COURSE Code: PMPG 503
3 Credits
Course Description
This course is designed to provide a business context for project management. It is a broad based course encompassing the role of manufacturing in a market economy and the global marketplace and the nature of manufacturing as a process. Students will briefly examine manufacturing from a macroeconomic perspective and identify the requirements and advantages of participating in the global marketplace. Opportunity will be provided to examine in more detail how goods and services are produced from an operations management perspective and how project management is used to achieve business objectives. Topics include quality, process strategies, plant layout, human resources, supply-chain management and inventory management. Emphasis will be placed on illustrating the interaction of product design and success at all levels of manufacturing.
