SCOTT
WALKER 

Professor of Practice
  • Home
  • Teaching
    • Christopher Newport University >
      • Strategic Management 418 >
        • BUSN418 Syllabus
      • Strategy - Simulation Fall 2017
      • Business Management 448
      • Operations Management 304
    • Virginia Tech >
      • The StartUp Class - 2015
      • Lean Launch Pad - Seminar
      • The StartUp Class - 2014
      • Thinking Like an Innovator - 2013
      • C-Tech2 2014
    • Faculty Philosophy
    • Teaching Statement
  • Community
    • StartUp Class Winners
    • The Academy for Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence
    • I-Corps Roanoke-Blacksburg Cohort 2014
    • CREATE!
    • UNCC - Senior Project 2014-2015
    • UNCC - Senior Project 2017-2018
    • Industrial Design Class Mentoring
    • Innovation Pathways Minor
    • The StartUp Class Course Proposal
  • Research
    • Venture Well (NCIIA) 2015
    • NCIIA Open 2014
    • Changing the Mindset of Students in Entrepreneurial Education
  • Thoughts & Impressions
  • Scott Walker - Background
    • Education Background >
      • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
      • Bowling Green State University
      • Ohio Northern University
      • University of North Carolina, Charlotte
      • Catawba College
      • University of Massachusetts - Lowell
      • High Point University
      • Life Long Learning >
        • Coursera - Developing Innovative Ideas
        • Udacity - How To Build a StartUp
    • Industry Experience >
      • Product Development
      • Leadership
    • References

BUSN304

BUSN304 is Operations Management.  (3 - 3 - 0)
Description - Understanding the role of the operations function and its
impact on the competitiveness of the firm is an important part of any manager’s training. Operational issues include designing, acquiring, operating, and maintaining facilities
and processes; purchasing raw materials; controlling and maintaining inventories; and providing the proper labor needed to produce a good or service so that customers’ expectations are met. This course in operations management is intended to be a survey of operating practices and models in both manufacturing and service oriented firms.
Picture

Why is this class important?

•Simply put - a company's operations is where it makes the products or services.  Without operations there is no viable business model.

Pedagogy

• Limited, Engaging Lectures
• Notes and Slides tailored to the class and the required knowledge
• Biweekly quizzes and a final exam
• Significant in-Class team board work

Assignments

• Random Assignments requiring students to work in teams
• Assignments use topics worked on in class
• Assignments mimic actual business problems
• Assignment require critical thinking

Feedback

•" I liked working in groups. I like being able to make corrects on the quizzes. I liked it when we went over problems as an entire class."
• "Overall this class was good. Walker makes a potentially hard subject understandable."
•"He made you answer your own questions and would give straight forward answers it was difficult to learn that way at first but once i did figure it out i didn’t forget it."

Picture
Picture
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.