The Industrial Management program, School of Technology, offers classes in Project Management, Lean and Quality Management, Industrial Management, and Organizational Dynamics. These classes have options of live in the classroom and 100% online delivery, both undergraduate and graduate credits. There is no pre-requisite course requirement.
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Identify, discuss, and research current issues, trends, and technological changes
affecting industry as related to corporate planning, decision making, and managing
for the future. This course is co-listed with INDM 4010. An additional fee is associated
with this course.
A survey of operations management in industry today. Industrial management principles
and applications, management science, operations analysis and design, manufacturing
processes, process life cycle, production inventory, and quality control are emphasized.
This course is co-listed with INDM 4210. An additional fee is associated with this
course.
Integration of concepts involved in providing safe and comfortable work places (Ergonomics)
with concepts directed toward increased productivity and profitability (Work Design).
This course is co-listed with INDM 4220. An additional fee is associated with this
course.
Relationship between quality and competitiveness, design strategy for performance
excellence, and discussion of cases in lean systems and Six Sigma. This course is
co-listed with INDM4230. Prerequisite(s): Background statistics course. An additional
fee is associated with this course.
Provides students and practitioners with the practical resources that describe the
techniques and procedures for developing an efficient facility layout and an introduction
to computer simulations. This course is co-listed with INDM 4240. An additional fee
is associated with this course.
This course is designed to provide students with applied knowledge in project management
organizational contexts, project selection, portfolio management, project leadership,
scope management, team building, conflict management, risk management, scheduling,
networking, resource management, project evaluation, project control, and project
termination. This course is co-listed with INDM 4250. An additional fee is associated
with this course
Various types and styles of supervisory leadership in the industrial setting. Emphasis
is placed on human relations aspects of leadership in the line and staff organizational
structure. This course is co-listed with INDM 4260. An additional fee is associated
with this course.
Develop an understanding of international technology management for graduate students
in the international environment. An additional fee is associated with this course.
Production/operations concepts with emphasis upon systems, systems design and analysis,
strategies, productivity, planning, forecasting, deterministic and stochastic inventory
control, MRP scheduling, and project planning. An additional fee is associated with
this course.
A survey of theory, goals, and applications of Lean principles and strategies in industrial
organizations. Applying Lean concepts to business strategy, product design, tools
for finding and eliminating wastes and for process continuous improvement. Prerequisite(s):
INDM 5130 or ENGT 5580 or instructor consent. An additional fee is associated with
this course.
To provide individual research and experimentation opportunities for industrial management
majors. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 semester hours. Prerequisite(s): Ten semester
hours of graduate study in industrial management. An additional fee is associated
with this course.
An investigation of problems and specific issues in Lean-Six Sigma implementation
in the manufacturing and service environment is presented. The emphasis is on case
study analysis and individual research projects on industrial core operations and
support functions, with the business results of Lean and Six Sigma processes. Prerequisite(s):
INDM 5130 or ENGT 5580 or instructor consent. An additional fee is associated with
this course
Principles and techniques needed for making decisions about the acquisition and retirement
of capital goods by industry. Emphasis on techniques which produce long-run economy
in industrial operations. An additional fee is associated with this course.
Development of material requirements planning within the context of management information
systems. An additional fee is associated with this course.
A course of study in total quality techniques, quality standards and criteria, and
quality certification training utilized by quality professionals in dynamic organizations.
Prerequisite(s): INDM 5130 or ENGT 5580 or instructor consent. An additional fee is
associated with this course.
The principles and practices of Total Quality Managements and the decision-making
tools and techniques utilized by professionals in today's successful industries. This
course is co-listed with ENGT 4580. An additional fee is associated with this course
Research investigation of a technical problem. The course will culminate in a research report. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours per degree program. An additional fee is associated with this course.
A special investigation of selected problems in Industrial Management which culminates in the completion of a thesis. Must be repeated for a total of 6 semester hours. An additional fee is associated with this course.
For more questions, contact Dr. Sue Rodchua (email: rodchua@ucmo.edu)