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Program Curriculum

OTM, as an area of study, merges strategic, economical, technological, human, and operational perspectives into an integrated system's perspective. The OTM coursework (i.e., courses beyond the general MBA core) builds on the students’ interests in “making things work better,” and deepens their skills in several areas:

• how to view the links between strategy, management systems, processes, technology, people, and culture, and their impact on performance,
• how to build quantitative and conceptual models for the purpose of analyzing, managing, measuring, and improving systems and cross-functional processes,
• how to formulate and analyze actual operational and strategic problems, and designing and implementing solutions to those problems; these skills are acquired through experiential learning via team projects in local organizations
• how to effectively and economically manage materials and capacity, and lead people,
• how to successfully manage and bring about organizational and technological change.

The curriculum allows you to broaden your perspectives and take courses outside the School of Business, for example, in engineering, statistics, or law.