Full-time MBA Program
Operations and Information Technology Management
240. Introduction to Management Science. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 200 and 204 or equivalents. Formerly Business Administration 240. Introductory course to discuss applications of management science models to business management and public policy problems. Topics include linear programming, transportation method, network optimization, project and inventory management, queuing theory and simulation.
242. Strategic Planning of Production and Operations. (2) Two hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 240 or consent of instructor. Formerly Business Administration 241. Strategic issues involved in planning the production and logistics of a firm and models of those functions that are useful for the firm's strategic planning. Topics include models of a firm's capacity expansion, facility location, and technology selection decisions; learning curve strategies; and industry cost models.
243. Decisions, Games, and Strategies. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 200, 204 or equivalent. Formerly Business Administration 243. The course considers two techniques for guiding a managerial decision maker who has to make a choice now but will only know later whether the choice was good. Decision analysis helps if the outcome of the choice depends on "nature"; game models help if the outcome depends on human opponents (e.g., competitors). Foundations of the two techniques, and a variety of applications, are studied.
244A. MIS: Data Management. (4) Three hours of lecture and one and one-half hours of discussion per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 204. Formerly Business Administration 248A. This course covers several important topics in business data processing including file and data base systems. The problem of data management in large organizations is analyzed, and the logical data modeling process and its strategic importance are studied. Other topics include future developments in computer technology and acquiring and managing computer resources. A team project consists of the design and implementation of a data base using a relational database management system package.
244B. MIS: Systems Analysis and Design. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 204. Formerly Business Administration 248B. The goal of this course is to provide future general managers and information systems specialists with expertise in aspects of utilizing information in decision making. Topics covered include the role of information systems in organizations, systems analysis, trade-offs and economic consideration in systems development, hardware selection and review of technological advancements relevant to modern organizations.
244C. MIS: Managerial and Organizational Issues. (2) Two hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 204. Formerly Business Administration 248C. This course covers the management and organizational issues associated with the implementation and growth in organizations of computer-based administrative information systems. A management perspective is maintained throughout and technical issues introduced are subordinate to this management perspective.
244D. Telecommunications. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Business Administration 204. Formerly Business Administration 248D. This course is intended for students who wish to gain better understanding of one of the most important issues facing management today--designing, implementing, and managing telecommunication and distributed computer systems. The following topics are covered: a survey of networking technologies; the selection, design and management of telecommunication systems; strategies for distributed data processing; office automation; and management of personal computers in organizations.
247A. Topics in Manufacturing and Operations. (.5-3) Course may be repeated for credit. One-half to three hours of lecture per week. Advanced study in the field of manufacturing and operations. Topics will vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
247B. Topics in Information Technology. (.5-3) Course may be repeated for credit. One-half to three hours of lecture per week. Advanced study in the field of information technology. Topics will vary from year to year and will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
299T. Strategic Planning: Perspectives and Decisions. (3) Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: All core courses. Formerly Business Administration 299F. Concepts of strategy and planning are developed. Several major types of planning models and techniques are evaluated for strategic policy choices, organizational design, and the allocation of resources.
