Courses
MBAD6093 Operations Management for Executive Decision Making
Offered: Classroom & Online
Course Description:
MBAD 6093 Operations Management for Executive Decision Making provides the conceptual and analytical frameworks for managerial decision-making in terms of process design, quality, capacity, project scheduling, and inventory, and their implementation in the major functional areas of the business disciplines. Concepts and issues in TQM and SPC are emphasized, including a general framework for quality in the product design and production process using Crosby, Deming, Juran, and other theory and design techniques in measuring quality by statistical processes, reliability and sampling techniques. The course should allow the students develop an expertise in analyzing and improving process flows, including flows of customers in service operations, material flows, and information flows in order to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness of operations in general. Lecture, class discussion, problem-solving with aid of appropriate software applications, case studies, and literature reviews will be stressed.
Course Goals:
The primary goal of MBAD 6093 Operations Management for Executive Decision Making is to provide graduates of MBA and related graduate programs at Robert Morris University with a thorough and carefully planned learning experience in the operations function in making accurate managerial decisions within environmental and information constraints that comply with AACSB standards for graduate education.
Course Rationale:
As the new millennium has passed and after the September 11, 2001 is now history, the need for organizations to improve all levels of their operations has never been more important. The effective use of their production resources, the focus in continuous quality improvement, and decision-making could be vital for the success of any organization. The operations function is at the core of a business, because here lays responsibility for most of the labor, materials, equipment, information, energy, and capital used to produce goods and services.
Knowledge of operations management prepares managers to face the competitive challenge of effectively managing organizational resources. Operations management merges topics from accounting, marketing, industrial engineering, human factors, management science, and statistics into a blend of analytical tools and strategic issues.
The main objective of this course is to enable students to become better managers, particularly if they find themselves working in operations management. A sizable part of the U.S. and international work force is employed in operations related jobs. These jobs are important and challenging, and they can lead to rewarding and successful careers.
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