Course Objectives:

To provide exposure to current Operations Management research topics and 
literature, including topics relating to: quality, scheduling, inventory 
policies, aggregate planning, capacity planning, resource flexibility, 
service operations, and technology.  

To familiarize the student with different research methodologies including: 
dynamic programming, linear programming, simulation, and statistical analysis.   
 
To complete a preliminary research exercise and presentation.

Overview of current Operations Management Literature

Each class session provides in-depth coverage of  2-3 OM current research articles 
and the research methods utilized in those articles.

Topics will vary throughout the semester. 

Each OM seminar will require some form of research exercise. Examples of 
research exercises include a project, a literature review, or suggestion of 
extensions to a set of papers.

All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of 
honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers.  The
penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and ignorance is not an
acceptable defense.

Academic honesty means performing all academic work without plagiarizing,
cheating, lying, tampering, stealing, receiving assistance from any other
person or using any source of information that is not common knowledge.