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Aug 02, 2025
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MGT 3410 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
credits: 3.0
This is an upper level management course that builds upon the four primary functions or principles of management that includes planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The focus on this course is to learn about and practice the business processes that contemporary managers use to plan, guide, and control the operations function in their organization. The course will cover major business planning processes such as demand forecasting, sales and operations planning, material requirements planning, and inventory management policy. Integrated planning processes like supply chain management and information technologies for planning will also be covered. Business control processes including process measurement and analysis, quality management, statistical quality control, and project management methodologies are key components of this course. Finally, we will examine the human side of operations management and how effective people management can enhance organizational effectiveness. At the conclusion of the course the student will have a firm understanding of the role of an operations manager within an organization. Method of Instruction: Lecture and class discussion, with examples worked in class. Method of Evaluation: Grades are based on tests, homework, and an operations simulation project.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 2600 - STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECON and MGT 2240 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (or) ECO 2600 - STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECON and MGT 2240 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (or) MAT 2090 - STATISTICAL METHODS and MGT 2240 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
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