Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27
The focus of this course is not people but processes, not outside the organisation but within. Operations transform materials, information and customers to create goods and services using staff and facilities. We study process types and focus particularly on projects. We see how capacity and inventory reconcile demand and output and explore location, supply chains, quality, risk and resilience. About 40% of the course is on projects and project-management techniques. Prepare for both critical discussion of theory and application (operationalisation), including calculation.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Old Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course introduces students to operations management with a particular focus on project management. Operations management is the design, management and control of processes that transform materials, information and customers to create goods and services. Project management is the design, management and control of operations that have a definite start and finish point and use a defined set of resources. So project management is a specialised part of operations management. This course focusses on projects and operations that produce either services or mass/continuous processes. It has a particular emphasis on energy and environment. Topics covered include operations management definition and strategic importance, location and supply chain, capacity and inventory, risk and resilience, and quality management. And about 40% of the course is on project management.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Online multiple choice test at end of reading week (20% of grade)
Group report of about 2500 words submitted at end of course (30% of grades).
Individual report of about 800 words submitted at end of course explaining in detail individual contribution to group project. (25% of course grade).
Individual report of about 800 words submitted at the end of course reflecting on how the understanding of operations management has guided and changed the student’s view of professional practice (25% of course grade).
Resit: students who fail any individual element of the course may resubmit at the end of the halfsession. This differs from the resit arrangements for other MBA courses taught in three-week blocks only inasmuch as it is practical to allow students to submit an individual piece of work for the 30% groupwork element if they fail this.
There are no assessments for this course.
Grades for the online multiple choice test will be made available by the start of the teaching week (middle week of three-week block-taught MBA courses). Other grades will be made available within 15 working days of the end of the course. In addition, students will have summative case studies and exercises during teaching week, and they will get immediate feedback from them.
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