Master
2023/2024
Research Seminar "International Business Operations Management"
Type:
Compulsory course (International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Management
When:
2 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Romie Littrell
Master’s programme:
International Business
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
24
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Course surveys the management of operations in manufacturing and service firms. Variety activities, such as determining the size and type of production process, purchasing, planning and scheduling the flow of goods and the nature and content of inventories, assuring product quality, and deciding on the hardware and how it gets used, comprise this function of the company. The topics include introduction into process analysis, workforce issues, inventory management, quality and productivity, technology, and strategic planning, together with relevant analytical techniques
Learning Objectives
- The aim of the course is to expand the student's knowledge in the sphere of operational production functions
- Develop initial skills in order to analyze production processes, human resources' problems, stock management, quality and level of performance, technologies and strategic planning
- Improve thinking skills, developing the process of decision-making
- Develop skills of lean production and connected statistical tools
- Exploit methods of performance operational measurements
Expected Learning Outcomes
- The ability to suggest organizational and management decisions and to evaluate the conditions and consequences of these decisions
- Developing entry-level skills of process analysis, workforce issues, inventory management, quality and productivity, technology, and strategic planning
- Developing skills of the Lean Six Sigma methodology and related statistical tools at the green belt level of competency
- Expanding knowledge of the operations function
- Improving thinking skills used to enhance the business decision making process.
- Mastering analytical techniques of measuring efficiency of operations
- Providing an overview of operating decisions and practices in both manufacturing- and service-oriented firms
Course Contents
- Introduction
- EDX MOOC: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: Audit This Course
- The International Business Environment
- Operations Strategy
- Industry 4.0
- A modern Computer Based Enterprise Management System: SAP
- ERP for small systems: Example: MAPICS: Manufacturing, Accounting and Production Information Control System:
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 2nd module0.1 * Attendance + 0.1 * Attendance + 0.4 * test 1 + 0.4 * test 2
