The class covers topics that reflect the nature of the challenge being faced, how leaders approach those challenges, and key people and organizational issues that help meet them. The participants explore how organizations can nurture and develop future leaders. This course develops concepts and analytical skills to address the issues related to the creation and distribution of goods and services. It emphasizes the role of operations function as a competitive weapon and examines how operations strategy can be integrated with the corporate strategy and other functional strategies. It discusses the increasingly important role of global competition, technology, and total quality.
Technology is emphasized.
The primary focus of this course is to examine those federal and state laws that regulate these relationships. Appropriate attention is paid to the various social, ethical, and political forces that influence the development and enforcement of laws. Additionally, the course highlights aspects of the international legal environment of business. At the end of the fall semester of the first year, the class will choose two electives from a series of alternatives. This final course in contemporary global strategic management integrates the basic business functions.