2013/2014 BA-BHAAV5005U Operations Management - Enhancing Competitiveness through Operational Effectiveness
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Operations Management - Enhancing Competitiveness through Operational Effectiveness |
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Language | English |
Exam ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Elective |
Level | Bachelor |
Duration | One Semester |
Course period | Spring, Third Quarter
Changes in schedule may occur. wednesday 8.00-10.35 week 5-6,8,10-12 and thursday 11.40-14.25 week 5-6,8,10-12 |
Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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Last updated on 13-05-2014 |
Learning objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The course objective is to provide
the students with an understanding of how the principles, theories
and concepts of Operations Management can be used to improve
operational effectiveness and enhance competiveness. The task of
managing a firm involves making tradeoffs among a range of
interrelated decisions which have a major impact on performance.
This task is at the heart of any organization and is what
Operations Management is concerned with - the activity of managing
the resources of the organization that deliver goods and services.
After completing the course the students should be able to:
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In order to achieve
efficiency and thereby advantage over the competition, firms need
to introduce and operate the most reliable, consistent and
repeatable processes for utilizing the organizational resources. To
do so you need principles and methods to guide decision making in
increasingly complex environments. Such decisions involve, for
instance:
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Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The course builds on both conceptual frameworks for Operations Management as well as quantitative tools and techniques for solving operations problems. The course will consist of lectures, case discussions and workshops. Active preparation and participation are expected from the students. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expected literature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kallunki, J. and Silvola, H. (2008), “The effect of organizational life cycle stage on the use of activity-based costing”, Management Accounting Research, Vol. 19, pp. 62–79. Chenhall, R.H. and Euske, K.J. (2007), “The role of management control systems in planned organizational change: An analysis of two organizations”, Accounting Organizations and Society, Vol. 32, pp. 611-637. Merchant, K. A. (2006), “Measuring general managers’ performances Market, accounting and combination-of-measures systems”, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 19, No. 6, pp. 893-917. |
Last updated on
13-05-2014