5540 Service Operations Management (3)
This course focuses on the increasing importance and role of service in our
economy. Topics studied are: the role of services in an economy, the nature of
services, service strategy, the service delivery system, service facility
location, the service encounter, service quality, productivity and quality
improvement. Methods of process analysis in service organizations, methods
improvement procedures, and work measurement techniques are developed to
provide the basis for analyses of processes, layouts, and job design in a
service organization. Prerequisites: BA 519 or BA 426 or consent of the
instructor.