MSCI320-06S2 (U) Semester Two 2006 (University Campus)

Managing Operations

14 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 10 July 2006
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 23 July 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 8 October 2006

Description

Technology and technology transfer are the key resources in modern innovation manufacturing; product and process development, strategic management of technology, reverse logistics, capacity managements, reliability and maintenance, and overall manufacturing strategy. 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. Topics covered will include: operations strategy, capacity strategy, vertical integration and outsourcing, operating networks, IT and operations and operations improvement through TQM and business process re-engineering. The course discusses plenty of examples from manufacturing and service industry, including Dell, McDonald’s, Zara, and Nike.

Course Objective
The course aims to develop a detailed understanding of Operations Management Strategy and its linkage to capacity, networks, IT and operations improvement.

Learning Outcomes

To develop an understanding of the interrelated nature of operations management and strategy.
To display skills of analysis and synthesis of covered material including the ability to identify assumptions and identify implicit values.
To display effective verbal (class presentations, discussions) and written (assignment) communication skills.

Prerequisites

MSCI220
22 points 200 level from MSCI, MGMT, or
AFIS.
RP: MSCI221

Restrictions

MSCI304

Course Administrator

Pavel Castka

Lecturer

Pavel Castka

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Examination 55%
Participation 9%
Test 17 Aug 2006 14%
Assignment 13 Sep 2006 22%

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Grading:
Your final mark will be calculated after the raw marks have been standardised.

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.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $463.00

International fee $1,891.00

* 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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