Module Identifier MMM1110  
Module Title OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Semester Semester 2  
Other staff Barrie Oxtoby  
Course delivery Lecture   12 Hours  
  Seminars / Tutorials   4 Hours  
Assessment Semester Exam   2 Hours   80%  
  Semester Assessment   assessment of a case study 1,500 words   20%  

Learning outcomes

On completion of the module, students will be able to explain clearly the subject matter and its pertinence to/implications for the wider business. Students will also be expected to identify the various key components of Operations Management. Students will be able to address (both on an academic and practical basis) a variety of operations management issues both through a process of discussion and written work.

Aims

The main aims of the proposal are:

To introduce students to and develop their understanding of the discipline, concepts, theories and practical models of Operations Management in the context of modern, well-integrated businesses; to build students' ability/skills to approach and analyse a variety of operations management issues and problems.

To familiarise students with the use of case study material as a form of learning, and to improve students' operations management topic-discussion skills.

Reading Lists

Books
E Galdratt and J Fox. The Goal. Gower Press
J Kotter. Leading Change.
M Christopher. Supply Chain Management.
Selection of relevant Case Studies.
N Slack, S Chambers, R Johnston. Operations Management. 3rd. Prentice Hall (Main text)
D Waller. Operations Management, A Supply Chain Approach. Thomson Business Press