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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Economics and Commerce : Management and Industrial Relations

327-203 Managing Company Operations

Coordinator:

Mr S. Johnston

Prerequisite/s:

Entry to this subject is restricted to students who have completed 75 points of first year subjects.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • describe and analyse the role of the operations function in a business enterprise;

  • identify the tasks, tools and underlying principles of modern operations management;

  • apply this knowledge to specific case studies in the manufacturing and service sectors.

Content:

The role of operations; the link between strategy and operations; productivity; decisions in the operations area; planning and control of inventory, projects and the transformation process including Total Quality Management, Just-In-Time systems, kanban and 'lean production' systems.

Assessment:

A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (70%), and assignments totalling 2000 words (30%).
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