MBA – Curriculum

Comprehensive

The comprehensive is conducted for students who have satisfactorily completed all the courses of the program. The objective of the comprehensive is to test the student’s capability to comprehend the entire program. It consists of a written test of three hours and an oral examination which is conducted by a board consisting of academics and practitioners. The students must take comprehensive to fulfill the requirement of the program. The comprehensive is a pre-requisite to practicum.

Practicum

The College places great emphasis on the value of practical work experience in all professional degree programs. In the last semester of study, the College will place MBA students as interns with commercial or industrial houses, financial institutions or other organizations of national or international repute. It may also be possible to organize some internship in other countries of the world. The first group of MBAs had internship with the Provincial Government of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada on an assignment on Canadian Wood Product Market in South Asia.

Special features of the practicum program are as follows:

Students get themselves acclimatized with working environment and are required to produce a written report.
A staff member is posted to ensure supervision of the program
Oral defense is organized to evaluate and grade the report. Interviews are held to assess knowledge of the internee and to gather feedback from the organization.

Course information

21 Courses
63 Credit Hours
9 Credit Hours of Practicum
6 Semesters Over 2 Years

Academic Guidance & Counseling

The facilities of counseling and guidance are available to students under the leadership of qualified psychologists.
This service is provided under the Counseling and Guidance Centre of IUBAT.
Although this is primarily a counseling service, therapy to a limited extent is provided as and when needed.

MBA With IUBAT Degree

Graduates from degree programs of IUBAT can take advantage of accelerated MBA course curricula in view of their specialized degree from this university. Under this arrangement, a full time student can complete the coursework and practicum in 5 to 6 semesters. A student who registers in 12 credit hours in every semester is a full-time student. Students who elect to register in less than 12 credit hours will naturally take longer time to complete. The program allows participation of working individuals.

MBA Students

The MBA program provides a strong general background in management theory and practice that can be integrated with technical and professional skills. The program meets the needs of a diverse group of students from business, commerce, social science, agriculture, engineering, health, arts, humanities, science and other fields. The College welcomes the students of Bangladesh, South Asian countries and other countries of the world.

Program Fees

IUBAT assesses fees for students on credit hour basis. Fees and refundable library and laboratory deposits in details have been provided in the financial information section of this bulletin.This section also provides information on financing arrangement including merit-scholarships at the point of admission, in-course fee waiver scholarship, different scholarships, on-campus work opportunities, financial assistance in the form of grants, installment payment, deferred payment student loan etc. The standing IUBAT policy to cater to needs of all qualified students who aspire for higher professional education regardless of the income level of his/her family through appropriate educational financing arrangement under the concept Knowledge Based Area Development: A Step Towards Community Self-Reliance applies to MBA program.The Financial Information section also contains information on tuition fees for international students and special fees for students from SAARC countries and Least Developed Countries (LDC) of Asia and Africa.

Duration of Study

The minimum requirement for MBA degree is 63 credit hours plus such courses as may be prescribed on the basis of individual competency and requires 2 years to complete for a student who takes full load. There are three semesters in a calendar year and each semester is of 16 weeks duration. MBA classes are held on Friday and Saturday (6.oo pm – 9.25 pm).

Requirements for Graduation

The MBA degree will be conferred only to the student who has fully complied with the graduation requirements and has applied for it. The requirements are that the student has:

1. completed all the prescribed course requirements with a minimum of 60 credit hours
2. earned at least `C’ grades in each of the required and elective courses for specialization and English
3. earned at least passing grade (D) in each of the remaining courses
4. fulfilled the English language requirement through English Language Competency Test (ELCT)
5. earned a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.5
6. completed the practicum with at least a passing grade
7. earned at least a passing grade in the comprehensive
8. satisfactory behavior and discipline
9. library and financial clearance from the college and the university

Overall Design Of The MBA Program

The overall design of the MBA program consists of three preparatory courses, five foundation courses, twelve core courses, three concentration/elective courses and one practicum course. Titles of the courses are mentioned below and numbering of the courses is shown in the section entitled Course Offerings. Descriptions of courses have been provided in a later section.

Preparatory Courses

The preparatory courses are given to make the student proficient in the language and to acquire abilities to develop a well thought out career path. These courses are:

1. Advanced English Composition
2. Educational Planning
3. Career Planning and Development

Those students having difficulty in following the Advanced English Composition course, may be required to build up competence in English through undergoing 1 or 2 additional preparatory course(s) in English. Since communication ability in English is a graduation requirement, participants may be required to undergo additional course work in English to overcome any deficiency.

Foundation Courses

The diversity of academic background of students makes it imperative that each student possess a core of knowledge as a foundation on which to build a graduate management program in business administration. The MBA program is based on the assumption that all students pursuing the managerial core of the program have sufficiently similar knowledge to meet successfully the requirements for advanced study. The foundation courses are:

Business Communication
Financial Accounting
Applied calculus
Micro-Economics
Computer Fundamentals

Foundation course(s) are available for exemption on the basis of competency.

The Required Core

Every MBA candidate must complete a core of 12 (twelve) required courses (36 credits) designed to meet a major objective of the program-the development of professional managers educated in environment and functional areas of business administration. The level of learning is graduate-professional and is based upon knowledge of MBA subject matters.

The core courses are as follows:

Human and Organizational Behavior
Managerial Accounting
Database Management Systems
Business Condition Analysis
Managerial Finance
Business, Government and Society
Quantitative Business Analysis & Research
Management of Organizations
Human Resource Management
Marketing Management
Production-Operations Management
Strategic Management

Departmental Majors

Areas of Major Concentration

Experience has shown that job preparation and placement are best served when a business student specializes in a major area. This is true even though the student may later leave the chosen functional area of specialization to move in other directions. One or more of the following concentration areas will be offered depending upon availability of interested students and faculty. However, a student may decide not to choose an area of concentration. S/he may select any three courses from one or more areas to complete course requirements. The majors are organized into departments as follows:

Department of Marketing Management

The marketing major concentration concerns with the means by which business firms and nonprofit institutions facilitate exchange with consumers or client groups. Strategic and tactical issues in the areas of promotion, pricing, product policy, sales management, and physical distribution are emphasized. In addition, specialized course work is offered in such areas as consumer behavior, quantitative analysis, retailing, industrial marketing, international marketing, and marketing research.

The marketing concentration is particularly well suited for those interested in the areas of sales, advertising, marketing research, product management, retailing, and public relations.

Courses required are:

Marketing Research
Marketing Communication
Global Marketing

Department of Production-Operations Management

The major in Production-Operations Management aims at developing a student’s ability to successfully manage this critical function, to provide quality goods and services for customer satisfaction. Courses required for concentration are:

Production-Operations Strategy
Operations Research
Strategy, Technology and Management of Innovation

Department of Financial Management

The cornerstone of the finance major is the study of business financial management, an area that may be defined as planning the availability and controlling the allocation and expenditure of financial resources. Course work deals with corporate financial management, investments, the management of major financial institutions, financial theory, and the financial market system.

Concentrated study in finance at the post graduate level prepares students for careers in private industry or public administration. Since most students, however, seek careers in the private sector, many finance courses are directed toward students who will be employed in commercial banking, insurance, industrial finance, and the securities industry. Courses required for concentration are:

Capital Investment Decisions
Financial Management
Banking and Financial Institutions

Department of Human Resource Management

The Human Resources Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities, and key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations. Activities also include managing your approach to employee benefits and compensation, employee records and personnel policies.

Strategic Human Resource Management
Manpower Planning
Industrial Relations

Department of Management

The survival of human organizations depends upon managers, their knowledge of managerial skills, and the highest value is placed on men and women trained to manage both human and technological resources.

Courses on interpersonal behavior-individual, group and organizational-present the fundamental tools and techniques necessary to manage complex organizations. Additional managerial skill courses focus on specific functions such as personnel and industrial relations. Finally, courses are offered that examine the nature of the interrelationship between organizations and their environment. In a general sense, skills taught in the management concentration focus on organization’s allocation and use of human and material resources. More specifically, courses are designed to prepare graduates for business and organizational decision making.

Courses required for concentration are:

Organization Theory
Administrative Behavior
Management Information

Department of Management Information

Modern business includes high-speed computer, distributed data processing systems, modern word-processing systems, computer-aided design, and computer-aided manufacturing of products. Present day managers must be prepared to evaluate and determine the appropriate allocation of resources for such equipments. Furthermore, they must be able to make optimal use of the productive resources available to them.

The curriculum in management information attempts to prepare students for the modern business environment of the new millennium by exposing them to the most advanced concepts, methods, and approaches to systems analysis and problem solving.

Courses required are:

Systems Analysis and Design
Data Communication and Computer Network
Management Information and Control System

Course Offerings

The following courses are offered in the MBA program

Course Code	Course Name	Credit
ACC 101	Financial Accounting	3
ACC 504	Managerial Accounting	3
ART 102	Educational Planning	1
ART 202	Career Planning and Development-I	1
ART 203	Career Planning and Development-II	1
BUS 201	Business Communications	3
BUS 501	Business, Government and Society	3
BUS 502	Human and Organizational Behavior	3
BUS 590	Practicum	9
CSC 103	Fundamentals of Computers and Applications	3
CSC 104	Computer Applications Lab	1
ENG 203	Advanced English Composition	3
ECO 101	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECO 501	Business Condition Analysis	3
FIN 501	Managerial Finance	3
HRM 502	Human Resource Management	3
MGT 501	Management of Organizations	3
MGT 504	Strategic Management	3
MKT 501	Marketing Management	3
MAT 147	Applied Calculus	3
POP 501	Production-Operations Management	3
STA 505	Quantitative Business Analysis and Research	3

ENG 101 and ENG 102 are offered for those who needs additional preparatory courses in English. ENG 250 Public Speaking is offered to those who fail to meet English language proficiency requirement. MAT 107 is offered to those who cannot cope with the requirements of MAT 147.

Related Area Courses

A. Related Area Courses
Courser Code	Courser Name	Credits
ECO 501	Business Condition Analyses	3
MAT 147	Applied Calculi	3
STA 505	Quantitative Business Analysis & Research	3
B. Business Core Courses
Courser Code	Courser Name	Credits
HRM 502	Human Resource Management	3
BUS 502	Human & Organizational Behavior	3
MGT 501	Management of Organization	3
MKT 501	Marketing Management	3
POP 501	Production-Operations Management	3
FIN 501	Managerial Finance	3
ACC 504	Managerial Accounting	3
BUS 501	Business Government Society	3
MGT 504	Strategic Management	3
C. Major Elective Courses
Courser Code	Courser Name	Credits
CSC 433	Database Management	3
CIS 503	System Analysis &Design	3
CIS 505	Management Information System	3
FIN 502	Banking & Financial Institutions	3
FIN 503	Capital Investment Decisions	3
FIN 504	Financial Management	3
MKT 502	Marketing Research	3
MKT 503	Marketing Communication	3
MKT 505	Global Marketing	3
MGT 502	Organization Theory	3
MGT 503	Administrative Behavior	3
HRM 503	Strategic Human Resource Management	3
HRM 504	Manpower Planning	3
HRM 505	Industrial Relations	3

Departmental Major Courses

Students shall choose the following courses as per his/her major area of concentration in keeping with departmental requirements and in consultation with the Program Advisor:

Course Code	Course Name	Credit
CSC 433	Data Base Management Systems	3
CSC 465	Data Communication and Computer Network	3
CSC 466	Network Lab	1
CSC 502	Operations Research	3
CSC 503	Systems Analysis and Design	3
CIS 504	Management Information & Control System	3
CIS 505	Management Information System	3
FIN 502	Banking and Financial Institutions	3
FIN 503	Capital Investment Decisions	3
FIN 504	Financial Management	3
MKT 502	Marketing Research	3
MKT 503	Marketing Communication	3
MKT 505	Global Marketing	3
MGT 503	Administrative Behavior	3
MGT 502	Organization Theory	3
POP 503	Production-Operations Strategy	3
POP 601	Strategy, Technology and Management of Innovation	3
HRM 503	Strategic Human Resource Management	3
HRM 504	Manpower Planning	3
HRM 505	Industrial Relations	3

Suggested Course Sequence : Semester 1

Semester 1
Courser Code	Courser Name	Credits
ART 102	Educational Planning	1
ENG 203	Advanced English Composition	3
MAT 147	Applied Calculus	3
ACC 101	Financial Accounting	3
CSC 103	Fundamentals of Computers & Applications	3
CSC 104	Computers Applications Lab	1
Total		14

Suggested Course Sequence : Semester 2

Semester 2
Courser Code	Courser Name	Credits
BUS 201	Business Communication	3
MGT 501	Management of Organizations	3
STA 505	Quantitative Business Analysis	3
ECO 101	Principles of Micro Economics	3
Total		12

Suggested Course Sequence : Semester 3

Semester 3
Courser Code	Courser Name	Credits
CSC 433	Database Management Systems	3
ECO 501	Business Condition Analysis	3
HRM 502	Human Resource Management	3
MKT 501	Marketing Management	3
ART 202	Career Planning and Development-I	1
Total		13

Suggested Course Sequence : Semester 4

Semester 4
Courser Code	Courser Name	Credits
BUS 502	Human & Organizational Behavior	3
POP 501	Production-Operations Management	3
FIN 501	Managerial Finance	3
ACC 504	Managerial Accounting	3
ART 203	Career Planning and Development-II	1
Total		13

Suggested Course Sequence : Semester 5

Semester 5
Courser Code	Courser Name	Credits
MGT 504	Strategic Management	3
BUS 501	Business, Government & Society	3
Total		6
Marketing Major
MKT 502	Marketing Research	3
MKT 503	Marketing Communication	3
MKT 505	Global Marketing	3
Total		9
Finance and Banking Major
FIN 502	Banking and Financial Institutions	3
FIN 503	Capital Investments Decisions	3
FIN 504	Financial Management	3
Total		9
Management Major
CIS 505	Management Information System	3
MGT 502	Organization Theory	3
MGT 503	Administrative Behavior	3
Total		9
Management Information Major
CSC 465	Data Communication and Computer Network	3
CSC 466	Network Lab	1
CIS 503	System Analysis & Design	3
CIS 505	Management Information System	3
Total		10
Production-Operations Management Major
CSC 502	Operations Research	3
POP 503	Production-Operations Strategy	3
POP 601	Strategy, Technology and Management of Innovation	3
Total		9
Human Resource Management Major
HRM 503	Strategic Human Resource Management	3
HRM 504	Manpower Planning	3
HRM 505	Industrial Relations	3
Total		9

Suggested Course Sequence : Semester 6

Semester 6
Courser Code	Courser Name	Credits
BUS 590	Practicum	9
Total		9

Explanation

Courses marked with * may qualify for exemption for IUBAT graduates, provided there is a minimum grade score of C.

The total credit hours requirement for the degree has been set at 51 considering maximum number of exemptions possible plus such courses as may be prescribed on the basis of review of individual backgrounds.

In the light of the above, background of an applicant and his/her competence, the course requirement for the concerned student in MBA program will be customized.

Descriptions of Courses

ACC 101 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING [3]

The course introduces concept, process, principles and system of book-keeping and accounting. Topics include definition and role of accounting principles and concepts, accounting process, vouchers, journal, ledger, trial balance, assets and liabilities, preparation of final accounts and reports, and accounting system.

BUS 201 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION [3]

Develops skill in clear and efficient communication through letters, memos, reports etc. Defines various forms of business communication and demonstrates the correct and appropriate format. Writing of various types of letters such as personal and official, sympathy, congratulation, condolence, reference, introduction, recommendation, request and reply, inquiry, acknowledgement and orders are illustrated. Public speaking and the art of communication through telephone, fax, electronic mail etc, will be included.

BUS 502 HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR [3]

P: BUS 201. The course deals with individual and group behavior models in the context of different organizations and social systems. It deals with the basic concepts of motivation, perception, learning and analysis of human behavior, individual differences and job satisfaction, attitude change, group process, team work, role theory, power and authority along with the analysis of small group behavior, dynamics, leadership decision, development of organizations and the influence of groups.

CSC 465 DATA COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER NETWORKS [4]

Introduction to networking, brief history of networking, OSI reference model, communication protocols and standards, data types and signaling, data translation, signal multiplexing, signal

conversion, LAN and WAN topologies, channel access methods, switching techniques, internetworking, physical layer specifications, Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC), High-level Data Link Control (HDLC), Link Access Procedure Balanced (LAPB), IEEE 802.2 (LLC), IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet, IEEE 802.5 Token ring, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Transmission Control Protocol and Ethernet Control Protocol (TCP/IP) Suite, Domain name space (DNS) architecture, features of Novell Netware and Windows NT Network Operating System (NOS).

FIN 501 MANAGERIAL FINANCE [3]

The course covers the nature and scope of financial management, the objectives of financial management, the need for management of working as well as fixed capital, tools for quantitative analysis of prior financial position, techniques of forecasting, the need for funds, techniques of capital budgeting and related concepts, financial structure and profit distribution policy.

FIN 503 CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS [3]

P: FIN 501. The course is designed to study the role of investment analysis and program, techniques of forecasting market demand, estimation of resource requirements, factor costs, costs of capital, concept of time preference, shadow price, budget of income and expenditures, cash flow direction, commercial and national profitability, their divergence and implications, project evaluation, rate of return, present worth, benefit cost analysis, risk and uncertainty, analysis of selected investment decisions and financial policies.

HRM 502 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT [3]

The course deals with personnel management in organization, viz., the basic functions of personnel management, job description, sources of personnel, methods of selection, recruitment, development, and motivating the work force, procedures of primary record-keeping, compensation, salary and wage administration, promotion, training, appraisal, health, safety, morale, discipline, employee benefits, etc.

POP 601 STRATEGY, TECHNOLOGY, AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION [3]

P: POP 501. This course outlines the primary relationship of technology to the strategic posture of the firm. This will be done with two major emphasis. The first is the role of technology in determining the firm’s competitive advantage and distinctive competence. The second is the management of innovation, technology development and technology transfer in large complex organizations. The latter includes the conscious design of the organization for purposes of focused entrepreneurial activity, consistent with an explicit strategy.

MGT 504 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT [3]

P: MGT 501. Attempts to develop an understanding of the process of policy formulation and implementation in the environmental setting in which they are made; to demonstrate the relevance of certain approaches and tools to the analysis and solution of business policy problems in real life situations; and to deal with the total organization and integrate various functional areas in making business policy decisions. The course includes analysis of a number of strategic business case studies.

MKT 502 MARKET RESEARCH [3]

P: MKT 501. This course is designed to train the students in using the tools and techniques for developing an analytical framework of marketing, developing solutions to marketing problems, formulations of marketing, introduction to research techniques in marketing, review of sources of marketing information, collection, tabulation, analysis and interpretation of marketing information. The course is implemented through conducting substantive market research project.

MKT 505 GLOBAL MARKETING [3]

MKT 501 Overview of global marketing. Definition, scope, basis, multi-tier environment of global marketing. The alien status hypothesis. Approaches to and strategic for global marketing. Product and pricing policies, plant plan, multinationals, and mini nationals. The course also deals international strategic alliance, rent seeking, international cartels, tariff, and non tariff barriers, parallel marketing problems. The concepts dumping, transfer pricing, regional cooperation, and bilateral trade, trade creation, trade diversion, and role of various international organizations will also be covered. The course is implemented through conducting substantive global market research project.

MGT 503 ADMINISTRATIVE BEHAVIOR [3]

P: MGT 501, BUS 502. The administrator is both a person and a role. The role requires organizing, controlling, planning and motivating others to perform the work of an organization. However, the administrator is also a person with needs and career aspirations as well as responsibilities to a boss and subordinates. From the administrator’s point of view, how does one survive the experience? Topics include leadership, evaluation, career issues, problem solving, stress and coping.

CSC 502 OPERATIONS RESEARCH [3]

Introduction to methods of operation research: linear programming, integer programming, dynamic programming, project scheduling with CPM and PERT, game theory, queuing theory, simulation, and nonlinear programming. Applications of these techniques to industrial and business problems

ACC 504 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING [3]

P: ACC 101. The course deals with tools and techniques of internal use of accounting for management decision viz, analysis and interpretation of financial statements, concept of cost, element of cost and cost centers. cost classification, methods of costing, job costing, process costing, variable costing and absorption costing, break-even analysis, accounting treatment of price-level changes, pricing, budgeting and budgetary control and use of accounting information. Emphasizes use of accounting data for production, marketing, personnel and financial decision-making.

BUS 501 BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY [3]

P: BUS 201. The interrelationships and interactions of business with the social, political, and economic institutions. The impact of changes in the external environment on business and the managerial tasks are also covered.

BUS 590 PRACTICUM [9]

P: Approval of the College.

The course is designed to expose students to dynamic business environment through internship for a semester in a real life organization. An internship project report is required. The report is examined and graded. There is also an oral examination.

CSC 466 NETWORK LAB [1]

Lab works based on the topics covered in CSC 465.

CIS 504 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM [3]

P: MGT 501. The course is designed to study the management information system design aspects and certain specific aspects of management control and to relate the tools and techniques of management to different aspects of control in organization. It diagnoses and identifies different hierarchies of controls to develop information and control systems. The course covers such areas as organization and management control theories, type of control, information system for management control, financial control, management accounting controls, budgetary controls, performance evaluation, strategic planning and control.

FIN 502 BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS [3]

P: FIN 501. This course provides an analytical foundation for understanding the need for, and characteristics of, money markets. The role of commercial bank and non-bank financial intermediaries is developed in the broader context of the saving investment process in an economy. Each institution’s behavior is modeled using basic micro-economics principles, keeping in mind the regulatory environment. Finally, the financial instruments issued/held by these institutions, how these are priced, and behavior of these instruments analyzed both cross sectionally and over time.

FIN 504 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT [3]

P: FIN 501. This course provides a general introduction to the three major areas of finance: corporate finance, commercial banking, and investments. Topics include the functioning of portfolio management, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, working capital management, leasing, and mergers. The mode of presentation is largely conceptual and problem-oriented.

MGT 501 MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISATIONS [3]

An intensive coverage of managerial concepts, with emphasis on micro topics such as motivation, perception, individual differences, interpersonal communications, and group processes, and macro topics such as organization design and the external environment, integration of micro and macro and levels of analysis is accomplished by examining organizational processes such as leadership, conflict, power, and organizational change. The basic processes of management are covered. An organizational study report is required.

ECO 501 BUSINESS CONDITION ANALYSIS [3]

P: ECO 101. The course starts with concepts of national income accounting, investigates economic aggregates and accounting and leads to development of forecasts for business condition.

MKT 501 MARKETING MANAGEMENT [3]

P: MKT 502. MKT 501 Marketing management course is designed to present an integrated approach to marketing from a managerial point of view. Economic, quantitative and behavioral concepts are used in analyzing and developing a framework for decision making leading to formulation of an organization’s goals and implementation of its marketing program. The course includes identification of marketing structure, analysis of consumer behavior, factors affecting the efficiency of marketing and the process of planning marketing operations. A marketing project work is required.

MKT 503 MARKETING COMMUNICATION [3]

P: MKT 501. The course deals with theories and practices of advertising, sales management, promotion and public relation as they relate to overall marketing program and marketing information systems. A marketing communication research project is conducted in this course.

MGT 502 ORGANIZATION THEORIES [3]

P: BUS 502. The course covers advanced level socio-scientific studies of organizations, comparative analysis and systematic explanation of differences among organizations and dynamics of interaction between organizations and their environments. The issues related to organization design and development are discussed in detail.

POP 501 PRODUCTION-OPERATION MANAGEMENT [3]

P: CSC 103. This course provides students with the concepts of economics of production, basic production decision, and operations of organizations producing goods and services. This covers identification and definition of major problem areas within these functions and development of appropriate concepts and decision processes for dealing with these problems. Main emphasis is given on forecasting, quality control and inventory control, utilizing the operations research, industrial engineering and system approach.

POP 503 PRODUCTION-OPERATIONS STRATEGY [3]

P: POP 501. The corporate, national and international environments of operations management. Formulating and evaluating manufacturing strategy and policies vis-a-vis corporate and other functional strategies.