Operations management is the design and management by an organization of all of the activities required to transform input resources into output products and services. The operations manager plans production, schedules work, and controls resources so as to meet the goals of the organization. This course covers the issues underlying the management of operations, and introduces the student to a variety of tools and techniques used by operations managers exploring alternative means of implementing decisions. As such, this course is a survey of some of the major decisions and methods of operations management.