BUSA 5610 Project & Operations Management

Project and Operations Management involves planning, monitoring, controlling, and improving daily functions within a corporation, whether service or manufacturing. Students will explore current supply chain theories and a variety of tools and strategies for quality, production, and logistics, to provide a platform for critical thinking and analysis that will ensure operational resiliency. The course will cover project management techniques for continuous improvement, reducing cycle time, and mitigating risks or failure modes to complete production as the basis for competitive advantage.

Registration Name

Project & Operations Mgmnt

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Offered

Online - Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Actualize the relationship of a company’s mission or vision statement to operations management and project implementation.
• Perform and analysis of the critical components of efficient and effective transportation through interdependent materials and services supply chains, both inbound and outbound, to achieve organizational objectives.
• Implement critical thinking, ethical considerations in management, strategic planning, and oral and written communications.
• Perform risk analysis to determine potential root causes of disrupted operations.
• Demonstrate competencies in the tools commonly employed in operations and quality management practice to control business processes and outcomes.
• Demonstrate a familiarity with major management themes including globalization, quality, continuous improvement, cost control, and working within an organizational culture.