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James W. Bronson, chair
Management Department
Carlson 5045
(262) 472-5456
bronsonj@uww.edu

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Whitewater, WI 53190
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This major provides a great number of options. If you are a results oriented person who likes to have a direct role in the creation of goods and services, you have found your match. If you have analytical skills and want to go into consulting, we provide the necessary training. If you like working with computers, we can provide career paths to engineering and e-commerce applications. If you are a people person and want to manage relations between companies, the supply chain option is available. Our program has high standards, provides a solid education and will help you develop as you progress up the corporate ladder. Two emphases are available: supply chain management, and e-operations. All OM majors are strongly encouraged to include working internships as components of their course of study. Students are also encouraged to pursue American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) and American Society for Quality Control (ASQ).

The College of Business and Economics is fully accredited by The Association to Advance the Collegiate Schools of Business. This accreditation applies to both undergraduate and graduate programs.

OM has developed a good reputation in the Midwest. Every semester companies seek out UW-Whitewater graduates. Over the last several years our placement rate has been 100 percent. Last year our graduates received offers from a wide range of companies including Abbot Labs, Motorola, 3M, and S.C. Johnson. The average starting salary is around $50,000. The career categories include:

• Inventory management
• Production management
• Service operations management
• Warehouse operations management
• Purchasing
• Quality management
• International operations management
• Supply chain management
• Consulting
• ERP

All faculty members in the OM area hold relevant doctoral degrees, and academic staff members have at least a master’s degree. No classes are taught by teaching assistants.

High school students should prepare themselves by taking a solid college preparatory program, including classes that develop excellent skills in writing, mathematics, science and computer applications. The OM major requires that students develop sophistication in speaking, writing, analytical thinking and problem solving.

The UW-Whitewater student chapter of APICS is very active and has won prestigious awards such as the Student Chapter Management Award (Platinum Circle Award). Students actively participate in student paper competition at the chapter, regional and national levels.

Most students with OM majors take internships in addition to their regular course work. Students may be involved with internships part time during the school year or full time during the summer. The Management Department actively assists students in finding internship opportunities in a variety of leading companies in this region. Among the companies that have hired OM interns are:

• Abbott Labs
• Golden Books
• EZ Painter
• Hufcor
• Figi’s
• John Deere
• Freedom Plastics
• Lab Safety
• Friskies Pet Care
• Parker Pen
• Generac
• Swiss Colony

A partial list of employers of recent graduates includes:

• Abbott Laboratories
• Andersen Consulting
• Baan
• EZ Paintr
• Freedom Plastics Inc.
• Generac
• Harley Davidson
• Hormel Corporation
• JI Case
• Lab Safety
• Motorola
• Newell Corporation
• S.C. Johnson
• Serigraph Inc.

OM students are encouraged to join the campus chapter of APICS. The award-winning student organization promotes the educational, professional, service and social development of its members with a wide variety of worthwhile activities and involvement. Members organize and participate in tours of production facilities, attend meetings of professional chapters, network with professionals, arrange for appearances by professional speakers, tutor operations management students, support APICS certification exam preparation and perform a number of campus support functions. APICS chapter members are strongly encouraged to take the professional certification examination.