THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

FACULTY SENATE

Senate Document Number 7110S

Date of Senate Approval 04/08/10

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document 62: Addition of an Operations Management Concentration in Management

Effective Date: Fall 2010

1. Delete: On page 193, under General Requirements for Management, items II and III:

II. Required core courses outside the major—13 hours: ECON 101, 102, 306; STAT 185.

III. Other departmental requirements—30 hours: ACCT 216; ACCT 340 or MGMT 386; MGMT 352, 398, 491; and 15 hours of coordinated work from one of the Management Concentrations listed below. Any substitutions for specific courses must be approved in writing by the department chair. Students must have a grade of C or better in ACCT215, 216, MGMT 480 and 491 to graduate.

Add: On page 193, in place of deleted entry:

II. Required core courses outside the major 13 hours; ECON 101, 102, 306; STAT 185 or 225. Note: STAT 225 is required for the Operations Management Concentration.

III. Other departmental requirements – 30-34 hours: ACCT 216; ACCT 340 or MGMT 386; MGMT 398, 491; one course from MGMT 482, 489 or 499; and 15-19 hours of coordinated work from one of the Management Concentrations listed below. Any substitution for specific courses must be approved in writing by the department chair. Students must have a grade of C or better in ACCT 215, 216, MGMT 480 and 491 to graduate.

2. Delete: On page 193, the entry under Management Concentrations:

Business Management and Administration

MGMT 323; two courses from MGMT 316, 325, 360, 381,388, 401, 481; MGMT 460 or 464; MGMT 489 or 499.

Marketing

MGMT 357, 401, 453, 458; MGMT 489 or 499.

Add: On page 193, in place of deleted entry:

Business Management and Administration

15 hours: MGMT 323, 352, two courses from MGMT 316, 325, 360, 362, 388, 401, 481; and MGMT 460 or 464.

Marketing

15 hours: MGMT 352, 357, 401, 453, 458.

Operations Management

19 hours: MATH 191; MGMT 362, 364, 460, 464, 465.

Impact Statement:

No additional resources will be required. The Industrial and Engineering Management major is being eliminated and a Management concentration in Operations Management is being proposed. Four new courses will be required for that concentration and will be phased into the departmental offerings. Four departmental courses required for the Industrial and Engineering Management major will be phased out. Courses being phased in and equivalent courses being phased out will not be offered in the same semester; appropriate substitutions in students’ requirements will be made during the phase-in/phase-out period.

Rationale:

In the drive to make the universities in the System more “lean”, programs that were deemed to have low productivity underwent a more rigid review than the regular reviews they have experienced. The Industrial and Engineering Management major has been highly successful in the satisfaction of its majors with their education, in the satisfaction of the business community that has hired its majors, in the level of opportunity afforded its graduates, and in its graduates’ appreciation of the University. However, the numbers that are needed to make it safe from biennial review have not been there. In the current review, a decision was made, with the approval of the Provost, to remove the Industrial and Engineering Management major and offer a new concentration (Operations Management) for those students interested in this area of management.

MGMT 352 (Applied Research) is being removed from the Management core and added to the Business Management and Administration concentration and the Marketing concentration. Research is being incorporated into the Operations Management concentration in the upper-level classes and under the personal guidance of the instructor. Thus, students in all three concentrations will have exposure to research.

Since all Management majors must complete either MGMT 482, 489, or 499, moving this requirement from each concentration to the core seemed appropriate.