Spring Term: This course provides an overview of the supply chain management process relating to the major, and often competing, supply chain challenges concerning the simultaneous standardization and differentiation of consumer preferences for products and the continued minimization emphasis in supply chains. Topics evolve from historical supply chains that focused on efficiencies and execution to more competitive strategy-oriented chains that involve getting the “right” products to the consumer/marketplace at the right quality/price and quantity. Summer Term 1: This course investigates the relationship between the interaction of national culture and development. Course topics vary from developing nations' rain forest and species management to pollution generated by developed nations. Culture, policy, and development are also discussed in relationship to the interactions and impacts caused by the business interactions (agriculture, fishing, technology transfer, etc.) among developing and developed nations.