Brock University Undergraduate Calendar

COURSES

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Operations Management Courses

OPER 2P51

General Operations Management

Operations management and its interactions with other functional areas. Topics include process analysis, forecasting, scheduling, materials management, quality assurance and capacity planning.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: not open to BAcc, BBA, BBE, BCB or combined Business majors.

Prerequisite: ACTG 1P91.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in OPER 2P91.

OPER 2P91

Operations Management

Improving efficiency and quality in organizations. Service and product design, process design, managing technology, capacity planning, facility location and design, resource planning, inventory management, scheduling, improving productivity, managing quality and various tools for decision-making.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BCB, BTEB and combined Business majors. In the Fall Term open to BAcc and BAcc Co-op majors and in the Winter Term open to BBA and BBA Co-op majors until date specified in Registration guide.

Prerequisites: ACTG 1P12 or 2P12; ITIS 1P97

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in OPER 2P51.

OPER 3P91

Advanced Operations Management

Skills and intuition development for approaching various operational challenges. Tools for more advanced analysis and software for improving efficiency and quality.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BBA students approved to the operations management and information systems concentration until the date specified in the Registration guide. After that date open to BAcc, BBA and BCB. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite: OPER 2P91.

Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in OPER 3P31.

OPER 3P92

Project Management

Concepts and techniques for managing projects. Role of the project manager, strategic issues, resource allocation, conflict management, planning, budgeting, scheduling and controlling projects.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BBA students approved to the operations management and information systems concentration until the date specified in the Registration guide. After that date open to BAcc, BBA and BCB. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite: OPER 2P91.

Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.

OPER 3P93

Quality Management Systems

Effectively managing quality, combining theory and practice to formulate models for quality improvement and control. Statistical tools, techniques for process re-engineering and improvement, and designing quality into products and services.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BBA students approved to the operations management and information systems concentration until the date specified in the Registration guide. After that date open to BAcc, BBA and BCB. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite: OPER 2P91.

Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.

OPER 4F90

Research Topic

Directed intensive study and research under the supervision of a faculty member in an area in which the student has shown particular competence.

Restriction: open to BBA, BBE and combined Business majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits and permission of the Chair and supervising faculty member.

Note: topic to be chosen in consultation with the supervising faculty member.

*OPER 4P26

Supply Chain Management

(also offered as ITIS 4P26)

Supply chain modelling and performance. Managing material, information and financial flows. Enabling roles of the Internet, technology and information. Design of supply chain networks, applications of ERP, e-commerce and e-procurement technologies and decision support systems in managing supply chains. Business process outsourcing and strategic partnerships.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BBA students approved to the operations management and information systems concentration until the date specified in the Registration guide. After that date open to BAcc, BBA and BCB. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

Prerequisites: ECON 2P91 and OPER 2P91; ACTG 3P97 or ITIS 2P91 (3P97).

Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.

OPER 4P31

Simulation of Business Systems

Science and art of business modelling, using computer software with animation. Models for operations, information systems, finance, marketing and other types of systems. Technical aspects of simulation blended with the practical realities of working with real data in real situations. Implementation of the entire simulation modelling process, including data collection, model development, analysis of outputs and how to improve on existing system configurations and/or decision rules.

Lectures, case discussion, lab, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BBA students approved to the operations management and information systems concentration until the date specified in the Registration guide. After that date open to BAcc, BBA and BCB. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

Prerequisite: OPER 2P91.

Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.

OPER 4P41

Management Science

Emphasis on modelling business issues. Topics include network optimization, integer, nonlinear and goal programming, queueing models and computer simulation.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BBA students approved to the operations management and information systems concentration until the date specified in the Registration guide. After that date open to BAcc, BBA and BCB. Students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits.

Prerequisites: ECON 2P91 and OPER 2P91.

Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section.

OPER 4P91

Research Topic

Directed study or research under the supervision of a faculty member in an area of demonstrated student competence.

Restriction: open to BBA, BBE, BCB and combined Business majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits and permission of the Chair and supervising faculty member

Note: topic to be chosen in consultation with the supervising faculty member.

OPER 4V90-4V99

Topics in Operations Management

Courses in specialized areas within the discipline.

Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BBE and combined Business majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.5 overall credits.