Subject: IIME

Term: Spring 2013

IIME 419: Entrepreneurship and Personal Wealth Creation (100/9943)

R 06:00-08:30 PM Jan 17-Apr 25

Osborne, R

Course explores the accumulation of personal wealth utilizing entrepreneurial strategies. The underlying competencies of successful entrepreneurs are identified and applied to individual lives of students. Active entrepreneurs will be studied, and original case studies of start-ups and acquisitions provide the basis for class exercises. Offered as ENTP 419, PLCY 419 and IIME 419.

IIME 420: Information Technology and Systems (100/3986)

W 03:00-05:45 PM Jan 14-Apr 29

Lee, K

This course is intended to provide students with a perspective of effective use and management of information technology. The primary thrust will be to explain the enabling role of information technology, and how this insight can provide a competitive advantage for industrial organizations in many application areas. In order to accomplish this, technologies such as telecommunications and networking, distributed systems, data management systems, software development, electronic commerce, and the use of multimedia, internet, and web-based systems will be investigated. The impact of these IT technologies for improved industrial productivity and competitiveness. Recommended preparation: Accredited Bachelor's in Engineering.

IIME 424: Chief Executive Officer (100/9944)

T 03:00-05:45 PM Jan 15-Apr 23

Osborne, R

This course is designed for students who aspire to become a chief executive officer. The unique role, responsibilities, and requirements of the CEO will be explored. Students will benchmark CEO best practices through exposure to leading chief officers, study the paths to and preparation for the top job, and develop a personal career strategy to increase their chances of becoming a CEO. Offered as PLCY 425 and IIME 424.

IIME 430B: Product and Process Design, Development, and Delivery II (100/4356)

W 09:00-11:45 AM Jan 14-Apr 29

Buse, K; 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: IIME 430A.

IIME 435: Enterprise Resource Planning in the Supply Chain (100/3987)

M 06:00-08:30 PM Jan 14-Apr 29

Difilippo, D

Enterprise resource planning is the dominant system by which companies translate the needs from their customers into the detailed plans that the company must perform to meet the customer needs, and the resulting support the company will need from its suppliers. As such, it is a central player in the process of supply chain management. In this course, we study both the quantitative and qualitative concepts and techniques to help manage a company's operations to perform these important translation and planning tasks in order to help the company be successful. The quantitative analysis will be supported by microcomputer software available in the Weatherhead computer lab. Student teams complete a series of integrated case studies from the same company to vividly see the relationships between various planning and control activities. A major emphasis during the course is the design of processes and procedures (algorithms) for solving very complex (wicked) problems as a part of both class discussions and while working on case studies, as well as critiquing the designs so as to clearly understand their limitations.

IIME 446: Models of Health Care Systems (100/3988)

W 06:00-08:00 PM Jan 14-Mar 04

Dowling, A

This course is for professionals who will pursue their careers in, or associated with, the health care industry; and therefore, need to understand the structure, operations and decision influences in the health care delivery system. The course is intended to develop competence and confidence in the participant's ability to understand and operate in the industry. the largest and, perhaps, the most complex in the United States. It is applicable to the private and public, profit and not-for-profit sectors. In this course students are introduced to: the different systems of care delivery; their organization and operations; their markets and the nature of the demand for their services; and the dynamics of their interoperation among themselves and with other entities in the industry (e.g., payors/insurers, regulators and accreditors, technology and pharmaceuticals suppliers). Offered as HSMC 446 and IIME 446.

IIME 447: Regulatory Affairs for the Biosciences (100/3989)

W 06:00-08:00 PM Mar 18-Apr 29

Warden, K

This mini-course introduces students to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the laws and regulations it enforces. A scientific regulatory agency with far reaching enforcement authority, FDA is the most powerful consumer protection agency in the world. This course will familiarize students with FDA's mission, philosophy and organizational structure, as well as policy and procedure it uses to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the food, drugs, biologics, cosmetics, medical devices and radiation-emitting products it regulates. Recommended preparation: Enrollment in the MEM Biomedical Entrepreneurship Track. Offered as BIOS 447, HSMC 447, and IIME 447.

IIME 450B: Engineering Entrepreneurship II (100/3990)

T 09:00-12:00 PM Jan 14-Apr 29

Drummond, C

IIME 470: Independent Projects (100/4165)

Kenney, R; 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.

IIME 472: BioDesign (100/4501)

T 06:00-09:00 PM Jan 14-Apr 29

Drummond, C

Medical device innovations that would have been considered science fiction a decade ago are already producing new standards of patient care. Innovation leading to lower cost of care, minimally invasive procedures and shorter recovery times is equally important to healthcare business leaders, educators, clinicians, and policy-makers. Innovation is a driver of regional economic development and wealth creation in organizational units ranging in size from the start-up to the Fortune 500 companies. In a broader context, the pace of translational research leading to product and service innovation is highly interdisciplinary, thus, new products and services result from team efforts, marked by a systematic, structured approach to bringing new medical technologies to market and impacting patient care. In this course we examine medical technology innovations in the context of (A) addressing unmet clinical needs, (B) the process of inventing new medical devices and instruments, and (C) subsequent implementation of these advances in patient care. In short, the student learns the process of "identify, invent, implement" in the field of BioDesign.