Applied forecasting, aggregate planning, scheduling, shop floor control, total quality management, inventory management, facility layout, and project management. Management Information Systems. Com S 103 or equivalent. The role of information technology in organization. Overview of methodologies for design and development of systems including decision support systems, expert systems, data bases, end-user computing, etc.
Computer applications relate concepts to practice.
Lecture and laboratory work emphasizes the enabling role of IT in contemporary organizations. File Structures and Programming. Introduction to the concepts and use of data structures, file accesses and object oriented programming methodologies in contemporary business environments. Embedded features of SQL and other application development environments will also be covered. Principles of Organization and Management.