MSCI320-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010

Strategic Operations and Supply Chain Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 7 March 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 23 May 2010

Description

Practical approaches to managing operations: strategy, capacity, IT, networks and supply chains, operations improvement. A mainstream course for Operations Management majors.

In today’s business environment, organisations can no longer view their operations as isolated technical problems. In order to succeed, organisations need to identify their competitive advantages and develop their operations’ capabilities accordingly. This course focuses on the understanding of broader concepts of operations and strategy from the managerial perspective. The course is largely based on case studies from a range of industries (manufacturing, health, retail, etc.) in order to provide specifics and different approaches across a typical set of organisations. Topics covered will include: operations strategy, capacity strategy, vertical integration and outsourcing, operating networks, IT and operations improvement.

Prerequisites

(1) MSCI220; (2) 22 points 200 level from MSCI, MGMT, ACIS or AFIS. RP: MSCI221

Restrictions

MSCI304

Recommended Preparation

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Pavel Castka

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Article Presentation and Class Participation 10% Article Presentation and Class Participation
In-class Mid-semester Test 01 Apr 2010 25% In-class Mid-semester Test
Assignment 35% Assignment
In-class Final Test 03 Jun 2010 30% In-class Final Test

Notes

Departmental Academic Policies
If you want a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 35 of the Enrolment Handbook 2010 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).

Coversheets - Group and Individual

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $593.00

International fee $2,538.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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