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Course Online Syllabus

Summer 2011

Department MGMTCourse Number6367 Section Number19135
Name of Course Intl Operations Management
Name of Instructor Yang,Jie

This information may not constitute all course policies; students are responsible for all course requirements established by their instructors during the semester and all institutional policies as established in the UHV student handbook.


Learning Objectives

As a result of this course, students will

  1. Understand the key strategic and operational aspects of international operations management to help in the design, planning, and execution of a firm’s international operations.
  2. Comprehend how effective global operations can lower costs and improve responsiveness to customer requirements to provide a firm with competitive advantages.
  3. Apply theory and case examples on global supply chain management to help in the coordination of globally dispersed supply-chain activities.
  4. Apply theory and case examples on decision-making frameworks for global outsourcing and location of production facilities to help in the development of effective international operations strategies.

Major Assignments/Exams

Class Participation 30%
Team Case 1 15%
Team case 2 15%
Final Exam 40%

Required Reading

Dornier, Ernst, Fender, and Kouvelis, Global Operations and Logistics: Text and Cases,1998 ed., ISBN 0471120367.

There are no additional course materials.


Recommended Reading

No additional readings have been recommended for this course.


List of Discussion/Lecture Topics


Course topics have not been submitted.