Operations Management Degrees
Getting a degree in operations management prepares students for roles in corporations where they anticipate future events and help to plan accordingly. To run a successful organization, the day-to-day logistics must be managed well, and this major prepares students to step into this function. Graduates from this program can find work in a number of different industries, including consulting firms, transportation companies, banks, retailers, and health care providers. Here are some careers areas that are open to operations management grads:
• Inventory Control
• Production Planning
• Purchasing
• Sales
Areas of concentration for operations management students include:
• Acquisition and Contract Management
• Flight Operations Management
• Integrated Supply Chain and Operations Management
• Positive Organizational Development
• Quality Management
• Retail Operations Management
• Technology and Operations Management
Courses that you would take as part of an operations management program include the following:
• Administrative Theory
• Business Finance
• Business Law
• Business Writing
• Calculus for Business
• Decision Making
• Economics in a Global Environment
• English Composition
• Human Resource Management
• Introduction to Accounting
• Information Systems Management
• Marketing
• Managerial Accounting and Organizational Controls
• Operations Management Principles
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Principles of Management and Organization
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Production Planning and Quality Management
• Statistics for Business
• Supply Chain Management and Purchasing
