Alessandro Pazzaglia Adjunct Instructor of Business Business Manager
B.A., Business Economivs, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
M.B.E., Business Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Biographical Information
Alessandro
Pazzaglia earned his M.B.E. and
B.A. degree in Business Economics from Bocconi University in Milan,
Italy, with a thesis on Family and Firm: The Buitoni case in Historical
Perspective. He holds an associate degree in applied science in Accounting
Business, from the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale in Cortona (Ar), Italy.
Course Descriptions
Operations Management (OPER 340) This course mainly concerns the
contemporary organization of the Production function. Starting with a
description of the relationships among the three most important functions
within a company (Finance-Operations-Marketing) it focuses on the different
types of strategies that must be formulated and implemented in contemporary
firms. These strategies are related to the whole company and to the departments
which affect the Productive system (Productivity, Design Process, Reengineering
Process, Process plan, Human Resources, etc.). It also considers the new ways
of doing business through E-commerce activities and its views on the
perspective of the Producer and Consumer as well. A strong consideration is
given to Total Quality Management which is the new system which companies
should apply to be able to achieve a high level of quality, along the whole
supply chain, according to the demand of the market especially now-a-days in a
globalized world in which Competition among businesses is getting stronger and
which changes the International Business pattern.
Course Objective The course focuses on enabling
students to understand the Operations function in its different sections and
the techniques used to make decisions related to the Productive System within a
company. This course, in fact, should give to students an idea on how
operations managers make decisions using different methods and statistical
instruments for the different fields.
