The primary focus of this course is to introduce the complex social, psychological, pharmacological, cultural, and political aspects of drug use, abuse, dependency, treatment and education. more >
To provide the learner with an overview of the management process. more >
To explain the nature and importance of environments to organizations and their managers. more >
To define business- and corporate-level strategies and to discuss decision-making models. more >
To introduce the learner to the fundamental principles of management. more >
To present a brief history of the labor movement, and introduce the learner to developments in labor law. more >
To describe union organization and strategies, and examine companies’ labor relations strategies. more >
To introduce the learner to collective bargaining and related issues. more >
To introduce the learner to wage determination and wage adjustment, and to describe employee benefits. more >
To introduce the learner to the process of impasse resolution and describe types of work stoppages. more >
To introduce the learner to the arbitration process and associated issues. more >
To describe the current role of labor relations and discuss its future. more >
To define operations management. more >
To introduce the learner to the fundamentals of operations management. more >
To define operations management. more >
To introduce the learner to two of the fundamental OM questions: what to produce and how to produce. more >
To explain the importance of location and layout in operations management decisions. more >
To introduce the learner to the fundamentals of independent demand management. more >
To introduce the learner to the fundamentals of dependent demand management. more >
To introduce decision analysis and to demonstrate the expected value approach, the use of sample information, and utility theory. more >
To introduce queuing systems and to explain how to model and optimize queuing systems. more >
To introduce risk analysis and simulations as decision-making tools. more >
To introduce modeling and decision analysis, including LINDO implementation. more >
To introduce the user to graphical sensitivity analysis, the interpretation of LINDO sensitivity reports, and spreadsheet analysis. more >
To explain how to construct linear programming models. more >