Syllabus for EST 451 Current Trends in Electronics Management

 

Instructor:  Ralph Tate

 

Office:  ASA 120

 

Office Hours:  10:00 – 12:00 Monday, Wednesday; 11:00 – 12:00 Tuesday, Thursday

 

Telephone:  (618) 453-8878

 

Email/Website: rtate@siu.edu  ·  www.siu.edu/~rtate

 

Classroom/Time:  ASA 204B · 2:30 – 3:50 Monday and Wednesday 

 

Textbook:        Operations Management, by William Stevenson, 8th Edition, 2005, McGraw-Hill Publishing.  ISBN:  0-07-297122-3.

 

Grading:          Attendance                  30 points (6%)

Homework/Quizzes     250 points (50%)

Project             75 points (15%)

Resume                       25 points (5%)

Mid-Term                    60 points (12%)

Final                            60 points (12%)

Total Points                 500 points

 

Grades are based on the percentage of total points earned versus total points available from attendance, homework, quizzes, exams, and project.

 

                                                            A = 90 to 100%

                                                            B = 80 to 89%

                                                            C = 70 to 79%

                                                            D = 60 to 69%

                                                            F = Below 60%

 

Attendance:     Attendance is mandatory and will be recorded.  If you have to be absent, please call (leave a message if I am not in) or email me as soon as possible.  To be counted as present you must arrive on time, pay attention, and remain until dismissed.  You will be counted absent if you:

·        Disrupt the class by talking

·        Are reading a newspaper

·        Are working on a computer

·        Are working on other material during class

·        Are sleeping

 

Quizzes and in-class assignments CANNOT be made up.

 

Late work:       Generally, late work will not be accepted.  Missed exams can only be made up if arrangements are made prior to exam dates.

 

References:     Various handouts and web sites

 

Project:            The student will write a research paper and give a PowerPoint presentation describing an actual organization on which they have collected information by the use of interviews, questionnaires, or any other appropriate method of data collection.

 

 

Course Description:

 

                        This course is designed to familiarize the student with the functions and responsibilities of a manager that supports a product or service oriented business.  Economic justification and cost control, personnel morale and motivation, quality control and program improvements, compliance with codes, equipment control and evaluation, and input to administration will be studied.  In addition, there will be discussions and assignments designed to help students get a good start in an appropriate career, both financially and professionally.

 

Topical Outline:

 

1.      Professionalism

2.      Communication Skills

3.      Understanding yourself and those around you

4.      Operations Management Overview

5.      Forecasting

6.      Quality Management

7.      Supply Chain Management

8.      Project Management

9.      Preparing to Enter the Workforce