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M&IS 34060 Fall 2006 Ziegler

Updated  8/29/2006
Kent State University
 
Operations Management
M&IS 34060

Fall 2006 

Tuesday 7:20 – 10:00
Campus
Section
Call Number
Main Campus
003
14168
East Liverpool
300
21772
Salem
500
22607
Stark
850
21773
LCCC
900
14169
 
 
Instructor:
Ed Ziegler
Home Phone:
(330) 666-1387
E-mail:
fziegler@kent.edu
Office Fax:
(330) 672-2953
Web:
http://131.123.8.32/orion/ou/
 
 
Course Objectives: 
·         To develop an understanding of the strategic importance of operations and how operations management can provide a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
·         To understand the relationship between operations management and other business functions, such as Marketing, Finance, Accounting, and Human Resources.
·         To develop knowledge of: the issues and methodologies related to designing and managing operations.
 
Required Text:  Operations Management, 9th edition, by William J. Stevenson, Kent State University Custom Edition.  McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing, 2007. 
 
Prerequisites: M&IS 24056. You risk deregistration if you have not completed the course prerequisitesA basic working knowledge of Microsoft Excel is expected.
 
The Following Policies Apply to All Students in this Course.
A.    Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.
B.     Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section.  Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until September 8,2006 to correct it with your advising office.  If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.
C.    Academic Honesty:  Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit.  The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense.  It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course.  Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.
D.    For Fall 2006 the course withdrawal deadline is Saturday, November 3, 2006.  Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.
E.     Students with disabilities: University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access equal access course content.  If you have documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments.  Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through the Student Disability Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sds for more information on registration procedures).
 
 
When required, individual communications and/or discussion between the student and instructor are encouraged.  I will make every effort to be available both before and after class. If necessary, I encourage you to call me. E-mail is another method of communication, and I encourage you to use it.  To make sure that I will promptly answer any email, you must use "M&IS 34060" as the first part of any subject heading. Generally accepted business English must be used in all email communications.
 

           
Performance Evaluation: the points earned determine the final letter grade
Starting Fall 2005, KSU implemented a Plus/Minus Grading System.  If you have questions about this change, please see Plus/Minus Grading System – FAQ at http://business.kent.edu/news/plusminus.asp
This class will use the plus/minus grading system with letter grades assigned as shown below. 
 
Total Points Earned

Final Grade

92-100
A
90-91
A-
88-89
B+
 82-87
B
80-81
B-
78-79
C+
72-77
C
70-71
C-
68-69
D+
60-67
D
0-59
F
 
Points are earned from the following components.
 
  
Component
Possible
 Points
Class Quizzes
25
Exam 1
25
Exam 2
25
Exam 3
25
TOTAL
100
 
 
  1. Exams will contain True/False, Multiple Choice and short answer questions.  They will be taken in class, using the Orion web site.  For each exam you are permitted to have one 8 ½ x 11 page of notes (hand written - both sides).
  2. There will be five to eight unannounced class quizzes, each worth 2 to 5 points.  The quizzes will consist of T/F and/or MC questions.  They will be taken in class using the Orion web site.  They are open book, open notes.
  3. There are NO make-ups for either exams or quizzes unless the instructor has agreed to such BEFORE the event.
 
 
 
 
 
 

M&IS 34060             Operations Management             Fall 2006

Tentative Class Schedule
 
Week
Date
Class Topics
Text
Exam
1
8/29
Introduction
Competitiveness &Productivity
C1, C2
 
2
9/05
Forecasting
C3
 
3
9/12
Forecasting - continued
C3
 
4
9/19
Forecasting - continued
C3
 
5
9/26
Management of Quality
C9
Exam 1
6
10/03
Waiting Line (Queueing) Models
C18
 
7
10/10
Queueing - continued
C18
 
8
10/17
Queueing - continued
C18
 
9
10/24
Queueing - continued
C18
 
10
10/31
Project Management
C17
Exam 2
11
11/07
Project Management - continued
C17
 
12
11/14
Inventory Management
C12
 
13
11/21
Inventory Management -continued
C12
 
14
11/28
Inventory Management -continued
C12
 
15
12/05
Inventory Management - continued
C12
 
16
12/12
 
 
Exam 3
 
 
 
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