CIBER Focus: Understanding humanitarian ops management best practices with Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez

Lesson Plan: https://indiana.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/... Dr. Pedraza-Martinez discusses disaster management cycle and how organizations manage it. He also discusses best practices in management and operations. Finally, he touches upon the best role an individual can play in helping with disasters. Dr. Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez is Associate Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, focusing on logistics, supply chain management, and humanitarian operations. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from INSEAD, Master’s Degrees in Management and Economics, and a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering. Dr. Pedraza-Martinez is the President of the College of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management with the Production and Operations Management Society. His award winning research on humanitarian operations management has informed the practice of logistics at the Red Cross Movement, World Food Programme, and World Vision International. About IIB: Housed in the Institute for International Business, the IU Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) leverages the institutional strengths of Indiana University and the Kelley School of Business to help U.S. businesses compete successfully in the global marketplace. IU CIBER is a national resource center—one of only 15 such centers funded by a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education.