OSCM 607: Operations Planning and Execution

Student Engagement

OCM 607 is developed with an emphasis on real-world eLearning activities and projects. Examples of engagement built into the course are:

1. Process improvement capstone project with an industry partner

2. Synchronous and asynchronous opportunities to compete in a team business simulation where mistakes are learning opportunities and successes are celebrated

3. Weekly discussion boards

4. Reflection of learning (i.e., Students are provided the opportunity to reflect on their learning in the course and how it applies to their future careers. Students develop their own résumé bullet points in addition to the résumé bullet points provided by the instructor.)

BACKWARDS DESIGN

LEARNING COMPONENTS

Class Participation/Attendance Policy

Students are encouraged to attend synchronous live classes and actively participate in the discussions as well as in-class simulations. However, not attending the live class session will not affect your class participation grade. The class participation grade will consist of your responses to the weekly discussion boards and the completion of quizzes over the Harvard Business Review articles assigned. Active class participation is key to your own and your classmates’ learning experience in the weekly discussion board and during synchronous class meetings. Students should seek to add value in each discussion and ensure I hear your “voice” (thoughts, ideas, and insight) throughout the class. For grading, what matters is the quality of your comments, not the quantity.

Textbook Quizzes

Online quizzes will test your knowledge of information in the weekly reading assignments. For the most part, these quizzes will be short answer.

Online Assignments

Involvement in the ERPsim games and relating debrief and reports will be graded. Since you must participate, understand, and synthesize the ERPsim, not participating in the simulation setup and execution with your team will have serious consequences on your grade.

The online assignments and reports will include videos or lectures to watch. Other aspects of the online learning modules include completing reports and reflections.

Adding operations management Lean Process Improvement skills to your professional resumes is a goal of this course. The two required LinkedIn Learning video trainings can be added directly to your profile. As evidence of completion, you will submit a certificate of completion to BBL.

Working effectively online in your teams will be evaluated through CATME midterm and final evaluations. You will evaluate members of your team and receive feedback from your team members through CATME.

Capstone Project

The tools of business process improvement are transferable to different disciplines and even one’s own personal life. The purpose of this assignment is to implement a process improvement initiative using a lean methodology. You will practice using systematic organization methods to achieve business process improvement as well as identify reasons for why the process may be out of control. At the beginning of the term, you have the choice to complete the project either as a team or individually. Detailed assignment requirements, rubrics, and project examples are available on BBL.