of Most Excellent Lecturer (2016-17) for outstanding teaching efforts. She has more than 8+ years of experience in teaching undergraduate courses in International Business, Software Engineering, and Computer Science & Engineering. She has lived in seven different countries and has experience working in five of them.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Operational Sustainability in the Mining Industry
Book Subtitle: The Case of Large-Scale Open-Pit Mining (LSOPM) Operations
Authors: Hassan Qudrat-Ullah, Pramela Nair Panthallor
Series Title: Asset Analytics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9027-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9026-9Published: 06 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9029-0Published: 07 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9027-6Published: 05 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2522-5162
Series E-ISSN: 2522-5170
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 162
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Operations Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing