Ferris State University
Big Rapids, Michigan, United States
http://www.ferris.edu/

Quality Engineering

Studies statistically based industrial quality control methods. Statistical Process Control (SPC) is covered in an in-depth manner along with the contemporary tools of quality. An overview of Design of Experiments (DOE) is discussed as a natural interdependent part of any Total Quality Improvement effort. ...
 

A survey course covering production machining, metal casting, powder metallurgy, bulk deformation, pressworking, and non-traditional machining. ...
 

Provides basic processing, programming, and machining skills related to conversational and computer assisted programming. Exposure to 2-D and 3-D CAD/CAM, and knowledge of common numerical control technology. Program output used to machine parts on CNC lathe and mill. Includes introduction to coordinate measuring machine and CNC programming the machine....
 

This course introduces the student to techniques used in industry for workmethods design, work measurement, methods analysis, and the fundamentals that apply to the development of manufacturing costs. Laboratory exercises will provide the student with opportunities to conduct time studies on typical manufacturing operations, evaluate work environments in regard to methods improvement and ergono......
 

Capstone course in solving the problems of advanced general management. Develops the concept and techniques of strategic management as well as providing an analytical approach in understanding and dealing with actual business world situations. Knowledge acquired in the business program is basic in the overall approach. Uses the case study method with some lecture relative to strategic analysis.......
 

The course is intended to examine, evaluate, and assess the impact of contemporary business trends and concepts on the current and future practice of management; provides exposure to ideas and approaches in advance of incorporation in the mainstream of the basic business curriculum; involves reports of student research and may include presentations by and discussions with practitioners in the f......
 

Course provides an in-depth view of the total compensation system. Design, develop, and implement a complete compensation system and the aspects of which include: establishing the compensation objectives, analyzing and evaluating jobs, establishing the organization’s pay policy relative to the external labor market, and utilizing the compensation system to adjust employee wages. Emphasis w......
 

The course focuses on two emergent issues for businesses, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, and especially upon those situations that require moral reflection, judgment, and decision; examines contemporary concepts of business ethics and social responsibility; explores current problems that require moral and ethical reasoning....
 

Students participate in the Small Business Institute assisting entrepreneurs and small business owners in solving business problems. Assignments involve a wide array of business problems including marketing, cost analysis, organization, facilities planning, product line, profitability, and business start-up. Students are assigned to a business based on their academic pursuits and areas of inter......
 

Examines the concepts and approach required to develop an idea from the conceptual stage to the marketplace; discusses techniques for identifying and developing ideas, preparing a business plan, starting a new venture, and expanding a successful venture. Students prepare a business plan for a business of their choice....
 

Long-term trends of the business environment and the factors that influence those trends; methods and results of business forecasting techniques....
 

This course focuses on the behavioral aspect of human resources, specifically negotiations. The course covers the broad spectrum of negotiations from common negotiations that occur in everyday life (e.g. buying/selling a car, negotiation a job offer, etc.) to specific labor-management negotiations. In addition to studying the subject from a theoretical and empirical standpoint, students will pa......
 

Covers the objectives, functions, and organization of personnel programs; discusses such topics as selection training and development, job analysis, wage and salary administration, performance appraisal, disciplinary systems, employee safety and health, and the collective bargaining process....
 

Examines the concepts, principles and techniques of production and operations management, and focuses on capacity, location, process, product, materials purchasing and scheduling of resources with an integrated systems approach that includes CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing), JIT (Just in Time) and MRPII (Manufacturing Resource Planning)....
 

The philosophy of continuous quality improvement, basic process improvement tools, basic management and planning tools, teaming, and models for improvement. Maximizing customer service and satisfaction, optimizing inventory investment, and maximizing operations efficiency. Principles of operations management; dependent and independent demand, forecasting; work measurement; work standards. Pract......
 

The nature of risk and the risk management concepts. Identification, analysis and measurement of risk. Tools of risk management including avoidance and retention, loss prevention, combination transfer, finance and insurance, insurance contracts and their uses, regulation, and public policy....
 

Studies the applications of microeconomics, finance, and accounting to business decision making; especially decision making about organization, pricing, levels of output, and resource allocation. Uses problems and cases to illustrate microeconomic principles relevant to specific current business situations as market structure, re-engineering, integration and outsourcing, leadership, etc....
 

Fundamentals of starting and operating a successful small business. Traces the development of a business from the entrepreneurial concept to the profitable operating stage. Provides opportunities to discuss and solve small business problems in such areas as marketing, personnel, finance, and operations....
 

Provides an opportunity to review and understand the characteristics and qualities required for effective leadership in contemporary organizations; complements traditional teaching methods with role playing, case studies, and exercises....
 

Fundamentals of individual and group behavior in organizational settings and the processes and skills essential for the success of individuals as members of contemporary organizations; the changing makeup of organizations with increases in the numbers of women, minorities in the work place, and diverse backgrounds that make up the changing work place and how the manager must deal with these cul......
 

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