Syllabus

Instructor: N. Floyd
Phone: (252) 985-5272
e-Mail: nfloyd@ncwc.edu
Office Hours: MWF  9:10 - 10:10 am, T Th: 9:30 - 10:30 am  

Class Meets: online 

Review Sessions: Thursday  8:00-9:00 am  BA 237

Tests will be monitored and held in ba 237 as indicated in the schedule   
Credits: 3
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Course Description: An introduction to design, operation, and control of systems by which material, labor, and capital are combined to produce goods and services; application of analytical decision making techniques such as linear programming, forecasting, and decision theory.  Topics include capacity planning, management, facility design, production planning, and project management.

Prerequisites:  ACC 201, 202, CIS 195, ECO 212; MAT 213  

Course Objectives:  

• To introduce decision science tools from an applications perspective as they apply to business management and operations management problems.
• To sharpen participants' analytical modeling, problem solving, and data interpretation skills.
• To gain exposure to spreadsheet software through application to operations management and decision science problems.
• To survey the fundamental problems, principles, concepts, and methods of production and operations management.

TEXT (s):

Stevenson, William J. Production Operations Management. 7^th ed.. New York: Irwin: McGraw-Hill (2001) 

CD - ROM: Your text comes with a CD-ROM.  This disk contains study outlines, self-quizzes, tutorials, web links to companies and other useful information.   This is an excellent study tool and should be used.

This is an introductory course in operations management.  It describes the principles and concepts of operations management.  In addition, a number of supplements are included explaining various quantitative methods used in operations management including; decision theory, linear programming, acceptance sampling and queuing theory.   The course is intended to be interactive in nature, encouraging students to prepare for class as a group and to actively contribute to the process of learning.

Attendance:  Attendance will be measured by participation, both as a member of the class as a whole and as members of subgroups  The requirements of this class will not be met simply  by completing assignments and passing tests.  You are expected and required to actively participate in group discussions.

In accordance with the guidelines listed on page 73 of the NCWC Catalogue, any student who is absent for  more than three hours for whatever reason, will be withdrawn from the course.  In this class, absence is defined as absence from adequate participation.

Online work:

As in any other class, you are expected to keep up with the assignments as indicated on the schedule. work submitted after the due date will not be accepted and a grade of zero will be given.  Anticipate your time requirements to be at least that of any other class.  Meeting on-line enables us to spend those hours we would have otherwise spent in class doing other individual work.    

There will be 3 exams (including a final) with a mix of short answer, problem solving, and multiple choice questions. These exams will cover the material you have read about in the text, or from articles and discussions reviewed and participated in online. Prior to each exam, we will hold a review of the material that may be on the exam. 

Assignments are normally listed on the schedule.  Occasionally, additional assignments will be added based upon what is happening in class.  All assignments are to be completed on schedule.  DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED LATE REGARDLESS OF THE REASON!   You are responsible for the safe arrival of your assignments.

In accordance with the college catalogue (page 77-78), cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated.  If upon investigation it is determined that cheating and/or plagiarism has occurred, the incident will be reported to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and appropriate penalties enforced.

 Grading: