MBA 619

Operations Management

Name: Operations Management

Course Number: MBA 619

Credit(s): 3

Course Description

MBA 619 examines the concepts, principles, issues, and practices of managing business operations. This course emphasizes the managerial perspective of effective operations in both goods-producing and service-delivering businesses. Topics covered in this course include operations decision-making, systems design and capacity, facility location and layout, materials management, and scheduling and controlling production activities.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand and appreciate operations management and its contribution to business productivity and competitiveness.
Learn to develop effective operations strategy to achieve business goals and objectives.
Critically analyze issues in business operations management and how these issues can be resolved.
Understand the importance of operations management decisions and their business impact.