Business Administration - Operations Management Concentration, BA

Western Washington University - International Study Center (StudyGroup)

The Business Administration program has been designed to prepare students for leadership roles in business and the community. One program objective is to provide students with the perceptual and analytical skills necessary in making decisions and evaluating policy in business another is to develop student understanding of the social, economic and regulatory environment of business. The program is designed for students with a variety of career goals, including opportunities with financial institutions, manufacturing and retail firms, service industries and the public sector. Learning Competency Goals Upon finishing the program, our students will be able to: Learning Competency 1: apply critical analysis to support a recommendation for operations problems. Learning Competency 2: communicate operations analyses, decisions, and recommendations effectively to diverse stakeholders using appropriate written, oral, and data-visual formats. Learning Competency 3: apply quantitative methodology to support decision making in the context of operations management. Learning Competency 4: possess skills that make them professionally ready. Why Consider an Operations Management (OPS) Concentration in the Business Administration Major? It is critical for organizations to be effective and efficient with their operations. Operations managers are concerned with each step associated with providing a service or product ranging from acquisition of the raw materials and component parts to delivery to the customer. They determine what equipment, labor, tools, facilities, materials, energy, and information are required, how these can best be obtained, and how they are used to satisfy the requirements of the marketplace.