Research in Management Sciences: Thesis

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Research for thesis purposes only. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 24 cr hrs or 4 completions. This course is progress graded (S/U). 8230 Strategic Management of Operations I G 1½ Doctoral research seminar: critical analysis of research studies in different areas of operations management; linking operations to the corporate strategy, dimensions of operations strategy. Prereq: Enrollment in BusAdm PhD program. 8231 Strategic Management of Operations II G 1½ Doctoral research seminar: critical analysis of research in vertical integration decisions, and measuring operational effectiveness, interorganizational collaboration. Prereq: Enrollment in BusAdm PhD program. 8232 Operations Planning & Control I G 1½ Doctoral research seminar: critical analysis of research in fundamental and classical operations management and operations research topics. Prereq: Enrollment in BusAdm PhD program. 8233 Operations Planning & Control II G 1½ Doctoral research seminar: Critical analysis of research studies in inventory management, warehouse and facility location, vehicle routing, MRP and forecasting. Prereq: Enrollment in BusAdm PhD program. 8234 Innovation Management G 1½ Doctoral research seminar: Critical analysis of research in portfolio management, NPD, managing NPD teams, distributed and platform innovation, and innovation implementation. Prereq: Enrollment in BusAdm PhD program. 8235 Fundamentals of Operational Excellence G 1½ Doctoral research seminar:…