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discretionary task ordering: a standalone construct

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workers choosing the order in which to process queued tasks rather than following first-come-first-served, and its effect on productivity.

In operations management, discretionary task ordering refers to workers choosing the order in which to process queued tasks rather than following first-come-first-served, and its effect on productivity. This meaning comes from Ibanez (2018) in Management Science.[1]

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  1. Ibanez, M. R., Clark, J. R., Huckman, R. S., & Staats, B. R. (2018). Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services. Management Science, 64(9), 4389-4407. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2810

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