Subject: IIME

Term: Fall 2009

IIME 425: People Issues and Change in Organizations (100/6250)

M 10:30-01:30 PM Aug 24-Dec 04

Tolchinsky, P

This course is intended to help students assess events occurring in organizations from a behavioral and human resources perspective and to help them develop strategies for managing these events. The course applies knowledge from the fields of organizational behavior and human resource management to provide an understanding and the skills needed to be effective in organizations. The fields of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management are devoted to the study of how human beings act in organized settings and how organizations can affect human behavior through a variety of policies, practices, structures, and strategies. In today's environment, organizations are faced with high levels of international competition and an increasing pace of technological, market, and social changes. As an organizational member, you are expected to successfully operate within these increasingly complex demands as well as help create and guide change. The purpose of this course is to provide you with the framework and tools needed to analyze and operate in the changing organization. We will examine some of the features that characterize an emerging organizational form and contrast this to its traditional predecessor. The focus of the course will be on the skills you will need to operate in the "new" organization including skills for being a change agent working in entry level and early career managerial roles. Recommended preparation: Accredited Bachelor's in Engineering plus summer job experience.

IIME 430A: Product and Process Design, Development, and Delivery I (100/6252)

W 09:00-12:00 PM Aug 24-Dec 04

Cort, S; Wnek, G

An integrated approach to the teaching of the complex relationship of customer to designer and to manufacturer, this course will be team taught by faculty from WSOM and CSE, with participation of corporate representatives sponsoring projects for the teams. The course will be built on a series of projects, each emphasizing different aspects of the product/process design experience, selected to provide exposure to a wide variety of entrepreneurial activities. The project activities are expected to promote the development of realistic activities of cross-functional teams. Recommended preparation: Accredited Bachelor's in Engineering plus summer job experience.

IIME 440: Engineering Statistics and Quality (100/6254)

MW 03:45-05:00 PM Aug 24-Dec 04

Flowers, A

This course provides an introduction to managing quality throughout the supply chain in both manufacturing and service organizations, utilizing the popular Six Sigma approach. The familiar DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve control) problem solving approach will be emphasized. Students will learn the basic tools of quality (such as cause-and-effect diagrams for brainstorming), quality processes (such as benchmarking), and quality management including quality planning, quality control, and quality improvement. The course will include the subject of statistical process control, an integral component of Six Sigma.

IIME 445: Engineering Statistics for Biosciences (100/6256)

MW 05:30-06:45 PM Aug 24-Dec 04

Sidik, S

This course provides an introduction to biostatistics, emphasizing experimental design, analysis of data, and special emphasis on statistical and financial aspects of randomized clinical trials for biomedical applications. There will be a final project involving development of a clinical trial protocol including the experimental design, recruitment and retention strategy, analysis plan and budget. Offered as BIOS 448, HSMC 448, and IIME 445.

IIME 450A: Engineering Entrepreneurship I (100/6258)

T 09:00-12:00 PM Aug 24-Dec 04

Drummond, C

The nature and importance of entrepreneurship is an area of importance to business leaders, educators, politicians, and individual members of the society. It is a driver of economic development and wealth creation in organization units ranging in size from the individual company to entire nations. Technology-based entrepreneurship is particularly important to this economic development due to its impact on productivity and its potential for exponential growth. To create something new and of value to both the organization and the market requires a technical individual who is willing to assume the social, psychic, and financial risks involved and achieve the resulting rewards whether these be monetary, personal satisfaction, or independence. This can occur while starting an enterprise (i.e., entrepreneurship) or while driving innovation in an existing organization (intrapreneurship). This course will also take students through a variety of issues related to enhancing innovation in the context of a technology-based organization. This is sometimes termed intrapreneurship and includes innovating new products and services within an organization. This is a very complex field and relatively young. Students will learn that there are not many "absolute truths," but there are numerous best practices and benchmarks that can assist the intrapreneur. Recommended preparation: Accredited Bachelor's in Engineering plus summer job experience.

IIME 470: Independent Projects (100/6856)

06:00-08:30 PM Aug 24-Dec 04

Wnek, G

This course is designed for students wishing to expand experiential learning opportunities at the interface of engineering and management. Preferred focus areas in entrepreneurship and opportunity assessment, product design and development, and manufacturing planning and management. Project ideas along with milestone, deliverables, and potential corporate clients need to be arranged in advance.