Master Syllabus: EMBA 66731

TROYUNIVERSITY
MASTERSYLLABUS
SORRELLCOLLEGE OF BUSINESS

EMBA 6673
Operations Management

Prerequisites

EMBA 5501.

Description

An analysis of the conditions under which production and management of goods and services take place in business organizations with attention to the delineation of roles played by management and labor in carrying out production and application of selected quantitative techniques used in production.

Objectives

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  1. Describe the concept of value and the role it plays in each step of the total process diagram.
  2. Apply forecasting models, inventory models, statistical process control, and sampling plans to business scenarios.
  3. Discuss the relationship of the production organization to marketing, finance, accounting, and engineering.
  4. Discuss the relationship of quality to manufacturing technology, product design, inspection plans, and business strategy.
  5. Determine optimal ways to design, supply, and run processes to convertinputs to outputs.
  6. Discuss how relationships in the supply chain affect quality, responsiveness, and risk.
  7. Differentiate between economy of scope and economy of scale.
  8. Compute economic order quantities.
  9. Apply operations management strategies to business objectives in an apt scenario.

Purpose

To combine management theory with the quantitative methods that support the optimization of those processes that create value and operate under constrained resources.EMBA General Management concentration requirement.

Approved Texts

Meredith, J. R., & Shafer, S. M. (2005or current). Operations management for MBAs(3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Supplements

Cavanaugh, R. R., Neuman, R. P., Pande, P. S. (2005or current). What is design for six sigma?(1st ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.

Evans, J. R., & Lindsay, W. M. (2005or current). An introduction to six sigma and process improvement (1st ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western.

TroyStateUniversity Faculty Handbook(2001): Section 3.8.2.8 [extract]—22 essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):

a.Course title
b.Course number
c.Term
d.Instructor
e.Prerequisites
f.Office hours
g.Class days, times / h.Classroom location
i.Office location
j.Office telephone
k.Course description, objectives
l.Text(s)
m.Other materials / n.Grading methods, criterion weights, make-up policy, mid-term grade reports
o.Procedure, course requirements / p.General supports (computer works, writing center)
q.Daily assignments,holidays, add/dropopen dates, dead day, final exam / r.Additional services (Americans with Disabilities Act, other statements)
s.Absence policy
t.Incomplete-work policy / u.Cheating policy
v.Specialization requirements (certification, licensure, teacher competencies)