Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form

Graduate Curriculum Committee

Course Proposal Form for

Courses Numbered 5000 and Higher

Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.

1. Course Prefix and Number: 2. Date:

3. Requested Action (check only one box):

New Course
x / Revision of Active Course
Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course
Renumbering of an Existing Course from
from / # / to / #

4. Justification (assessment or accreditation based) for new course or course revision or course renumbering:

This course is part of proposed MBA core. The proposed changes reflect moderate changes in the course curriculum occurring across the country. The emphasis in operations management is shifting toward inter-organizational issues related to global supply management. The Marketing & Supply Chain Management departmental curriculum committee proposed that this change be implemented and the department’s business advisory board supports it.

5. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:

6213. Operations and Supply Chain Management (3) Formerly DSCI 6213 P: OMGT 6123, MIS 6143. The design, operations and improvement of systems that produce a firm’s products and services; management of supply chains; application of conceptual and quantitative techniques.

6. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:

Moderate changes to the course title and description.

7. Graduate Catalog Page Number from current Graduate catalog:

155


Course Credit:

Lecture Hours / 3 / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / 3 / s.h.
Lab / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Studio / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Practicum / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Internship / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain.
Total Credit Hours / 3 / s.h.
200-300

9. Anticipated annual student enrollment:

10. Affected Degrees or Academic Programs: N/A

Degree(s)/Course(s) / Current
Catalog Page / Changes in Degree Hours

11. Overlapping or Duplication with Affected Units or Programs:

x / Not Applicable
Notification & response from affected units is attached

12. Approval by the Council for Teacher Education (required for courses affecting teacher education programs):

x / Not Applicable
Applicable and CTE has given their approval.

13.  Statements of Support:

a. Staff

x / Current staff is adequate
Additional Staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):


b. Facilities

x / Current facilities are adequate
Additional Facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):

c. Library

x / Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):

d. Computer resources

x / Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
x / ITCS Resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students
Approval from the Director of ITCS attached

14.  Course information: see Instructions for Completing the Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form for more detail

a.  TEXTBOOK(S): author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and city/state/country

Jacobs and Chase: Operations and Supply Management The Core, McGraw Hill Irwin, 2006.

b.  Course objectives student –centered behavioral objectives for the course –

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

-  critically analyze how the design, operations, and improvement of a firm’s supply chain system delivers product and services.

-  solve conceptual and quantitative problems and then interpret the results in managerial terms, including both present and future implications of the solution, as well as international and strategic dimensions of the problems where appropriate.

-  describe and apply technologies that aid management and decision-making, including computer generated solutions.

c.  A course content outline

Unit / TOPIC / READING
Unit 1 / Introduction -Customer Satisfaction / Chapter 1
“Shortage of Short Greeks”
Unit 2 / Strategy and Competitive Advantage
Learning Curves / Chapter 2
TN 4 , “Competing on Capabilities”
Unit 3 / Process Analysis / Chapter 5
Unit 4 / Product Design / Chapter 4, HMWK p44, #3, p147 #5
“Process fundamentals”, “Process performing well”
Unit 5 / Manufacturing Process Selection & Design
Service Process Selection & Design / Chapter 6, HMWK p177 Case-Casino
Chapter 7
Unit 6 / Waiting Line Management / TN 7, “ABC of CPM”, HMWK p122, #3, 4
Unit 7 / Project Management / Chapter 3, Case 1 Due, HMWK p313, #1, 5
Unit 8 / Total Quality Management / Chapter 8, “What is Quality?”, Position Paper 1 Due
“8 Dimensions Quality”, HMWK p99, #5
“Product Defects & Productivity”
Unit 9 /
Managing Variation, SQC
/ TN 8, “What would Deming Say?”
HMWK p340 Case: Kolb
Unit 10 / Managing Variation, SQC
In Class Test / TN 8, Deming’s Beads, “Process control charts”
HMWK p367, #6 p368, #8
Unit 11
/ Lean Production /
Chapter 12, Case 2 Due, “DNA of Toyota Production”
“Beyond Toyota”, Position Paper 2 Due
Unit 12 / Supply Chain Strategy
Supply Chain Case Briefing / “Strategy and internet”
Chapter 10
Unit 13 / Forecasting / Chapter 13, “Rocket Science Retailing”
Unit 14 / Inventory Control / Chapter 15, HMWK p549, #1, p550 #2
Unit 15 / Inventory Control
Distribution Game Case
Inventory Control / Chapter 15
HMWK p620 # 5, 6
Unit 16 / Material Requirements Planning
Simulation and Review / Chapter 16, Paper 3 Due, TN 17
Supply Chain Case Due, HMWK p656, #6
Final Exam

Position Papers and Cases: The purpose of the position papers and cases is for the student to explore in more depth important topics covered in this course. Possible subjects include customer satisfaction, new product development, fostering creativity and innovation, total quality management, etc. Specific requirements will be assigned during the semester.

d.  A list of course assignments and weighting of each assignment and the grading/evaluation system for determining a grade.

In Class Test / 20% / Face-to-face in a proctored setting
Final Exam / 23% / Face-to-face in a proctored setting
Comprehensive Analytic Assessment(1) / 2% / Face-to-face in a proctored setting
Position Papers / 20% / Individualized online
Cases / 20% / Individualized by team & term
On-Line Discussion Assignments / 15% / Threaded discussion at Bb
Total / 100%
A / 90 - 100
B / 80 - 89.9
C / 70 - 79.9
F / 0 - 69.9

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