Topics include technological core competencies, technological forecasting, process design, capacity planning, facility location and layout, and product and process development processes. Operations management within an international business environment. Topics include the regulatory and cultural environment of international business, international business and operations strategies, global location, global sourcing and logistics decisions, international workforce management, technology transfer and configuration, and coordination of global operations activities. Topics include systems analysis, object-oriented modeling and database design. May be repeated for a maximum of twelve credit hours.
Topics vary in keeping with developments in the literature.
May be repeated with different faculty for a maximum of six credit hours. Research methods supporting scholarly research and publication in management. Topics include theory building, hypothesis specification and testing, experimental design, measurement, sampling, research ethics and related issues. Enrollment restricted to doctoral students. Framework and methodology for management decision making in a statistical setting.