2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LLLC3973 Operations Management

20 creditsClass Size: 30

Module manager: David Gilding
Email: d.gilding@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Sep to 31 Jan View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Operations management explores the way in which an organisation efficiently deploys resources in order to produce goods and services. The module will introduce you to real operational issues experienced by organisations and help you to develop and understanding of how these can be effectively addressed.

Objectives

This module aims to provide students with knowledge and expertise in managing operations and processes. It assesses and solves contemporary operations and supply chains problems via the application of contemporary operations management and supply chain management theories, models and tools.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module you will be able to:
- Evaluate different operations management philosophies from a theoretical perspective
- Critically examine operations management techniques to solve practical business problems
- Analyse an organisations operations by applying theories and models of operations management

Skills outcomes
Ability to:
- Produce analyses to address contemporary operations and supply chain problems
- Apply accurately, in the appropriate context, strategic and operational analysis skills to a range of manufacturing, service and creative economy operations

Syllabus

Indicative content
Operations management and strategy
Product and process design
Layout, flow and process technology
Capacity planning and management
Quality planning management
Inventory management
Project planning and control
Logistics management
Supply chain management
Operations improvement
Sustainable and resilience operations management

Key learning is developed through seminar activities to apply related theories and tools for assessing various operations and supply chain problems in various sectors (public sector, manufacturing and service sectors).

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	13	1.50	19.50
Private study hours			180.50
Total Contact hours			19.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

Reading 81.5 hours
Critical reflection on practice 39 hours
Assignment preparation 20 hours
Assignment Writing 20 hours
Examination preparation 20 hours

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Through regular workshops, monitoring of student contributions, formative feedback and the staged submission of coursework

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,000 words	60.00
In-course Assessment	2 hour in-course exam	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 15/05/2017

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