INMGT Industrial Management


INMGT-500 Engineering Economy (2-3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Source and application of funds: cost control, valuation, depreciation, replacement theory and taxation.

INMGT-501 Seminar (1-3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
(Title will reflect specific business or management content.)
Current topics in business and industrial management to meet specific needs of students enrolled. R

INMGT-502 Seminar (1 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Elements of time management, strategies and techniques in industrial and business environments. Analysis of time use by all levels of management.

INMGT-505 Resource Planning and Materials Management (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Principles and techniques for planning and managing materials and resources within organizations, and throughout a supply chain. Topics include: resource and material planning, forecasting, master planning, materials requirements planning, capacity management, purchasing, inventory management, distribution options, supply chain management and various operational management techniques.

INMGT-510 Production Processing (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Production processes, especially product design as related to economic production; factors that influence choice and sequence of process to obtain end product.

INMGT-514 Industrial Enterprise Practicum (3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Organization and operation of an industrial company; election, designing, production planning, production, marketing and distribution of a product.

INMGT-520 Quality Tools (3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Practical and statistical quality control in design and use of quality assurance programs: quality engineering, manufacturing quality assurance and product quality assurance.

INMGT-525 Quality Management (3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Provides the managerial and technical knowledge necessary to prepare, document, manage, and evaluate quality systems from beginning design through system operation and post-delivery customer services within a product or service environment.

INMGT-535 Lean Manufacturing Systems (4 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Introduction to production/operations management and lean manufacturing system design for engineers. Emphasis is given to analysis and design of production systems, facility layout, and globalization.

INMGT-540 Time and Motion Study (1-3 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Methods design and work measurement. Development of work methods by applying motion analysis, charting techniques, principles of motion economy, and work station design. Includes direct stopwatch methods, predetermined time systems, and standard data. Managerial implications for labor relations considered.

INMGT-550 Facilities Planning (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Study of facilities location, structure, and planning for efficient layout and material handling systems.

INMGT-560 Benchmarking in Business and Industry (1 cr.)
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Theory, benefits and procedures of successful benchmarking, including the related legal and ethical issues.

INMGT-565 Project Management (3 cr.)
Spring
Planning, scheduling, and control of technical projects. Topics covered include activity identification, network diagrams, scheduling, PERT/CPM, cost analysis, resource management, and computer control.

INMGT-600 Organizational Leadership (3 cr.)
Overview of the leader's role in accomplishing organizational objectives through the management of human resources. Concepts of organizational and individual behavior serve as a foundation for the development of such leadership skills as communication, motivation, initiating change, team building, delegation, building credibility, and conflict management.

INMGT-601 Management Consulting (2 cr.)
Fall and Spring
The organization and analysis of major elements of the consulting profession in management: 1) subject matter expertise, 2) marketing, 3) organizational development, 4) business principles for consultants and 5) communication skills; synthesis of the interdependent relationship of the major elements in the consultation process.

INMGT-605 Resource Planning and Materials Management Practicum (3 cr.)
Provides students with specific skills in managerial techniques for planning, scheduling and controlling resources in manufacturing and service organizations. Focuses on the first two of the five required APICS exams that lead to certification as a Certified in Production and Inventory Manager (CPIM).
Prerequisites: take INMGT-505.

INMGT-610 Six Sigma Quality Improvement Methods (3 cr.)
Fall
Overview of Six Sigma quality improvement applications. Application of scientific methods to improve quality of products, service, processes, and management systems.

INMGT-615 Women and Minorities in Management (2 cr.)
Fall
An examination of current status of women and minorities in management positions such as managerial styles of women and minorities, specific leadership techniques, and changing and leading organizations to minimize discrimination.

INMGT-616 People Process Culture (3 cr.)
Fall and Spring
A study of high performing people process culture organizations integrating sociology, applied psychology, and organization behavior subject matter areas.
Prerequisites: take INMGT-600 or PSYC-582.

INMGT-620 Quality Assurance — Practicum (3 cr.)
Application of principles and techniques learned in INMGT-520, as part of Professional Semester/ Manufacturing Laboratory.
Prerequisites: take INMGT-520, INMGT-525.

INMGT-625 Planned Experimentation for Quality Improvement (3 cr.)

Fall and Spring

Quality improvement through planned experimentation that focuses on product realization activities which consist of new product design and formulation, manufacturing process development and improvement.

INMGT-630 Employee Involvements: Work Teams (2 cr.)
Summer
Background and history of employee involvement, teams as a method of employee involvement, analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of different team structures and the planning processes used to implement team structures, analysis of situational variables used to help design the best team approach for an organization, the suppport systems needed to maintain teams, phases of team development, facilitation skills, and team problem-solving methods.

INMGT-640 Lean Enterprise (3 cr.)

Fall
Principles of lean techniques, justification of lean systems, how lean systems are scheduled, and cost analysis of a lean environment.

INMGT-660 Industrial Management (2 cr.)
Summer
Principles and methods of analyzing and solving industrial problems; application through case studies, management games and special problems.

INMGT-662 Global Manufacturing Study Tour (2-3 cr.)
Summer
Visit global sites to understand the current state of product design, manufacturing, and distribution in both developed and developing countries. Learn how to develop supplier, manufacturing, and distribution systems in a global setting.

INMGT-685 Production Management Practicum (2 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Application of principles and techniques of analyzing and solving production management problems learned in prior course work to manufacturing project in manufacturing laboratory. Instructor's consent required.

INMGT-700 Organizational Reseach Methods (3 cr.)
Quantitative and qualitative approaches to organizational and industrial research. Application of appropriate research tools to understand interpersonal relationships, analyze and design jobs, organizations and systems. This course should be taken the next to last semester in a student's coursework. Development of a research proposal that may be used to complete master's level field project/thesis.

INMGT-705 Enterprise Resource Planning (3 cr.)
Spring
Systems management of enterprise resource planning software used to integrate corporate functional areas. Modules, databases, and system architecture of the software. Assessment, selection, planning, implementing and managing enterprise systems.

INMGT-710 Seminar in Technology Management (2 cr.)
Fall and Spring
Presentation and discussion of current theory, practice and trends in business strategy, processes, operations, globalization, leadership, professional development, and management of technology. Topics will vary by semester.   

INMGT-720 Foundations in Industrial Operations (2 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
This course is designed to improve the student's competencies in all aspects of industrial technology. A major professor will be identified who will serve as a tutor in guiding the student's self-development program. There will be a culminating matriculation to candidacy examination to assure minimum proficiency standards.

INMGT-730 Advanced Technical Problems — Industrial Management (2-6 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Advanced study in industrial management, management control, product development or process and facility planning. Recent developments, advanced technical work, experimental work and technical reports. A specific problem area for study in this course must be identified by the student prior to registering for this course.

INMGT-735 Problems in Technology Management (2-4 cr.)
Fall, Spring and Summer
Identification, selection and completion of a problem in technology management culminating in a Plan B paper. Admission to MS in Technology Management. $

INMGT-740 Decision Modeling (3 cr.)
Spring
Application of quantitative methodology in industrial decision making. Topics include mathematical modeling, optimization algorithms, linear programming applications, integer programming applications, non-linear programming applications, and simulation.

INMGT-745 Advanced Manufacturing Simulation (3 cr.)
Fall
Theory and practice of simulation modeling of manufacturing systems. Theoretical aspects include types of simulation language, data distribution goodness-of-fit, warm-up and run length determination, statistical output analysis, optimization, and variance reduction. Models will be developed, run, animated, and analyzed using a high-level simulation language.

INMGT-750 Organizational Development (3 cr.)
Change agent skills for middle managers and external consultants to facilitate organizational health. Assessment, diagnosis, intervention, team building, and coaching of key organization personnel. Emphasis on practical methods for the development of various types of organizations.
Prerequisites: take INMGT-600 or INMGT-400.

INMGT-765 Program Management (3 cr.)

Fall and Spring

Planning, control and leadership of technical projects and programs. Justification, scheduling, risk management, cost analysis, resource management, program control, information technology, and multiple-project management.