MIS/OM Student Projects  

Direct involvement in real business activity is one of the cornerstones of educating business students at the Raj Soin College of Business.  Students in the Management Information Systems (MIS) and Operations Management (OM) programs can gain that experience through Wright State's MIS/OM student project class.  Our project class provides a wide range of services to local businesses and nonprofit organizations, while at the same time helping MIS/OM students meet their requirement to complete a "real-life" project in their senior year.  Three or four students work together as a team, under the guidance of the professional staff and business partner, to focus on the solution to a unique problem defined by the business participant.

MIS Projects

Management information systems projects focus on PC-based systems.  The scope of the work must be defined so that it can be reasonably completed within one school term (10 weeks).  The students can be expected to analyze, design, implement, and evaluate project areas such as:

• System Effectiveness
• Requirements Determination
• Software Tools
• Procurement
• Installation/ checkout
• Training

OM Projects

Operations management projects focus on issues involving production and operations, quality, and materials.  The students can be expected to integrate manufacturing and operations functions into the corporate strategy.  Areas of interest include:

• Strategies
• Management Tools
• Analytical Techniques
• Purchasing Management
• Production and Inventory Control
• TQM
• System design and Implementation

Benefits for Participating Organizations

Raj Soin College of Business as a business partner, you will enjoy many benefits from this highly valuable "teaming" environment.  One of the major business benefits is the relatively low cost as compared to in-house costs to accomplish a similar project.  Also, in helping RSCOB students, the business benefits by being a good corporate citizen.  Among the many benefits for business participants are:

• Inexpensive problem solutions
• Exposure to potential employees
• Development of closer links to academia
• Support for ISOM student development
• Most current information/ technology
• Expansion of professional network
• Wider exposure and recognition for the business

Past Participants	Typical Projects
A.O. Smith AT&T/ NCR BDM International Berry Company City of Dayton Frontier Engineering Greene County Metropolitan Housing Authority Miami Valley Hospital USAeromotive	Inventory tracking systems Database development On-line systems development Statistical information development Feasibility studies Systems analysis