The student will need sponsorship by an organization which will allow the student to submit a case study. They will need access to a senior management team to prepare the pre-class macro process flow chart on the organization, including some sensitive data, to the instructors for grading. The course begins with pre-class reading and writing assignments. During the on-campus period, students will engage in class discussions and team activities. The team activities continue outside classroom time.
Teams discuss case assignments or journal articles and present their conclusions to the class.
Each student makes at least two-class presentations during the week. After the on-campus session, each student completes a project which applies the classroom based material to the student s organization for process improvement. Pre-Class Assignments 1. Meet with your senior management team and create a macro-level Business Process Flow Chart or Map of your operation. This process map may be at a corporate level or at a facility level.