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2019/20 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5826M Operations and Information Management

15 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Professor David Allen
Email: da2@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Apr to 31 Jul View Timetable

Year running 2019/20

Module replaces

LUBS 5824M

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

This module aims to explore how organisations, individually and in networks, innovate, design, implement, manage and improve their operations and information systems. A systems perspective will underpin the focus on key resources such as data, information, knowledge, materials, staff, technology and facilities. The module will show how business processes and capabilities can be aligned to meet the needs of key stakeholders, e.g. customers. How this is achieved in practice, via strategic analysis, design, implementation and management, will be discussed. Complementary themes will be pursued such as how to manage ongoing operations vs how to innovate and change existing operations. The role of technology, especially information and communications technology, in enabling innovation and improvement will be a key theme of the module.

Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

- apply the systems viewpoint to organisations;
- critically evaluate the nature and practice of operations management and information management;
- evaluate and contribute to the design and implementation of operations and information systems within organisations;
- evaluate how operations and information systems contribute to determining organisational performance;
- evaluate the contribution of operations and information systems to determining and achieving corporate and business strategies;
- explore and discuss how the key issues of innovation, improvement and change impact on operations management and information management.




Skills outcomes:

Transferable:

- Communication skills
- Critical Thinking
- Research


Syllabus

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Workshop48.0032.00
Private study hours118.00
Total Contact hours32.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)150.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

The interactive and concentrated nature of delivery for this clientele group ensures that students receive feedback and their progress is monitored by themselves and tutors on an ongoing basis, e.g. class discussion and student presentations during seminars focused on case studies. Candidates are also able to discuss the content of their assignment with tutors prior to submission.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Essay4,000 word essay100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

The length of the assignment allows the student to get into some depth in the two different cognate subject areas of the module.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 12/12/2018 10:48:54

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