Operations Management/Management Science
MBA Concentration

Since its inception, Operations Management/Management Science (OM/MS) has contributed billions of dollars in benefits and savings to corporations, government, and the nonprofit sector. OM/MS is used and represented in almost all industries such as hi-tech, chemical, auto, airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, the stock market, and telecommunications. With the global nature of business where competition involves working cohesively with diverse and dispersed partners, OM/MS offers the crucial techniques and strategies for logistical and operational synchronization.

Specifically, OM/MS courses here at Rutgers University, School of Business-Camden (SBC) help the students develop their skills in quantitative and analytical thinking. Functionally, they help students in the general areas of Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Quality Management, Managing Global Operations, Service Operations and Project Management. Most employers nowadays are specifically looking for employees, regardless of their discipline, who have superior analytical skills and an ability to make good "data-driven" decisions. In fact, one of "hottest" job growth area is in the area of Operations:

Please see -http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/03/pf/hotjobs/index.htm

"General Operations Managers" is ranked number 6 among this list of most rapidly growing job areas. It is also pertinent to note this OM field is, among all the business fields, the first in this list.

To respond to this growing demand for skilled managers in the area of Operations, starting May 2007, the SBC is now offering a brand new concentration in Operations Management/Management Science.

To obtain the MBA concentration in Operations Management/Management Science, students must take the required Operations Management course (53:620:513) and at least 3 of the following elective courses:

53:620:504. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (3)
53:620:516. QUALITY MANAGEMENT (3)
53:620:519. SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3)
53:620:523. GLOBAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3)
53:620:531. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (3)
53:620:670. SPECIAL TOPICS IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3)

Students may also be allowed to take at most one appropriate MBA elective course from other areas not included in the list above with written approval of the Management Science/Operations Management faculty.

In summary, the MBA concentration in Operations Management/Management Science will help students to learn techniques, tools and decision-making methodologies that will enable them in (a) securing better and improved job prospects, and (b) superior on-the-job performance.

If you have any questions regarding this new concentration, please contact
Dr. Alok Baveja at baveja@camden.rutgers.edu  or Dr. Chon-Huat Goh at cgoh@camden.rutgers.edu.

Click here for descriptions of all operations management/management sciences courses.