COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOP INTERNATIONAL

B-SCHOOLS WITH TOP INDIAN B-SCHOOLS IN

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONAL AREA

(Operations Management –I Project)

Submitted by:

(PGDM 2009-2011, Section C, Group 2)

Anuj Das (U109107)

Anup Merkap (U109108)

Ashutosh Didwania (U109109)

Binay Prasanna Jena (U109110)

Biswajit Ku. Mahapatra (U109111)

Chiranjit Mandhata (U109112)

 DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY

We hereby declare that the below work is original and

comprises only of our own work and effort, and that this
report has not been submitted in part or in full to fulfil the
requirements of any other subject or course. Wherever
we have used other sources of information, due
acknowledgement has been made.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We, take this opportunity to thank Prof. Winfred S.

William for his constant support and encouragement.
Without his encouragement and valuable inputs with the
operation management concepts, we would not have
been successful in completing the project.

We hope the report to have met its intended objectives.

CONTENTS...
1 Introduction
2 Analysis of the operations area curriculum in top Indian B-Schools
2.1 IIMs
2.2 ISB
2.3 NITIE
2.4 SIOM
2.5 SPJIMR
2.6 SJSoM
2.7 XLRI
2.8 FMS
2.9 JBIMS
3 Analysis of the operations area curriculum in top US B-Schools
3.1 Stanford University
3.2 Harvard Business School
3.3 The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania
3.4 Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University
3.5 MIT Sloan Management
3.6 Michigan School of Business
3.7 University of Chicago Booth School of Business
3.8 University of Notre Dame
3.9 Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington
3.10 UCLA Anderson School of Management
3.11 USC Marshall School of Business
3.12 Fisher College Ohio State University
4 Comparative Analysis
5 References
INTRODUCTION

Operations Management is the analysis and the study of the various business process that includes the
productions of goods and services and making sure that the business operations are efficient as well as
effective in meeting customer’s expectation. It involves managing the process that takes an input, transforms
it and finally gives an output. These days operations management is becoming an important concern and the
managers are expected to be well versed with the intricacies of it. Outside India, operation management is
viewed as a bare necessity. This trend is growing in India as well. This project aims at comparing the various
operations management curriculum followed in India and other foreign B- Schools.
 
ANALYSIS OF THE OPERATIONS AREA CURICULLUM IN TOP INDIAN B-SCHOOLS

Indian Institute(s) of Management (IIMs)

Following is the consolidated list of courses offered at IIMs in the core functional Operations area:

Operations Management I & II Operations Research Operations Strategy

Project Management Logistics Management Management Game
Supply Chain Management Material Requirement Planning Business Modelling and Simulation
Service Operation Management Business Applications and Game Optimization Models for Industry
Theory
Production and Inventory Control Service Business Cellular Manufacturing
Manufacturing planning and Healthcare and Services JIT Operations
Control
Quality Management Six Sigma Technology Strategy
Material Management Manufacturing System Design Infrastructure Management

Operations Management curriculum is intended to serve the needs of diverse industrial sectors ranging from
manufacturing, services, IT and consulting. The curriculum equips students with necessary skills and
knowledge to manage, design, analyze and improve the operation systems in various business sectors.
Understanding of productive factors, its components, contributions and interactions with other functional
areas is the key to addressing strategic and tactical operational issues. The core courses, OM-I & II, Operations
Research, Project Management (offered at all IIMs) intends to provide students with basic understanding of
manufacturing and service industries, creating an interest with regard to Operations Management as a
functional area, using quantitative and qualitative tools and techniques to design, analyze and improve sub-
functions involved in Production and Operations. OM-I aids in strategic decision making, while OM-II informs
regarding tactical and operational issues. Operations Research provides an analytical framework to better
decision making by incorporating mathematical models for analysis of complex situations, helping build more
productive systems through outcome prediction and risk estimation. Project Management course intends to
impart an understanding of reasons behind failure of projects and familiarising students with project
management tools and techniques which include technology in general and computers in particular. Effective
planning and management of supply chains can help in realization of substantial market benefits and cost
savings. These core courses are significant to address basic operational issues, hence have been included in
core courses to provide all managers with basic awareness regarding operational issues and help their decision
making. Key insights in this aspect are provided by the courses Supply Chain Management and Logistics
Management, which provide inputs regarding operations, design, management and control of supply chains as
integrated systems. The course addresses inventory and vendor management aspects, customer value and
focus, integration and transformation using IT. In view of current potential of manufacturing industry,
specialized courses like Manufacturing System Design (which includes use of techniques, technology and tools
for analysis and design of manufacturing systems), Operations Strategy (which focuses on strategic aspects of
design and management of operations and explores linkages between operations and other functional areas)
have been seen in some of these institutes. The course Quality Management uses focus on control of
processes and products and quality conformance, further a specialized course Six Sigma (offered in few IIMs)
emphasizes on Lean Management in Production, Operations, Facilities, Quality, Supply Chain and Project
Management. The course Manufacturing Planning and Control seeks to fine tune the advanced concepts
pertaining to control and planning of manufacturing operations, familiarizing course participants with current
problems regarding production and inventory management. It deals with capacity planning, material
requirement planning, production planning. On these lines advanced concepts are covered through courses
like Material Requirement Planning, Cellular Manufacturing, etc. Typical courses like Material Management
(taught in IIM-L Term –I) deal with role of material management in business, acclimatising students with
computer based tools regarding Material Planning and Control. In the tough times of business being
considered a war, such cost saving measures’ awareness requires greater attention from managers. Certain
IIMs include a course on business modelling and simulation which primarily focuses on expressing business
process and strategies in terms of the collaborative business activities and behaviour. These days with increase
in powerful and cheap computers such courses assist the young managers in the decision making process.
Same goes the logic behind the course Optimization Models for industry which aims at developing an apt
model for a business that would take in to account the business environment prevalent, the inventory in hand
and other forces that decide the fate of the industry. Another course which is a relatively new course is Game
Theory and its various business applications. Game theory tries to mathematically capture the behaviour in
various strategic situations. These include various sub heads like fuzzy logic, linear programming approach,
mixing game with strategies and information available. Just in time operation is yet another streamlined
operation management technique which enables the manager to take decisions to reduce the variability in
demand where in the manufacturing is done close to time of consumption. Companies like GE, Toyota have
devised this technology and therefore this subject finds it place in the course curriculum. There are some few
courses which are very restrictive to certain IIMs like Health Care & Cellular Manufacturing in IIM Bangalore
and infrastructure management in IIM Indore. Bangalore, also better known as Silicon Valley of India, has been
witnessing vast growth in service sector and various IT peripherals. Inclusions of such courses give the student
clear insight on these sectors and help them devise strategies for any operational issues emerging in these
sectors. Since Indore is a middle tire city with lots of opportunity of infrastructural growth, Infrastructure
Management course would not just help them in getting placement but also help the city grow in the longer
run. Service Business and Service Operation Management courses deal with managing human capital in the
best possible way. The prime focus is to increase service processes by using various tools for process
improvement. Thus we can see that proximity to industry and well as few local factors and growth potential of
ambient feeder industries determining the courses of a few IIMs in core operations area.

Cross functional Courses

A manager is rendered incomplete in the long run without cross functional skills. Although he is expected to
specialize in a functional stream still awareness in other functional areas renders considerable advantage to
manager’s skills. Current industry scenario of cut throat competition requires reciprocal response from
academic end to provide theoretical insights as well as glance into cross functional areas of business.

Following cross functional courses are being offered in IIMs:

Functional Area* Course Name

[Operations along with *]

IT/Systems Enterprise Resource Planning

Strategy Operations Research and Executive Decision Making

Marketing Operations Research in Marketing

 Information Technology IT services and Electronic Commerce

Systems Managerial Application of System Dynamics

Marketing Sourcing and Procurement

IT/Systems Technology Strategy

Strategy Modelling for Management Decision Making

Quantitative Methods Advanced Methods of Data Analysis

Quantitative Methods Statistical Methods in Data Analysis

Quantitative Methods Probabilistic Decision Making Model and its Managerial Application

Quantitative Methods Production and Quantitative Methods

With more number of professionals intending to own businesses, Operational issues need to be handled from
scratch. Hence such a scenario is addressed through the courses Manufacturing Systems Design and
Managerial Application of System Dynamics. These courses apprise students regarding methodology of System
Dynamics while attending to the cross functional system dynamics areas of marketing and distribution,
management control and finance, research and development and social systems. Probabilistic approach to
decision making with an eye towards risk mitigation and strategic estimations is addressed through the course
Operations Research and Executive Decision Making. In current industry scenario, this gains significance since
it addresses potential risk factors for a business while approaching the same through a quantitative model.
With IIMs being reputed to produce the best managerial breeds of the country, such a course is based on the
changing demands of industry with respect to risk taking and effective decision making and providing a
rational, quantitative approach as opposed to a discretionary, intuitive approach. With business houses
integrating their operations – in terms of functional areas, geographies, etc the course Enterprise Resource
Planning is significant. It facilitates enterprise wide issue handling through use of information technology
based tools, thus providing a common portal for handling issues across the organization rather than unit wise
issue addressing as practised earlier. Introspection into products, processes, etc has been the buzzword with
recessions and slumps looming large all around. This instigates courses like Sourcing and Procurement and
Operations Research in Marketing – which intend to optimize costs in procurement, distribution channels. Life
has been made easier with all pervasive and fast expanding benevolent technology all around. Potential for all
such facilitation comes under the academic purview of such courses. Study of all operations courses has a
prerequisite of quantitative tools and techniques that accounts for the unpredictability associated with the
functional area. Thus the spill of functional area overlap with Quantitative Methods (or Statistical Analysis) is
evident in the courses Production and Quantitative Methods, Probabilistic Decision Making Model and its
Managerial Application, Statistical Methods in Data Analysis and Advanced Methods of Data Analysis. In fact
the revered IIM-A has clubbed the functional area of Operations Management and Quantitative Methods to
cater to this facet of industry demand.

Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (ISB)

Following is the consolidated list of courses offered (including core and elective courses) for the PGP
course at ISB

Quantitative Methods Decision Models & Optimization Operations Management

Statistical Methods for Global Operations Management Logistics and Supply Chain
Management Decisions Management

New Product Management Strategic Performance Pricing and Revenue Optimization

Management

Service Operations Management Operations Strategy Retailing

Managerial Accounting and 

Decision Making

Students come to the ISB from diverse educational backgrounds and industries. The intake policy of ISB is so
designed that it prefers candidates with 2 years of full-time experience. The entire one year course is designed
to optimize the performance of professionals who have worked in the industry for 2 years or more. The
inclusion of courses like Global Operations Management (GOM), Strategic Performance Management (SPM),
Pricing & Revenue Optimization (PRO), New Product Management (NPM) distinguishes the Operations course
of ISB from other premier B-schools in India. ISB is ranked very high internationally and it has got a strong
international presence in the form of its tie-ups with various foreign universities and courses like GOM lend an
international perspective to the operations courses at ISB. Courses like SPM are very specialized courses with a
sharp focus on the Strategic Management area. With today’s business scenario across the globe demanding
agile and shrewd strategists, these courses go a long way in grooming the students to face the present day
challenges. Also cross functional courses like PRO & NPM give the students a different perspective to the
various domain specific subjects. NPM, which is cross-functional course delving into various angles of
marketing, entrepreneurship and operations, trains the budding entrepreneurs at ISB to make an in-depth
study into the various aspects of marketing and operations while launching a new product. Such courses are
the academic USPs of ISB.

National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai (NITIE)

NITIE, better known for its operations management, aims at creating knowledge base for developing business
model and ensuring sustainable growth. With a strong industry interface, NITIE also has strong linkage with
the govt. organization, institutions and other universities . Following are the courses offered in NITIE

Enterprise Resource Planning Operations Planning and Control Logistics Management

Manufacturing and Enterprise Materials Management Introduction to industrial

Resource Planning Engineering

Procurement and Materials Production and Operations Advanced Production and

Management Management Inventory Management Systems

Computer Integrated Facilities Planning Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Manufacturing Systems

International Purchasing and Maintenance Management OR modeling in SCM

Supply Management

Project Management Quality Management Supply Chain Management

Work System Analysis Work System Design

NITIE has strong set of operations management courses that include 13 core courses and 7 other electives.
Most of which is covered in the 1 st year itself. This shows NITIE’s conscious effort of creating young manager
aware of various operational technicalities. Apart from the various common courses, NITIE has a set of certain
streamlined courses, one of which is Computer integrated Manufacturing Systems that demonstrates the use
of computer in manufacturing sector. The CIM system allows the integration of the separated traditional
process through computers. NITIE also introduces its manager to the industrial engineering and make them
alert of the problems faced in the industry. Another interesting course is the study of international purchasing
and supply management. With the increase in globalization and reduction in the trade barriers there is an
increase in the need of managers who understand the international purchasing and supply behavior. This
helps NITIE attract new foreign players into the market. The application of operations research in Supply chain
is yet another inclusion of operations course in NITIE’s curriculum. Advanced production and inventory
management aims at educating the managers about the advanced production techniques and innovative ways
of managing inventory. Work system is yet another cross functional venture which primarily focuses on
understanding the IT enables systems in organizations.

Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Pune (SIOM)

Following are the consolidated list of courses offered (including core and elective courses) at SIOM

Operations Management Materials Management Project Management

Supply Chain Management Master Planning of Resources Operations Scheduling and

Planning

Quality Management Six Sigma Operations in Service Industry

Technology and Innovation World Class Manufacturing and Environment and Energy
Management Services Management Management

Execution and Control of Software Project Management Operations in Financial Services

Operations

Retail Operations Management Marketing Operations E-business Operations

Manufacturing Management Productivity Techniques Operations Research

Facilities Planning Maintenance Management SAP-ERP

Managing Automation and Operations Planning and Control International Logistics

Innovation Systems

SIOM’s focus on “Empowering Excellence in Operations” is evident right from the programmes offered at the
institute. In addition to PGDBM program, specialised operations focussed programs like MBA-Operations and
Advanced Diploma in Manufacturing Management (ADMM) are being pursued at SIOM. Nature of courses
prevalent at SIOM presents insights regarding the nature and scale of operations focussed industries that it
caters to. Possessing a strategic location, Pune, proximity to the financial capital of India, flourishing of IT
parks, blooming of manufacturing units are the factors behind the typical courses on offer in SIOM. Specialised
courses like Retail Operations Management, Software Project Management, Operations in Financial Services,
etc provide ample evidence of the college customizing its courses to address needs of the industry. Greater
focus on inculcating innovation and process improvement is evident through the course offerings Productivity
Techniques, Managing Automation and Innovation, Facilities Planning, etc. Graduates from the college are
absorbed by the budding industries in automobile, biotechnology, mechanical, pharmaceutical, IT sector which
have mushroomed in this particular belt. Operations in Financial Services is a typical course that focuses on the
cross functional area of finance and operations, considering the proximity to financial hub – Mumbai. Service
and logistics aspect of Operations is addressed through the thoroughly specialised courses of Maintenance
Management, International Logistics, Master Planning of Resources, Technology and Innovation Management,
etc.

S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR)

This college is among the top private B- Schools of India and is known for its academic rigor and
course structure. The courses offered in Operations in this college are pretty general and provides a
holistic view of the industrial sector. Some of the courses offered under operations management
are as follows:

Basic of Supply Chain Management Advanced Supply Chain Operational Strategy

and Logistics Management

Master Planning of Resources Detailed Scheduling and Planning Execution and Control of
Operation

Strategic Management Of Enterprise Resource Planning Strategic Cost Management

Resources

Quality in Business Processes and Project Management Simulation of Business Processes

Manufacturing

World Class Manufacturing Operations Management Quantitative Method

Here Supply Chain is given a huge importance. The reason behind this might be the fact that it is located in
Mumbai where most companies have their head quarters and seek professionals having sound knowledge in
Supply Chain. These days the number of foreign companies visiting the college has also increased and thus
World Class Management becomes a part of its curriculum. Strategic Cost Management, a combination of
finance and operation is something that is different and it includes various techniques to achieve one of the
most prime objectives of OM – minimizing cost. They also lay emphasis on the execution and control of
operation in day to day job. The execution and control of operation is again an important part of their
curriculum apart from the usual operation management courses. Other than this they also have devised
certain simulation game to develop more insights while simultaneously enjoying it. Some of these games
include beer game (a game developed by MIT Sloan people involving key concepts of Supply Chain), people
express game and theory of constraints game. These games on just create the participants interest towards
operation management but also give them insights in tackling certain critical issues that may crop up during
their professional career.

Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay (SJSoM)

List of courses offered at SJSoM, IIT-B are as below:

Operations Management Management of Technology Services Engineering and

Management

Decision Models in Management Simulation of Business Systems Large Scale Optimization

Analysis and Modelling of Risk and Quality Management Business Forecasting
Uncertainty

Project Management Innovation Management Technology Forecasting and

Assessment

Manufacturing Strategy Design Management Materials Management

Maintenance Management Logistics and Supply Chain Technology Evaluation,

Management Negotiation and Acquisition

World Class Manufacturing System Technology Systems, Environment Service Operations Management
and Policy

Industrial Marketing Business Entrepreneurship Management of Change

Development

Engineering Project Management Innovation and Entrepreneurship Management International

Business and Policy

Unified and integrated approach to business process management is gradually gaining steam over individual
expertise in functional areas of systems, marketing, finance or operations. A clear understanding of all
business functions can aid effective decision making. At SJSoM, IIT-B the focus is on providing a holistic
approach to all business issues, which is evident in the number of cross functional courses being pursued in
the institute. Few typical courses include Analysis and Modelling of Risk and Uncertainty, Technology
Evaluation, Negotiation and Acquisition, Industrial Marketing, Business Entrepreneurship Development, Design
Management, etc. The courses show a clear inclination towards quantitative approach. The stature of the
institute IIT, Bombay, its international standing and expectations from institute trigger introduction of courses
like Management International Business and Policy, World Class Manufacturing System, etc. A factor that
needs to be accounted for the nature of courses is that students enrolled in the institute are engineers only;
hence there is a analytical, quantitative approach to the programs conducted. Service Operation Management
has been included in the curriculum considering the location wise perspective – financial capital of India and
huge number of business houses operating from the region. Design Management, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship and Business Entrepreneurship Development cater to the pulse of the current professionals
– entrepreneurship.

Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur (XLRI)

Another college of equal importance is XLRI. Though it is known for its Human Resource and labour
relation study, its operation is as extensive as any other course is. Following are courses offered as
part of Operations Management:

Operations Management Production Management Quantitative Technique

Advanced Inventory Control Advanced Operations Research Demand and Business Forecasting

E-Business Enterprise Resource Planning Logistics and Supply Chain

Management

Materials Management Production Planning and Control Project Management

Service Operations Management Total Quality Management Supply Chain Analytics

Technology Management Theory of constraints

Besides the 3 core courses in the 1 st year, it has a range of other core subjects and elective offered. One
important observation is that, unlike other B-Schools where in demand and business forecast becomes just a
part of a course, in XLRI it is a course in itself. Another important observation is here, in here service
operations management is just a 1.5 credit course and is devoted 15 hours of class room study. Whereas
theory of constraints, which is just a simulation course in S P Jain, is taken up in full throttle at XLRI. This course
is designed to help the organization achieve its goal and also taking into account that for an organization to
achieve its objective there are some constraints which the organization need to overcome. E-Business gives an
insights to the use of internet in business which is a fast growing trend in today’s world. Technology
management which is also included in strategic management domain focuses on the various techniques
adopted to manage technology and to check obsolescence. The XLRI students are also taught about the
advanced techniques used in Inventory control and in operations research. This also includes the practical
analysis of such topics in the real time scenario. Such elaborate course structure have had help XLRI in
attracting good companies over the year.

Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi (FMS)

Following is the consolidated list of courses offered (including core and elective courses) for the
MBA (Full Time) at FMS

Materials Management Total Quality Management Production Planning and Control

Operations Research Logistics & Supply Chain Goal Programming in Management

Management

Transportation Management Service Operations Management Quantitative Methods

Production and Operations Management of Public Distribution Business Process Re-engineering

Management System

FMS offers another full time course called MBA (MS), which caters to the courses in Management of Services.
This course is designed to lay special emphasis on the Services sector in each functional domain. So the
courses taught in the Operations domain include Total Quality Service, Environment & Safety Management,
Operations Strategy, etc. The course also offers sector specific electives in specific sectors like financial
services, healthcare services, hospitality & transportation services; IT enabled services, which prepares
professionals specifically for the bigger challenges in the service industry. With service industry making big
waves in today’s world, operations courses have been included in these sector specific courses to acquaint
students with the nuances of the specific sectors.

Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (JBIMS)

Following table enlists the courses offered under operations functional area at JBIMS:

Materials Management Operations Management Management Control Systems

Human Resource Planning Environment Management Project Management 

Product and Service Management Quality Management Quantitative Models in Operations

Productivity Techniques Decision Science Entrepreneurship Management 

Production Planning and Control Strategic Information Technology Enterprise Planning Systems
Systems Management 

Operation area curriculum intends to provide students with the required analytical and multifunctional
management skills. Effective management encourages development of leadership and team skills, along with
the technical skills catered through logistics and operations management. Persistent industry demands (due to
the location being Mumbai) are being addressed through the traditional courses incorporated in the curricula.
Present day trend in industry instigates introduction of courses like Enterprise Planning Systems that address
integration of units across business. Trend among the student population initiates courses like
Entrepreneurship Management, Product and Service Management, etc. Focus on quality aspect of operation,
which is indispensable, is attended through courses like Quality Management. Certain typical courses are
observed in this institute like Strategic Information Technology Management, Environment Management
which address the present concerns regarding environment and climate, where production and operation
techniques has a major say in affairs.

ANALYSIS OF THE OPERATIONS AREA CURICULLUM IN TOP US B-SCHOOLS

Stanford University

Operation courses at Stanford, Stanford are provided by the Department of Operations, Information, and
Technology. Hence, apart from the core operations courses it also provides courses in modeling and decision
making, technology management and in other areAs like health, biomedical and environment management.

The various courses offered are:

OPERATIONS
Operations Global Operations

Business Process Design Revenue Optimization

Supply Chain Management and Analytics Supply Chain Management and Technology

Value Chain Strategies

DECISION MAKING & MODELING

Data Based Decision Making Modeling for Quantitative Analysis

Data and Decisions Advanced Modeling Seminar

TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Technology and Markets Electronic Business and Commerce

Technology Management Technology for Managers

OTHER COURSES OFFERED

Biodesign innovation course Homeland Security: Operations, Strategy and Implementation

Modeling Health Care Systems Environmental Science for Managers and Policy Makers

Field Trips to Grassroots Innovators in Health Care: Improving Access and

Outcomes for the Under-served

The core operations course focuses on the various managerial issues arising in operations of both
manufacturing and service industries. Business Process design focuses on the business processes through
which real work is accomplished, such as product development, order fulfillment, and customer service. Global
operations emphasizes on how global and international companies can overcome the geographical, cultural,
and organizational barriers, and leverage the strengths of the network to create values, and how these
companies may use different ways to manage operations in different regions to take full advantage of the local
strengths and limitations. The courses on supply chain management and its analytics and development
through technology and value addition provide means to use the available methods to improve the efficiency
of the supply chains and benefit the buyers, sellers and other players in the network. Revenue optimization
combines the use of information technology, statistical forecasting, and mathematical optimization to make
tactical decisions about pricing and product availability.

Modelling for quantitative analysis provides basic skills in quantitative modeling, using Excel as the
instructional medium. The applications covered include production and capacity planning, investment
management, and portfolio optimization. Data based decision making focuses on collecting, organizing, and
using data as an aid to making managerial decisions, while Data and decision emphasizes on analyzing risks
and formulating sound decisions in uncertain environments.

The technological management courses are intended to provide students who do not have significant
background in technology with an appreciation for managerial issues related to Informational Technology (IT)
within a typical firm, not necessarily in the technology sector. The courses discuss how value is delivered by IT
solutions, what must be done by a firm to realize this value, and whether an advantage bestowed by
technology is sustainable. As per the technical side, students are introduced to reliability, security , complexity,
and scalability via some common IT solutions. Enumerating on organizational side, costs of adaptation,risks,
difficulties with implementation, and decision architectures enabled by IT are studied. Also the focus is now
more on the business opportunities through internet and online transactions.

The department also provides quite a few courses in health management that study the recent developments
in health care modelling, and hands-on experience of some of these grassroots innovations through field trips
to a local public hospital and a non-profit product incubator . In the bio-design innovation course the students
develop a comprehensive solution to a medical need while the seminar on future of health examines the
various factors affecting health care sector in next five years.

Harvard Business School

At the Harvard Business School operations area is covered by the Technology and operations management
(TOM) department. The courses offered enable students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure
the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position and helps them to understand the
complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as well as the creation and
delivery of services through process analysis, cross-functional and cross-firm integration, product
development, information technology and technology and operations strategy.

The courses offered are:

Business and the environment Building and sustaining a successful Co-ordinating and managing
enterprise supply chains

operations strategy inventive breakthroughs and leading innovation ventures

commercializing science

managing innovation managing medicine managing service operations

The topics for the field study seminars are:

a. Building green businesses
b. Understanding and influencing operations as an investor

Business and the Environment focuses on identifying opportunities to create business value from
environmental and sustainability issues, and executing on these opportunities through special focus on global
climate change and the firm stressing on Voluntary greenhouse gas reduction targets, carbon credits and
offsets, partnerships with non-governmental organizations. Building and sustaining a successful enterprise
studies the challenges of building and managing an enduring, successful company or renewing the vitality of
an existing organization, from the point of view of the general manager.

Operations Strategy attracts students pursuing careers in either operating companies (manufacturing or
services) or professional service firms (e.g., consulting, private equity, venture capital, and investment
banking) who require a deeper understanding of how operating models impact competitive performance. It
explains how operations determines the competitive positioning of the firm and determines if a company's
operating system represents a source of competitive advantage (or disadvantage) and how to make the initial
decisions about the design of an operating system (e.g., scope of activity, capacity planning, and approaches to
quality improvement) and adapt an operating system to changing competitive conditions.

Managing Service Operations (MSO) focuses on how firms can deliver excellent service while achieving
business success and it explains the deep understanding of customers, competitors, and the firm's internal
mechanisms. With US healthcare market undergoing widespread change and because of its complexity and
fragmented nature, the study of the healthcare sector becomes important. Hence the department provides a
course on managing medicine. Managing Innovation (MI) explains the critical elements of designing and
developing innovative products and services, how these can be configured, and how the results are managed.
Inventing breakthroughs and commercializing science is a very unique course as its students are from
Harvard’s schools of business, medicine, science, public health, law engineering and government, the focus
being on inventing breakthroughs, working with other professionals and moving research from lab to market
place while leading innovative ventures provides tools to identify, evaluate and manage these ventures.

The field studies expose the students to the battleground of operations and help them understand operations
from the perspectives of the investors, public policy makers, researchers and practitioners.

The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania

The area of operations at Wharton is handled by the department of Operations and Information Management.
The very name of the department explains the integration of IT into the field of operations management and
the importance given to it in the various courses provided at Wharton. The department provides majors in
operations and Information Management and Information: Strategy and Economics. Also a joint major is
provided in marketing and operations management.

In the area of Operations management the courses offered are:

 a. Operation courses:

Quality and Production Supply chain Management Operational Performance Analysis

Product Design and Development Innovation, Problem Solving, and Design Integrating Marketing and Operations

Operations Strategy and Process Service Operations Management Retail Supply Chain Management
Management

Retail Supply Chains: Design and Global Supply Chain Management Advanced Study Projects in Operations
Management and Information Management

b. Information systems

Information Systems Engineering Decision Support system Systems Analysis, Design, and
Implementation

Information: Industry Structure and Business Transformation Financial Information Systems/Advanced

Competitive Strategy Topics in Information Strategy

c. Decision Process Courses:

Decision Decision Support Systems Managerial Decision Making

models and Uncertainty

Negotiations Risk and Crisis Management

Mathematical Modeling and Its Risk Analysis & Environmental

Application in Finance Management

Enabling Operations Management In Health Care  Risk Analysis & Environmental

Technologies  Management
Electronic Markets Telecommunications Technology and Environmental Sustainability and Value
Competitive Strategy Creation

d. Other courses offered:

The core courses available are – Quality and Production, Supply chain management, and Decision models and
Uncertainty. While quality and production focuses on describing processes, measuring lead time and capacity,
removing bottlenecks, and recent ideas about restructuring processes for increased performance, Supply chain
management explains how to assess the appropriate level of supply flexibility for a given industry and explore
strategies for economically increasing a firm’s supply flexibility.

Operational Performance Analysis develops an integrated model linking operational performance measures to
financial value and looks for techniques for improving performance. The course on product design and
development provides the student with a number of tools and concepts necessary for creating and managing
product development processes. The courses on supply chain management stress on both global supply chains
and retail supply chains. The industries considered include shoes and apparel, consumer electronics, food and
auto. The service sector commands the largest pie in most industrial economies. In the U.S., for example, it
accounts for approximately 70% of GDP and 80% of employment. Hence a course on service operations
management is also provided. Integrated marketing and operations covers topics that span marketing and
operations management like channel management, supply chain design, product variety management and
service operations pricing and control.
Information Systems Engineering focuses on the process of reengineering various business processes by the
use of information technology. Systems Analysis, Design, and Implementation deals with designing, developing
and managing large complex systems, required for internet based e-commerce and other processes. Business
transformation is intended to prepare students for leadership roles in dynamic and rapidly evolving industries,
and for careers in strategic consulting.

Decision models and uncertainty seeks to introduce simple models and ideas that provide powerful qualitative
insights about a large spectrum of managerial problems through linear and integer programming, decision
making under uncertainty, and simulation. Decision support systems familiarizes the students with the various
emerging fields like artificial intelligence, neural network, genetic algorithm, etc.

A course on electronic markets explains the use of technology to source services from global providers and
strategic technological platform and technology-enabled precision pricing techniques. Risk Analysis &
Environmental Management explains risk assessment, risk perception and risk management in dealing with
uncertain health, safety and environmental risks including the threat of terrorism, while Environmental
Sustainability and Value Creation stresses various issues with innovation, implementation and diffusion of
environmentally sustainable technologies and emphasizes the role of NGOs. With both healthcare and
telecommunications sectors undergoing tremendous changes world over with use of modern technology a
couple of courses are provided focusing on the managerial implications of these developments and how to
develop a competitive strategy in these sectors is stressed.

Kellogg School of Management North-western University

Majors in operations management at Kellogg is provided by the Department of Managerial Economics and
Decision Sciences. Apart from Operations, the department also provides majors in Analytical Consulting,
Decision Sciences, Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Managerial Economics.

The operation major has been designed with two specific career paths in mind: consulting and general
management and is the most appropriate major for a consultant or general manager to learn about the daily
cross-functional management of the firm. All the electives in the operations major take an interdisciplinary
view and interface with finance (for investing and financial evaluation), marketing (appropriate delivery
channels and customer management), organizational behaviour and strategy.

The courses offered in Operations management are:

Analytical Consulting Lab Spreadsheet Modelling for Managerial Inventory Management
Decisions

Operations Strategy Logistics and Supply Chain Management Revenue Optimization

Service Operations Disruptive Technology & Business Models Stochastic Foundations

Operational Risk Business Vision vs. Technology Delivery Business and Nanotechnology

Innovation Process
Management

The Analytics Consulting Club provides opportunity for students interested in developing deep skills in
analytics while Spreadsheet modelling for managerial decisions focuses on structuring, analyzing and solving
managerial decision problems on Excel spreadsheets. Inventory management examines the methods of
material procurement, production planning and inventory control for improving economy, productivity and
customer service. Operations strategy examines the impact on the net present value of the firm. With services
playing a key role in American and world economy the course on services operations focuses on improving
service productivity and management of service quality. Stochastic Foundations provide the doctoral students
the foundations of applied probability and stochastic modelling. In a stagnant and highly fragmented market,
reengineering of the older business model is the norm of the day and disruptive technology and business
model focuses on turning conventional business into e-enabled business with technology being the catalyst for
change. Business vision vs technology delivery provides solution for the miscommunication between business
goals based on technology and their implementation. With nanotechnology being considered the technology
of the future, a course on its application to business objectives is also offered by the department. And finally a
course on innovation process management explores methods and processes for managing innovation activities
in a manner that enhances efficacy and minimizes the risk of new product or service offering failure.

MIT Sloan Management

Courses offered in MIT Sloan Management are as follows

Case Studies in Logistics and International Supply Chain Introduction to Operations

Supply Chain Management Management Management

Logistics Systems Management of Services: Management of Supply Networks

Concepts, Design, and Deliver for Products and Services

Manufacturing System and Supply Operations Strategy Product Design and Development
Chain Design

Proseminar in Manufacturing Research Project in Manufacturing Seminar in Operations Management

Supply Chain Planning The Theory of Operations Workshop in Operations

Management Management
The case studies in logistics and supply chain management covers the strategic, management and operating
issues in contemporary logistics and integrated supply chain management focusing on logistics strategy, supply
chain restructuring and change management, and distribution, customer service and inventory policy.

International supply chain management provides an overview of international marketing, international finance
and supply chain interface, global strategy for logistics and supply chain models, role of government
intervention and regulations (including border crossings, local content laws, etc.), the role of ports and airports
in international product movements and the economics of international air and ocean carriers.

Management of Services explores the difference between service and manufacturing operations, and the
degree of distinct management skills and tools required. Management of Supply Networks for products and
Services focuses on analysis, design and management of supply networks for products and services.

Operations Strategy provides unifying framework for analyzing strategic issues in manufacturing and service
operations. The course analyzes relationships between manufacturing and service companies and their
suppliers, customers, and competitors and covers decisions in technology, facilities, vertical integration,
human resources and other strategic areas.

Product design and Development covers modern tools and methods for product design and development
covering product planning, identifying customer needs, concept generation, product architecture, industrial
design, concept design, and design-for-manufacturing. Pro-seminar in Manufacturing provides an integrative
forum for operations and manufacturing students and is the focus for projects in leadership, service, and
improvement. Supply chain planning delves on effective supply chain strategies for companies that operate
globally, with priority on how to plan and integrate supply chain components into a coordinated system.

Thus the courses offered have a global perspective and hence the students doing these courses find it easy to
adapt to the various leading manufacturing companies working across the globe.

Michigan School of Business

The department of Operations and Management Science at the Michigan school of business offers the
following courses:

CORE Operations Management Applied Business Statistics

ELECTIVES

Linear Programming Manufacturing and Supply Operations Project Management

Supply Chain Analytics Supply Chain Management Logistics

Projects in Healthcare Tauber Institute Team Project Independent Study Project

The core Operations management course offers a framework for systematically examining and understanding
operations management issues and exposes students to important tools and practices useful in managing
manufacturing and service production systems. The other core course of Applied Business Statistics explains
various statistical concepts through the use of business applications.

The elective Linear Programming deals with formulation of problems from various sectors using mathematical
model of linear programming and solving them by use of various computer programs. While manufacturing
and supply operations covers the basic concepts and techniques of inventory management based on a system
of manufacturing laws known as “Factory Physics”, Project Management focuses on strategies and tools useful
in management of non-repetitive business activities like construction, new product development and market
introduction, consulting engagements, and organization restructurings, that include work breakdown
structure, network representation, PERT/CPM models and analysis, Gantt charts, time and cost models, PM
software, and probabilistic analysis, and strategy consideration dealing with uncertainty, resource constraints,
dealing with shared and requested vs. commanded and dedicated resources and milestone management.

Supply chain management and Supply Chain analytics aim to develop an understanding of key devices of
supply chain performance and their interrelationship with firm strategy with emphasis given to tools and skills
necessary to develop solutions for a variety of supply chain design problems and inter-firm and intra-firm
coordination issues. The later introduces students to decision support models (using optimization and
simulation techniques like forecasting, aggregate planning and resource allocation decisions, economies of
scale and computation of transfer prices and revenue management) that are most frequently used in logistics
and supply chain applications. Logistics trains students in the various aspects of logistics management. like the
management of inventory, facilities, warehousing and transportation, with in-depth study of these individual
elements as well as examination of integrated logistics strategy and network design, sustainability in logistics,
international logistics and globalization, competition and co-ordination, role of information flow and IT.

The department also provides projects in healthcare in collaboration with clinicians at the UM Medical Centre
to meet significant needs in the hospital. Tauber Institute Team Project is a paid, multi-disciplinary team
project under faculty direction at an industry site. The projects, ranging from high-level strategic analysis and
positioning, to detailed work flow issues for a specific product line, are highly challenging operations-related
assignments with both business and engineering aspects.

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Not all courses offered were mentioned in the official website of the institute. The courses mentioned are just
samples of the various courses offered. The area of operations management provides the following courses:

supply chain strategy and practice operations strategy and performance analysis

managerial decision modelling revenue management

managing service operations

The emphasis, thus, is on study of how the management decisions and daily working of the company affect
each other encompassing the effect not only on operational decisions, but also on other areas like human
resource, finance and marketing.

While supply chain strategy and practice focuses on methods to improve flow of materials and information
through the network of manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and retailers and the management decisions
relating to its optimization, operations strategy and performance analysis stresses on developing an integrated
model linking operational performance measures to financial value and identify techniques to improve
operational performance, both collectively and individually.

Revenue management deals with identifying, formulating solving and implementing systems for pricing and
revenue optimization with limited resources and information. Managerial decision making helps to learn to
structure complex managerial problems, analyze options and make decisions through use of analytical tools
like optimization, simulation, and decision trees to examine managerial decision models applicable in resource
allocation, risk analysis and sequential decision-making through time.
Management Service operations draws idea not only from operations management, but also from consumer
behaviour, marketing, and strategy to develop a Service Model encompassing - the Service Offering, the
Funding Mechanism, the Employee Management System, and the Customer Management System - to analyze
both existing and new services.

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame situated in Notre Dame, Indiana, and USA is among the top twenty national
universities in the United States. Responding to challenge of lack of exposure to innovation process or
utilization of intellectual property for the creation of dynamic companies and enterprises among most science
and engineering student, it conducts Masters of Science program, ESTEEM (Engineering, Science and Technical
Entrepreneurship Excellence Master’s program) to pool in innovators and entrepreneurs with command over
technology and business practices. This is where renowned author in field of Operations Management,
Lee J Krajewski practised his trade. The Operation Management module consists of six 1-credit courses

Financial mathematics and Statistical methods Research and development

modeling basics
Quality planning, forecasting,
decision-making, and project
management
Supply chain management
management for large-scale,
high-technology projects
Principles of operations research
important in high-technology /
high-growth ventures

The Planning course focuses on quality planning, forecasting and project management as an aid to scheduling
and controlling technology projects, R&D costs while highlighting Six Sigma and Lean Planning. While Supply
Chain management stresses on the qualitative and quantitative features of the basic components in
organizational point of view, the Operations Research Models course focuses on minimising risk and yet
improving performance in R&D companies and start-ups using models in terms of deterministic modelling
(linear programming, Simplex Method)and probabilistic modelling (Markov chains, queuing theory, inventory
theory).The course on Statistical Methods focuses on the problems faced by large R&D organizations as well as
small, high-tech companies by providing an overview of statistics both non-parametric and parametric
statistics including probability, random variables, probability distributions, expectation with a more
comprehensive treatment of hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation . Besides the university also
provides two specialised courses. Financial Mathematics utilizes sophisticated mathematical models and
algorithms to interpret operations and the financial positions of the R&D and engineering-based enterprises
for use in the business sector. Research and Development Management focuses on studying issues involved in
management of R&D and its functional relationship to employees, corporate structure, and society, as well as
the functional characteristics of breakthrough technologies, small venture expansion via technological
innovation.

All these courses are designed keeping in view the high density of technology companies in the region. The
world-class nanoelectronic research being conducted at the University Of Notre Dame’s Centre for
NanoScience and Technology is a fillip for such companies to set base here .In addition the setting up of
Innovation Park, a technology park at Notre Dame that facilitates commercialization for many forms of
research backed by business-friendly economic development policies has allowed mushrooming of many
research oriented companies and fast racked many entrepreneurial setups.

Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington

The Kelley School of Business is a prominent American business school and one of fourteen academic units of
Indiana University. It offers Operations courses both in undergraduate and MBA programs. The BS in supply
chain management provides a broad-based curriculum in strategies and techniques for effective management
of supply chains, while an MBA major in supply chain & operations complemented by supply chain and global
management academy offers students various insights into the process. Renowned author F Robert Jacobs
has been professor here. A specialised MS in global supply chain management for working professionals
involving three intensive career-focused Academy weeks with a mixture of personal mentoring, live case
studies, and access to executives and alumni augment the college’s offerings.

International Business International Business International International

Environments
Logistics and Distribution
Project Management
Operations Competitive Strategy Management
Enterprise Resource Strategic Sourcing Business Process Design
Management
Supply Chain Management Independent Study in Independent Study -
and Technologies Operations Management International Business

The Undergraduate students in the Department of Operations and Decision Technologies can major in
Information and Process Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management and a co-major
in technology management. Some of the courses offered are

Business Application Business Process Technology Data Management

Development Management Infrastructure
Operations Processes Collaboration and Supply Chain Supply Chain
Workflow Management Management : Sourcing

Supply Chain Management : Integration of Systems Decision Support Systems Enterprise Architecture
Logistics and Distribution and Business

While the Supply Chain Management focuses on managing flow of material in the distribution and
manufacturing stages of the supply chain using material planning and execution systems including topics like
computer/software systems for demand management and forecasting techniques, inventory control systems
materials and capacity requirements and planning systems in manufacturing. Supply Chain Management:
Sourcing comprehensively examines the purchasing function in industrial firms including sourcing (domestic
and international), specifications, and standards, quality assurance and reliability, contract and pricing practice
and ethics. Operations Processes focuses on study of the processes by which products are created and
delivered to customers that include throughput (the rate of product delivery), flow time (the time it takes to
deliver that product), and inventory. Decision Support Systems enumerates on how to develop mathematical
models used to improve decision-making within an organization with elaborate cases based on actual
management situations. Collaboration and Workflow provides an introduction to the enterprise business
processing with particular emphasis on SAP enterprise software applied to global processes. Workflow systems
integrate people, processes, and technology, collectively known as organizational structure, business objects
and business processes... The course covers an in-depth exploration of SAP’s Webflow technology, SAP’s BPM
architecture known as NetWeaver, and map processes with Intalio’s BPMS, which lays over SAP’s NetWeaver
to demonstrate how global organizations perform business process management over traditional ERP systems.
Much of the courses are designed keeping in mind the global scope of supply chain management and the
flattening of the global market and the impact of supply chain practices cross a variety of industries and career
function.

UCLA Anderson School of Management

UCLA Anderson School of Management is one of eleven professional schools at the University of California, Los
Angeles and ranked among the country’s top-tier programs offering degrees to full-time, part-time, executive
MBA and Ph.D. students. Renowned author Elwood S Buffa was one of the founding directors of the Executive
MBA Program here. The Decisions, Operations and Technology Management (DOTM) area focuses on
operations management in the service and manufacturing sectors as the primary means for executing
strategy, criticality of operations to the firm's competitive success and maps the connections at the firm level
with other key organizational functions such as design, finance and marketing. DOTM seeks to combine the
process view of operations with analytical approaches in conducting R&D for facilitating opportunities in
consulting, high-technology, retail and entrepreneurial ventures.

Some of the courses offered either as foundation, sequel or specialised courses are :

Data Analysis, Operations Technology Managerial Model Building Statistical Methods in

Statistics, and Management Management
Decision Making
Supply Chain Global Operations Strategy Data Analysis and Management Decision Sciences
Management Decisions under Uncertainty Model
Decision Analysis Managing Entrepreneurial Special Topics in Decisions, Special Topics in
Operations Operations and Technology Management
Management
Technology Quantitative Methods for Operations and Technology
Management Managers Management: Systems,
Strategies, and Policies

The courses are elaborately designed and segments students based on their target sector of service sector or
manufacturing sector or high-technology companies in either service or manufacturing or of a cross-functional
nature. For instance Managing Entrepreneurial Operations is an Integrative course that explores operating
issues involved in managing entrepreneurial enterprises, building on methodologies, principles and concepts
provided in requisite functional and strategic core courses. Extensive case studies and readings develop skills
and a philosophical basis for applying managerial concepts to entrepreneurial operations.

Special Topics in Decisions, Operations and Technology Management focuses on application of specialized
knowledge to operational problems including topics like Strategy for Information Intensive Industries,
Empirical Research in Operations Management, Analytical Methods of Operation Research, Introduction to
Management in the Information Economy and Models for Medical Management. While Special Topics In
Management concern in-depth examination of problems or issues of current concern in management
including E-Business and Supply Chains, Electronic Commerce, Topics in Mathematical Programming,
"Competition, Markets and Power" and High-Tech Marketing.
The Global Operations Strategy course studies the challenges of operating globally in a range of industries,
including software, consulting, automotive, textile, etc. and having a strategic perspective throughout.

USC Marshall School of Business

The Marshall School of Business is a leading business school at the University of Southern California, the
largest among USC's 17 professional schools. Renowned author Richard B. Chase, Justin Dart Professor of
operations Management taught at this institute. The college provides doctoral students with the quantitative
and analytical skills needed to conduct research and develop theory in Information System and Operations
Management through its Department of Information and Operations Management. The prerogative is on
understanding the different aspects, trade-offs and driving forces behind business processes and the impact of
information systems on the organization and its business. While Information systems deal with organizational
and technical systems and economic activities used to leverage information within and across organizations,
Operations Management addresses issues of supply chain management, production, distribution and logistics,
retailing and service industries. The common goal is to better manage business organizations and business
processes for strategic and operational advantage.
Students address problems and opportunities linking information technologies (IT) and business
issues as the networked digital environment gets transformed. The topics include the design of
electronic value chains, electronic commerce and markets, software markets and piracy, privacy and
security, knowledge management and emergent processes, collaboration in virtual teams and across
enterprises, and dynamic IT capabilities and vigilant information systems in fast-response
environments. An integrated framework to study entire supply chains of global organizations,
dealing with strategic procurement, outsourcing, inventory theory, distribution and logistics,
forecasting, dynamic pricing and bargaining is facilitated. Some of the courses offered are

Organizational Behaviour Current Research in Economics Information Behavioural ISR

Operations Management Systems
Probalistic Models in Linear Programming and Elements of Stochastic Optimization Models in
Operations Management Extension Processes Operations Management

California is the land of Hollywood and Silicon City. So the entire entertainment industry and software industry
headquarter is based here. The duality of Information and Operations Management allows new ways of
managing active digital content and improving the way digital recordings,videogame softwares and the entire
IT industry’s operational efficiency can be significantly enhanced. Significant foreign competition,
shorter product and service life-cycles, better-educated and quality-conscious consumers, and the capabilities
of new technology have helped elucidate the importance of operations in these sectors.

Fisher College Ohio State University

The Fisher College in The Ohio State University is among the top ten public graduate and undergraduate B-
schools in the USA. In fact Fisher College is ranked third in the US for its leadership in supply chain
management. On the lines of innovation it prepares managers for leadership in the emerging, rapid and
continuous improvement environment found in leading service and manufacturing companies. Worldwide
respected author Larry P Ritzman was a Professor in this university. Some of the courses offered here
are

Logistics Operations Planning and Analysis & Design of Global Sourcing Re-engineering the
Management Control for Supply Chain Logistics Systems Corporation
Management

Six Sigma Six Sigma Projects Service Quality Implement/Managing Producing Change in
Principles Management Lean Processes Organizations

Matching Strategic Design of Customer Driven Field Problems in Entrepreneurship

Supply with Operations/Logistics Manufacturing in the Logistics and Business Plan
Demand Systems Global Market Development

Supply Chain Services Marketing and Service/Quality Building Professional Advanced Strategic
Management Management Management Services in Product Analysis
Companies
Supply chain management focuses on the management of the relationships between firms in the supply chain
with curriculum geared to a cross-functional, process oriented framework with further studies focusing heavily
on implementation issues .The Six Sigma Management track aims at imparting functional and practical
knowledge on process improvement. It provides grounding in complementary approaches to continual
improvement and giving a managerial context for operational efficiency. The Entrepreneurship courses impart
the necessary skills to design business plans, identify new business opportunities and deal with venture capital
and private equity.

The region is known for its robust industry clusters and research discoveries and a flurry of research centres
and universities across Ohio mushrooming in due course. With the identification of the state’s first innovation
hub r long-standing local initiatives aimed at creating jobs would be re-energized and young companies would
have access to talent, investment capital and business advice. And with the region advertising itself heavily as
a knowledge neighbourhood and setting up of more knowledge centres within a hub makes these courses
indispensable.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND SUGGESTIONS

India is known for its intellectual capital and has been producing sharp minds since time immemorial. And
when it comes to the Operations Management followed in the Indian B-Schools, India has been keeping
abreast with the rest of the world. Certain courses like cellular technology as followed in IIM Bangalore are
followed in some of the foreign B-Schools as well. Use of IT in conjunction with operations management is now
becoming a growing trend in Indian B-Schools as well. But unlike the foreign B-Schools that primarily focus on
the practical applicability and using various state-of-the-art technologies to demonstrate concepts, Indian B-
Schools still continue with the traditional method of teaching.

In comparison to the Indian B- Schools, the foreign B- Schools provide courses in operations management
integrated with information technology. The emphasis is clearly on the use of modern tools, techniques and
technology for improving the operations management, performance analysis, decision making and supply
chain management. The courses are offered keeping a wider global prospective in view and cater to the need
of international students. The design of the courses and the curriculum fosters innovation among the students
and the field studies help them understand operations from the perspective of the investors, researchers,
practitioners and analysts.
Courses on environment sciences are provided by many b-schools as concerns on environmental hazards are
on a rise and green business is the norm of the day. With the healthcare industry in US undergoing major
changes, courses in medicine and healthcare management are offered by most b-schools. Specialized courses
on Telecommunications management, nanotechnology, technology for managers, biomedical engineering and
homeland security against terrorism and natural hazards are also provided by many top B-schools keeping in
touch with the technological trends and contemporary global needs and scenario.  

Also it is seen in very few locations of Indian subcontinent that the courses offered are taken in regards to the
place the college is in as a result of which the individual moves to other places in search of better
opportunities. Moreover, they seek those works where they can apply what they have learnt which they
normally do not get after passing from many Indian B-schools. Such is not the case in foreign B- Schools which
provide courses based on the industries in the region. 

 
India is growing very fast and many global companies have already established a significant portion of their
business in India. Our companies are also spreading their wings onto foreign soils. Most of the IT-based
processes are outsourced to India. Thus, it is natural to expect India to be among the leaders in operations
management. However this is not the case and Indian B-schools are still quite some miles behind the ones
abroad even though there is no dearth of quality talent among the research scholars and faculties in our
business schools. The course curriculum, thus, needs to be revamped as per the modern times and specialized
courses ought to be introduced that attract more talented students and help contribute to the development of
the sectors as well.

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