THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate
Document Number 7010S
Date
of Senate Approval 04/08/10
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
APC Document 61: Addition
of new courses: MGMT 362, 364, 465, 482
1. Add: On pages 198 and 199, in the appropriate places:
362 Advances in Quality Control (3)
Proactive rather than reactive principles of quality control. The course includes history of current quality control organizational
practices, examines attribute and variable control charts, six sigma, six sigma
lean, and short run control charts, explores experimental design using Taguchi
Methods, and reflects on future methods and techniques. Prerequisite: STAT 185
or 225 or PSYC 202. Even years Fall.
364 Inventory and Supply Chain Management (3)
Concepts in
planning, controlling and managing the operations function of manufacturing and
service organizations. The course includes advanced inventory theory,
forecasting, purchasing, materials management, logistics, purchasing systems,
supplier-based strategies, price-cost management, value
analysis. Prerequisites: ACCT 216 or 317, ECON 306, MGMT 380, and STAT 185 or
225 or PSYC 202. Odd years Spring.
465 Operations Research (3)
Introduction and
application of operations research techniques and optimization theory as they
are applied to problem solving. Methods covered include transportation and
assignment models, the revised simplex method, queuing theory, network flow
analysis, multiple criteria decision making (MCDM), advanced inventory models,
and Lagrange multipliers. Prerequisite: STAT 225, MGMT 380. Spring.
482 Operations Senior Design Project (3)
A semester long designing project with a participating host organization
in the Western North Carolina area. The course
consists of a specific project involving the designing of a management system.
The course is normally scheduled during a student’s senior year. Specific
information is available from the coordinator of the operations concentration.
An IP grade may be awarded at the discretion of the instructor. Prerequisite:
MGMT 465. Fall and Spring.
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. These four
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, thereby eliminating the need for additional resources. Appropriate
substitutions in students’ requirements will be made during the
phase-in/phase-out period.
Rationale:
While the Industrial and Engineering Management
major has been highly successful in terms of the satisfaction of its majors and
the contributions they have made to the business community, it was deemed to
have low productivity and is being removed from departmental offerings. In its
place, we have developed a new concentration, Operations Management, that we
believe is appropriate for the University. This concentration should be
attractive to students who are interested in pursuing a Management major with a
focus in the more technical aspects of management and management research.
There is currently a demand for management leaders who have knowledge of
operations management theory and practice. Graduates with a background in
operations management should be able to add immediate value for their
employers. These four courses will support this new concentration.