Management Sciences
The Department of Management Sciences
The Department of Management Sciences delivers a portfolio of teaching, research, and service activities in two broadly defined areas for the Fisher College.
The Decision Sciences group includes faculty providing academic program support in the technical fields of business statistics and operations research. The Operations Management faculty teach and conduct research in the areas of manufacturing and service operations. Academic majors are offered at the undergraduate, MBA, and PhD levels in Operations Management.
See the Patterns of Administration for details on the department's policies and procedures.
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DEPARTMENT RECOGNITION
Fisher’s undergraduate program rose to 12th in the 2008 U.S. News and World Report rankings, up from 18th in 2007. U.S. News surveyed deans and senior faculty at undergraduate business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The magazine ranked the top 150 programs in the country.
In addition to the overall rise in the ranking, two academic areas of study received top five recognition among the publication’s specialty rankings. The Production and Operations Management program rose to fourth, up from eighth last year, and the Supply Chain Management and Logistics program maintained its placement as fourth best in the nation. The college’s Accounting, Quantitative Analysis and Management programs also rose in the rankings. 8.22.07
Wall Street Journal ranks Fisher College's Operations Management program number 6 in the world. Click here to view the article. 9.20.06