Topics include operations strategy, allocation of scarce resources, productivity, quality, product design and development, facility and distribution issues, automation, job design, materials and inventory management, scheduling, and project planning. A general approach to understanding behavior at individual, group, and organizational levels. Various methods are used to examine leadership, communication, group dynamics, and the structure and design of organizations. Includes mathematics of portfolio analysis, single-period risk and return measures, and the process of optimal portfolio selection. A broad based introduction to the theories and techniques of corporate financial management and investments.
Topics covered include capital budgeting, cost of capital, leverage and valuation.
An introductory graduate level course in marketing, including the study of product and product planning, research, distribution channels, logistics, consumer behavior, pricing, sales promotion and management, and the institutional structure of markets. Exploration of fundamental and current operations management issues in services and manufacturing. Emphasis on principles of systems management and quality management. An advanced seminar expanding management education from the domestic to the international arena. The objective of this course is to provide the student with an in-depth treatment of quantitative research methods in an applied context.