University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Operations management is the study of transformation processes: how to get things done and produced, with minimal time, effort, and cost—and maximum quality. The result? The effective use of resources: people, money, machinery, facilities, material, and information.

Operations management is at the center of an organization. It's a growing field that will draw on your skills in communications, computer technology, decision-making, planning, problem-solving, quantitative methods, and team building—with career paths such as:

• business process analyst
• distribution management
• healthcare management
• import/export operations
• logistics
• purchasing
• supply chain management
• quality management
• transportation