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Course Title
Course Number
Semester Offered
Operations Management
IMBF-510
FALL 2016 (4 week module)
Instructor
Phone Number
E-mail
Office Location
Office Hours
Jaideep T. Naidu
(215) 951-2816
naiduj@philau.edu
Gibbs Hall Room 106
Mutually agreed upon time for a telephone conversation or a
personal meeting if needed. Otherwise, I respond to e-mails
quickly, usually within 24 36 hours.
Credits
Course Type
Prerequisites
1.5
Online: http://philau.learninghouse.com/
Graduate or Pre-MBA status, or permission of the program
director.
MBF508 or equivalent undergraduate course.
Course
Description
Additional
Descriptors
Relation to
Curriculum
Course Outcomes
Overview of
expectations for
the course,
including major
assignments or
projects
Assignments
See additional
information about
assignments below.
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Book Report
Goal
Total Weight
Grade Distribution
Required
Reading(s)
on
The
Weigh
t
Evaluates which
Course Outcomes?
20%
35%
15%
30%
1, 3, 6
2, 5
4
All
100%
x 90 A ; 87 x 89 A- ; 83 x 86 B+ ; 80 x 82 B ;
77 x 79 B- ; 72 x 76 C+ ; 67 x 71 C ; 60 x
66 C- ; x 59 F
where x is the score you obtain at the end of the final
exam. In the case of a decimal score like 89.5 for instance,
your score will be rounded up to your advantage.
1. Operations Management: Creating Value along
the Supply Chain
by Roberta Russell
ISBN: 9781119285786
The above is an eBook and a custom edition. The link
for this eBook is
provided on the course webpage as well as given
below:
https://www.vitalsource.com/student-etextbooks
Enter: 9781119285786 into the search box.
2. The Goal - a process of ongoing improvement (3rd
revised ed. or a later edition) by Eliyahu Goldratt
(Publishers: North River Press)
ISBN #: 9780884271789 or later edition
Integrity Policy
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a policy about ethical behavior at
Philadelphia University regarding ones intentions, decisions,
and actions while conducting academic work. It includes
values such as avoidance of the following: cheating;
plagiarism; copying; the fabrication of information; and
facilitating, or denying others access to information. It
expects honesty and rigor in research, course work, writing
and publishing. Academic Integrity is taken seriously in this
Information on
Digital
Resources
Academic
Support Services
The Operations
Function.
Productivity and
Competitiveness.
Strategy and
Operations.
Positioning the Firm.
Competing on Cost,
Speed, Quality, and
Flexibility
Competing on Speed.
Competing on Quality.
Balanced Scorecard.
Chapter 2
Week 1 introduces you to the
basics of Operations and
Supply Chain concepts in
addition to understanding
Quality issues in
manufacturing and the service
sectors.
Quality Management
What is Quality?
Dimensions of Quality
for Manufactured
Products.
Dimensions of Quality
for Services.
Quality Tools.
Quality Management.
The Cost of Quality.
Scheduling
Chapter 17
Objectives in
Scheduling.
Loading.
Sequencing.
Gantt Charts.
Theory of Constraints.
Employee Scheduling.
Decision Analysis
Linear Programming
Extended Discussion:
The Goal: a process of
ongoing improvement
Supplement to
Chapter 1
Supplement to
Chapter 14
Supplemental Book
Assignment 2
More about
Assignments
20 points.
30 points.