WMBA 6100:Operations Management

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Operations Management is designed for both new and high level managers with any functional managerial responsibility - which requires both administrative and analytical skills. The course will cover a wide range of topics such as: operations strategy, process selection, capacity planning, facility location and layout planning, job design, and total quality management. Students will apply concepts to all possible operational issues and challenges in their daily function. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify strategic decisions in operations management; select appropriate process for a given production system, employ available techniques in firm’s long-range capacity planning and layout design, and apply all related OM approaches in management decision making process.