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Home > Degree Programs > Full-Time MBA > Academics > Curriculum > Global Services and Supply Management

Global Services and Supply Management Concentration

Objective

To train managers for the 21st century business context involving global services, manufacturing enterprises and globally dispersed supply chains.

Rationale

Globalization and global redistribution of IT-enabled manufacturing supply chains and service business processes are occurring at an increasing pace due to strategic reasons.
IT is now an integral part of, and deeply embedded in, manufacturing supply chains and service business processes which cannot function without globally distributed information systems.
To be successful in this domain, it is critical to acquire not only knowledge pertaining to global supply chain management but also knowledge of how globally distributed information systems enable effective management of cross-border services and manufacturing networks.
According to the Wall Street Journal (3/11/08), “supply-chain managers must be able to handle increasingly complex and critical technology.”
The GSSM option is uniquely designed to meet the educational needs in this emerging strategic area. It also leverages the School of Management’s long experience and focus in international education.

View a recent article in Fortune magazine that shows GSSM in action.
 

GSSM Curriculum:

FIRST YEAR 

  • Fall Semester

    • MBA Core - 12 credits
    • MGE 601 Economics for Managers

  • Spring Semester

    • MBA Core - 12 credits
    • MGA 609 Management Accounting Or Elective

SECOND YEAR

Required Concentration Courses (24 credits)

3-credits: MGS 602 Global Information Technology Infrastructure Management (Fall) OR 
               MGS 655 Globally Distributed Computing (Fall)

3-credits: MGO 636 Supply Chain: Design, Modeling and Optimization (Fall)

3-credits: MGS 607 Technology Management and E-Business (Fall or Spring)

3-credits: MGS 611 Management of Globally Distributed Services (Fall)

3-credits: MGO 634 Project Operations Management (Fall) OR
               MGO 632 Strategic Quality Management (Spring)

3-credits: MGO 631 Manufacturing Planning and Control (Fall) OR
               MGO 637 Purchasing and Global Supply Management (Spring) OR
               MGO 638 Logistics and Global Distribution Management (Spring)

3-credits: MGS 601 Enterprise Models (Spring) OR
               MGS 614 Systems Analysis and Design (Spring)

3-credits: MGO 633 Supply Chains and Global Operations (Spring)

6-credits: General electives and/or internship

 

Faculty: Management Science and Systems   Operations Management and Strategy