Term: Winter 09
COURSE #: 430

SECTION: 61

COURSE NAME: OPERATIONS MGT

INSTRUCTOR: Van Mieghem

CASEPACK (YES or NO?) : yes

Welcome to the first class of the ops core! 
Required materials available at the bookstore:

• Coursepack Part I: cases and readings (joint pack for all OPNS 430 sections).
• Coursepack Part II: overhead slides.(section-specific pack)
• The Goal by Goldratt and Cox. Publisher: North River Press, 2nd edition, 1992 (any edition will do)
• Managing Business Process Flows (MBPF) by Anupindi, Chopra, Deshmukh, Van Mieghem and Zemel. Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 2005.

First class assignment:
Read:

• Textbook MBPF: Chapter 1.
• Start reading The Goal (there will be an assignment in the 2nd half of the class).

Be prepared to discuss the following questions:

• In a business context, what is meant by operations? 
• What are the competitive priorities faced by a typical business (service or manufacturing)? 
• What role does operations play in achieving these?

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?  Yes

1.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:
Required

AUTHOR:
Anupindi, Chopra, Deshmukh, Van Mieghem and Zemel

PUBLISHER:
Prentice Hall

TITLE:
Managing Business Process Flows

ED./DATE:
2nd edition, 2006

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:
Required

AUTHOR:
Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

PUBLISHER:
North River Press

TITLE:
The Goal

ED./DATE:
2nd, 1992

TERM:
 
Winter  2009

COURSE #:

450

SECTIONS:

61 & 71

COURSE NAME:

Spreadsheets Modeling and Analysis for Managerial Decisions

INSTRUCTOR:  Professor Savaskan

CASEPACK – YES or NO?

Supplementary readings, hard copies of spreadsheet models built in class, homework problems and case assignments.

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Read:

“Essential Excel” , “Principles of Spreadsheet Modeling”, Chapters 1 and 2

Install/Download ( from the Course Website):

Formulalist.xla
Breakeven Analysis.xla
Monopoly Pricing

IS FIRST CLASS ATTENDANCE MANDATORY – YES OR NO?:

TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?

AUTHOR: W. Winston and C. Albright

PUBLISHER: Duxbury

TITLE:  Practical Management Science: Spreadsheet modeling and applications

ED./ DATE: Third edition, 2004.

TERM:
W 09

COURSE #: 454

SECTIONs:
81

COURSE NAME:
Operations Strategy

INSTRUCTOR: Jan A. Van Mieghem

CASEPACK: YES

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:

Hand-in: a copy of your resume.  (This will help me getting to know you and learn about your experiences.)
Read:                             ·  Chapter 1 of Operations Strategy: Principles and Practice

Prepare:                         · Mini-Case 1: The Swiss Watch Industry, (at end of Ch 1 of the textbook)

You will have an opportunity to form groups during the first class and here are some guidelines. Groups should have five students, each of them bringing different strengths to the table.  To increase the learning from the skills and knowledge that each person brings to the group, groups must be balanced.  For example, groups must balance functional backgrounds and geographical origins to benefit from cross-learning and multi-disciplinary experiences.  (Part-time students may also have company access for the course project; more on that in class)

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?  Yes (so we all agree on course expectations and prepared for the case in class 2 + keep their slot if there’s a waiting list)

1.  TEXT  --  REQUIRED: Meaning that the readings and many cases are in the book.

AUTHOR: J. A. Van Mieghem

PUBLISHER: Dynamic Ideas
www.dynamic-ideas.com

TITLE: Operations Strategy: Principles and Practice

ED./DATE: 2008

2.  TEXT  --   REQUIRED  or  RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

TERM: Winter 09

COURSE #: 918-0

SECTION: 81

COURSE NAME: Disruptive Technologies & Business Models

INSTRUCTOR: Eric Lefkosky

CASEPACK - YES or NO?: NO

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
Read Chapters 1 and 2

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?: NO

1.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?: Required

AUTHOR: Richard Dork

PUBLISHER: McGraw Hill

TITLE: Technology Ventures ISBN No. 978-0-07-352-422-6

ED./DATE:
Second, 2008

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:  

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

TERM:
Winter 2009

COURSE #:
OPNS 919-A

SECTION:
81

COURSE NAME:
Operational Risk

INSTRUCTOR:
Russell Walker

CASEPACK - YES or NO?:
Yes

FIRST ASSIGNMENT:
No first assignment.

IS ATTENDANCE AT FIRST CLASS MANDATORY – YES OR NO?:
No.

1. TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

No.

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE:

2.  TEXT - REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED?:

AUTHOR:

PUBLISHER:

TITLE:

ED./DATE: