Course Offerings

This course is designed to introduce students to the strategic importance of various operations decisions (process and plant layout, capacity planning, job design, forecasting, quality control, inventory and supply chain management). We take both a theoretical and practical approach, beginning with a brief review of the fundamental purpose of management. We explore the strategic role of operations, study some of the problems and challenges that managers face and examine the theories and strategic tools available to tackle these issues. We take this a little further by analyzing how managerial philosophy, attitudes toward work, technology and culture can affect successful implementation of an operations strategy.

Students will examine the legal process and the legal environment within which business must operate, as well as the interrelationship of government and business. Students develop an understanding of the methods by which legal decisions are formulated as they affect both individual rights and business transactions.

The Management Project Practicum offers students majoring or minoring in the programs offered by the Economics & Management department an opportunity to synthesize and apply the skills, knowledge and techniques learned in previous management courses. Students enrolled in the practicum will work with a team on an actual client project and receive valuable feedback from the group, the course faculty, and the client. The course requires in-class work as well as significant work outside of class each week. Depending on the project, the project work may need to be completed in groups or independently outside of the traditional classroom context. The specifics regarding course meetings and scope of work will be developed starting the first day of the course.

Any students interested in taking this course, but who do not meet the prerequisite requirements, should email the professor to express their interest.

This course introduces students to the international business environment domains. It covers multinational corporation strategic imperatives and organizational challenges. It also addresses the following questions: What differentiates a global industry from a domestic one? What are the sources of competitive advantage in a global context? What organizational structural alternatives are available to multinationals?