MIT Sloan research shows a learning curve for consistency
Paper is the first to examine the effect of experience on performance variability.
Faculty
Jónas Oddur Jónasson is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
His primary research focus is on understanding and improving the operational effectiveness and efficiency of decentralized healthcare delivery systems. In particular, Jónas is interested in developing data-driven models describing the impact of operational implementation of healthcare delivery programs on both operational and public health outcomes.
His research has been published in Operations Research, Management Science, and Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. Jónas was awarded the 2014 Bonder Scholarship for applied Operations Research in Health Services and received first prizes in the 2014 INFORMS Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (MSOM) student paper competition as well as the 2021 MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition.
Prior to joining MIT, Jónas received his PhD in management science and operations from London Business School, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and his BSc from the University of Iceland.
Jónasson, Jónas Oddur, Sarang Deo, and Jérémie Gallien. Operations Research Vol. 65, No. 6 (2017): 1479-1493.
Jain, Sanjay, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Jean Pauphilet,et al., Working Paper. 2021.
Carri Chan, Sarang Deo, Jeremie Gallien, and Jónas Oddur Jónasson. In Proceedings of the 2016 INFORMS International Conference, edited by Ming Hu. Waikoloa Village, HI: June 2016.
Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Sarang Deo, and Jérémie Gallien. In Proceedings of the 2015 INFORMS Annual Meeting, edited by Issac Shams. Philadelphia, PA: November 2015.
Boutilier, Justin J., Jónas Oddur Jónasson, and Erez Yoeli. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. Forthcoming. Supplemental Material.
Aksin, Zeynep, Sarang Deo, Jónas Oddur Jónasson, and Kamalini Ramdas. Management Science Vol. 67, No. 2 (2021): 854-874. Supplemental Materials. SSRN Preprint.
It is well established that average productivity increases as a function of cumulative experience. But what is not known is whether that experience affects the consistency of performance.
Paper is the first to examine the effect of experience on performance variability.