James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2002

MG2710:03

Operations Management

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 1.

Staff: Professor W Selen (Cairns campus).

This subject provides students with an overview of the various management dimensions of operations, such as operations strategy, product planning and process design, capacity planning, quality management, cost management in both labour- and capital-intensive organisational units, detailed scheduling, inventory management in independent and dependent demand environments, supply-chain-management and enterprise-resource-planning, in both manufacturing and service environments.

Learning Objectives:

1. to understand operations management strategy;
2. to understand chain management;
3. to understand operations planning concepts;
4. to understand operations management techniques;
5. to understand inventory management;
6. to understand environmental management.

Assessment to be advised.