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XTMN 605 Operational Performance and
Human Resources (6)
This seminar focuses on operational tools, techniques, and
methodologies to improve operational effectiveness and gain
competitive advantage. Program participants learn operations
methods and skills that are used for planning, control, and internal
management. The needs of both internal and external customers
are addressed using consistently high and continuously
improving quality products and services. Methodologies to
implement both functional and nonfunctional processes are
discussed. Organizational culture, business ethics, and effective
management strategies are introduced to foster an understanding
of workplace behavior and motivation in technology-based
organizations. Software for implementing process improvements
and process management is introduced, and program participants
develop competencies in applying this software to practical
problems including their team-based technology business
ventures. Program participants will submit the third installment
of their journals identifying the re l e vance of the content of XTMN
605 to the ve n t u re created at the conclusion of XTMN 602.
XTMN 606 Business Law and Global Management—
Capstone (6)
In this seminar, several topics are discussed in relation to the
context of earlier seminars, including problem solving and decision
making, legal considerations affecting responsible management
with an emphasis on legal issues in the technology arena,
and the problems and opportunities of competing in the international
domain. In the capstone activity, program participants
will present the applications of material covered in the program
to the original business ventures developed in XTMN 601 and
602 (or to their actual workplace) as described in their journals.
Program participants will finalize the capstone exercise. Program
participants will submit the final version of their journals identifying
the relevance of the content of all studied material in the
program to the venture created at the conclusion of XTMN 602
or the actual workplace selected.
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