| Course ID: | MGMT 7160. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Lean Six Sigma |
Course
Description: | Students will learn the principles and methodology of Lean Six
Sigma and apply them to a business project to earn the Green
Belt designation. |
| Oasis Title: | Lean Six Sigma |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be used as a Directed Study. The first three
days of the class will be lecture and the remainder of class
time students will be applying what they have learned to real-
world projects in local companies and by doing so achieve
certification. |
| Prerequisite: | MGMT 7120 and MSIT 7100 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The objective of the course is to train students in the topic
of lean six sigma. Students will apply learning to real-world
projects in local companies, and by doing so achieve
certification in lean six sigma at the Green Belt level. |
| Topical Outline: | •A three-day intense deep dive into lean six sigma is held in
the first week of the school semester, and following classes
are scheduled based on the instructor’s determination
•Work with fellow students to form a team (usually 4-5 students)
•Compete for the project that my team most wants to work on
•Contact the company liaison for project to schedule a meeting
with client
•Work on project with the client throughout the semester
•Meet regularly with the professor (Fridays)
•Friday classes will cover key LSS topics and status reports on
projects
•Strategies to manage all the normal issues that any executive
would have in corporate America, such as scope creep, slow
decisions, road blocks
•Project storyboards |