Students participate in a team service learning project. Operations research topics including probability and statistics of mean, forecasting, decision trees, linear programming solutions for network, project schedules, resource optimization. Through applied projects, learn data selection, software tools and information interpretation. Manage resources throughout the supply chain using flexible strategies. Project initiation, planning, organizing, staffing, scheduling, monitoring and control, conflict management, cost effectiveness, quality, software tools for project management, team processes and leadership styles.
Students implement a team project.
Examines groupware for collaborative work, decision support systems, computer mediated communication, virtual communities, workflow. A student who is professionally employed may expect to complete the program in two years. Depending on the site, classes are offered weekday evenings or Saturdays. Courses are offered on campus in Belmont, or in Mountain View. Each student must provide his or her own access to personal computers and access to the Internet.