Technology Management (TM)

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TM 625 INNOVATION and COMMUNICATION
(3-0) 3 credits. This course covers the practical aspects of developing an innovative idea or new technology from conceptualization through commercialization. Course topics include product innovation, product development, technology forecasting, technology transfer, small business development resources, and commercialization.

TM 675 ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM FOR TECHNOLOGY MANAGERS
(3-0) 3 credits. This course will introduce students to many of the professional and ethical issues from a manager’s perspective. Professionalism topics include: networking, business etiquette, professional dress, and helping employees raise their level of professionalism. Ethics topics include: harassment, dealing with an employee’s disclosure, ant the Whistle Blower Act.

TM 631 OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES
(3-0) 3 credits. The course develops basic judgment and competence in using quantitative methods in engineering or management decisions. Students will study various types of linear programming techniques, including simplex, transportation and assignment methods and postoptimal sensitivity analysis. In addition, networktype problems, critical-path methods, dynamic and decision tree techniques will be covered. Some basic mathematical theory is taught and the computer is used to solve both assigned problems and problems developed by the student in a particular field of interest.

TM 640 BUSINESS STRATEGY
(3-0) 3 credits. This course provides a financial management approach within a systems context approach. Financial concepts are analyzed from the perspective of three basic types of decisions for any ongoing business: investment, operations, and financing. Course materials are structured around the viewpoints of major parties interested in the performance of business: managers, owners, and creditors. Financial concepts are reinforced by simulating the impact various business strategies have on the financial health of the virtual enterprise.

TM 650 SAFETY MANAGEMENT
(3-0) 3 credits. Management aspects of occupational safety and health. Topics include: Development and implementation of safety programs and ergonomics programs, risk management, economic impact, legislation (including OSHA, Workers Compensation, and ADA), legal issues, wellness programs, system safety, certification, ethics, and professionalism.

TM 661 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERS
Credit: Variable 1 to 4. Students are expected to have prerequisite skills in the time value of money and basic probability. Students not having these skills require the permission of instructor. The course is divided into four (4) one-credit modules, which include: economic valuation for decision making, problems with uncertainty and risk, budgeting and cost management, and financial statements and enterprise management. (Manufacturing elective)

TM 663 OPERATIONS PLANNING
(3-0) 3 credits. Organization, functions, and responsibilities of the production control department and some related functions in industry. It includes: planning, authorizing, routing, scheduling, dispatching, and controlling the flow of production. The course also introduces the student to the fundamentals of inventory control, statistical quality control, pertcpm, and operations research. (Manufacturing elective)

TM 720 STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
(2-0) 2 credits. This course covers the application of statistical methods to problems in quality and process control. Statistical topics include: basics of processes and variability, statistically controlled processes, variable and attribute control charts, moving averages, and process capability.

TM 732 STOCHASTIC MODELS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(3-0) 3 credits. Probabilistic quantitative methods are developed. These include project control (PERT), decision trees, risk analysis, queuing, Markov chains, mathematical modeling and Monte Carlo simulation. Computer programs are used to solve practical problems after the techniques are developed and understood.

TM 742 ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS
(3-0) 3 credits. Principles of management, supervision, administrative policies, human factors engineering, and labor-management relationships.

TM 745 FORECASTING FOR BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
(3-0) 3 credits. This course provides an introduction to the quantitative and qualitative tools that may be used to identify and assess emerging technological advances. Topics include multiple regression, ARIMA forecast models and estimation, econometric models, and delphi techniques. Special projects and current readings in technology may be assigned.

TM 791 INDEPENDENT STUDY
1 to 3 credits. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed independent study of a topic or field of special interest. This may involve readings, research, laboratory or fieldwork, and preparation of papers, as agreed to in advance, by student and instructor. Student may enroll in this course only twice and for no more than a total of six credits.

TM 792 TOPICS
1 to 3 credits. Lecture course or seminar on a topic or field of special interest, as determined by the instructor. Student may enroll in this course only twice and for no more than a total of six credits.

TM 798 MASTER'S THESIS
Credits to be arranged; not to exceed six credits toward fulfillment of M.S. degree requirements. Open only to students pursuing the master of science in Technology Management thesis option. Supervised original or expository research culminating in an acceptable thesis. Oral defense of the thesis and research findings are required.

TM 655 ERGONOMICS FOR MANAGERS
(3-0) 3 credits. Management aspects of ergonomics and human factors engineering. Topics include: Introduction to ergonomics and human factors principles, the business case for ergonomics, understanding cumulative trauma and neurovascular disorders, development and implementation of ergonomics programs, economic and regulatory aspects, work organization, job satisfaction, quality and productivity aspects, strategic issues and trends, and certification.

TM 620 QUALITY MANAGEMENT
(3-0) 3 credits. This course is intended as an introduction to the philosophies, concepts, and tools of Total Quality Management. Topics include: An introduction to the philosophies of Juran, Deming, and Taguchi; total quality and quality improvement; quality and technology; and managing a quality environment. Elements of statistical process control, including pareto diagrams, box plots, histograms, and control charts will also be investigated using a commercial software package. Special projects and current readings in quality management will be assigned.

TM 788 MASTER'S RESEARCH PROB/PROJECT
Credit to be arranged: not to exceed three (3) credits toward fulfillment of M.S. degree requirements. Open only to students pursing the M.S. non-thesis option. Directed research investigation of a selected problem culminating in an acceptable written report. An oral defense of the report and research findings is required.

Contact: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
http://sdmines.sdsmt.edu/sdsmt/directory/courses/tm