#1 ·OTM 702
Digital Strategy
2 creditsTeaches critical thinking to assess how digitization shapes business strategy, innovation, and operations.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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#2 ·OTM 701
Product Management
2–3 creditsOTM 701 introduces the technical and interpersonal aspects of product management, covering ideation, development, and launch using agile and design thinking frameworks.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026#3 ·OTM 452
Project Management
3 creditsOTM 452 teaches project management concepts, tools, and quantitative methods to develop successful project managers.
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Burkard is described as hard and tough, with intense cold-calling and exam scheduling that some students found problematic enough to involve the Dean.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026OTM 351 introduces terminology and techniques for managing and improving business processes.
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The course requires significant reading and completion of three major group projects with no exams. Students must participate actively in class discussions to secure full participation credit.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026#5 ·MARKETNG/OTM 722
Logistics Management
2–3 creditsMARKETNG/OTM 722: Logistics Management provides a foundation in transportation, warehousing, MRP, ERP, and supply chain technologies.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025#6 ·OTM 752
Project Management
1–3 creditsOTM 752 teaches project management concepts and tools to develop successful project managers and team members.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Teaches management perspectives on logistics fundamentals, including transportation, warehousing, and global supply chain practices.
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Reviewers report conflicting workload expectations. One reviewer advises understanding cases and taking notes, while another states that general business acumen is expected and minimal work suffices for an A.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025OTM 700 teaches management of operations and supply chain coordination to improve cost, quality, and service.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025Covers the strategic cross-functional discipline of supply chain management, including strategy, product development, marketing, finance, sourcing, production, logistics, and technology.
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Workload includes significant reading and a large group project or simulation in the second half. Assessment structures vary, with some terms featuring one exam and others using weekly quizzes instead.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Covers procurement and supply management, including purchasing, cost management, negotiation, sourcing, supplier management, and outsourcing.
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Assignments are not terribly difficult for attentive students, though grading turnaround times are reported to be slow.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026#11 ·OTM 760
Managing by Design
2–3 creditsExplores design as a management practice for identifying innovation opportunities through readings, cases, and creative projects.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT applies operations management principles to analyze service-delivery systems in profit and nonprofit organizations.
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Historical reviews of Timothy McClurg: The course requires significant studying and work for three exams and one major project, but remains manageable.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Introduction to stochastic processes covering Markov chains, point processes, and renewal theory with applications to queueing and branching models.
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Seppalainen assigns challenging homework that is harder than exams, while Valko uses a grading scheme based on multiple weighted components rather than heavy testing.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026OTM 300 covers managing operations and supply chains by combining people, information, equipment, and materials to produce goods and services.
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Workload is light with few homeworks and a group project; exams allow a cheat sheet, though the midterm can be difficult.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026