This course will focus specifically on the operations function of firms, with an emphasis on the decisions that managers make to develop competitive operations strategies. Such decisions are based on specialized analytical techniques to determine the appropriate mix of products, the desired level of quality, the required production rates, the distribution systems, and the necessary scheduling and control methods. This course extends the fundamentals of planning, organizing, leading and controlling presented in the principles of management course, and includes applications of quantitative techniques to managerial problems. Students will be assigned discussion questions and problems at the end of some chapters to be competed out of class. These out of class assignments will be due as indicated on the attached homework schedule, and as assigned during the semester.
Work is due on the date indicated on the schedule or when assigned following class discussion.
Progressive workbook assignments will also be required to be done on a team basis. Students will be assigned to groups during the second week of classes. Completion of this project will count 20 percent of each student s grade. These assignments will consist of discussion questions and problems found at the end of chapters in the text. Homework assignments will collectively count as 20 percent of your course grade.