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COMM 225/GDBA 536 - Production and Operations Management

This course is an introduction to contemporary operational issues and techniques in the manufacturing and service sectors. Among the topics covered are operations strategy, forecasting, materials' management, total quality management, time-based competition, and minimal manufacturing. Mathematical modelling in resource allocation is also introduced. Cases and computer-aided quantitative tools for decision-making are used throughout the course with an emphasis on the interactions between production/operations management and other business disciplines.

Semester:

  • Summer II (May 11 - August 12, 2026)
  • Fall (September 8 - December 7, 2026)
  • Winter (January 11 - April 12, 2027)

Instructor:

Please refer to the Course Outline below.

Program:

Undergraduate / Graduate, 3 credits

Required Course Material Fee:

$98.79 CAD

Course material refers to all content that is needed to be licensed, acquired, or leased for the purpose of offering the online course.
This could include the electronic version of a textbook (or parts of it), images, articles, animations, audio, and/or video.
This material has been deemed essential for the course at the request of the instructor and/or content provider.
This fee is paid by students at the time of the retrieval of their eConcordia course and is in addition to the regular tuition that they pay to the university for the enrolment in the credit course.

Prerequisite

Prerequisite for COMM 225: COMM 210 or COMM 211; One of COMM 212, ENCS 282 or COMM 205; COMM 215 or COMM 214; Never taken COMM 401

Prerequisites for GDBA 536: GDBA 530 previously or concurrently

  • Notes: Students who have received credit for GBDA 506 may not take this course for credit.

Book:

William J. Stevenson, Hydeh Mottaghi, Behrouz Bakhtiar (2024). Operations Supply Chain Management, Eighth Canadian Edition, Publication by McGraw Hill.

Notes: Access to the textbook is included in your course materials fee.

Registration Information:

Concordia students must register for this course in their Student Hub. It is strongly recommended that they consult Concordia's class schedule prior to enrolling in order to be aware of any registration restrictions (see the notes). Once registered, students must then sign up for an eConcordia account to access the course material. » Visit the registration section for details.

COURSE OUTLINE

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