BX2062 - Operations Management
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
Operations Management (OM) can be described as the management of the inbound logistics, transformation and outbound logistics over time to produce goods and services in a sustainable and environmentally responsible way to customers. BX2062 builds on generic management principles through to the role of operations in a modern organisation from the perspective of a front-end business or customer focused strategy. The subject examines the vital role of operations in providing capability to implement an organisation's strategy through: 1. Identifying the strategic and competitive nature of OM; 2. Building the key operational foundations for success - profit, strategy, value and process; 3. Developing the key components of value - capabilities, cost, quality, timeliness; manage the resources that create value - forecasting, inventory, logistics, capacity, and facilities and understand the frameworks of integrative management - SCM, lean systems, constraint management; 4. Creating an integrated OM solution for a local business.
Learning Outcomes
- explain the fundamentals of OM and the seamless integration between inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics and the customer;
- discuss the key factors underpinning the emergence of China as a global manufacturing hub;
- evaluate the reasons behind the growth of green logistics and sustainable supply chains;
- validate the linkages between JIT, Six Sigma, Lean Operating Systems and QA in OM;
- evaluate supply and demand parameters for maximum utilisation of resources and minimisation of waste.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
- The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
- The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
- The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.
| Prerequisites: | BU1010 OR BU1007 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MG2710 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Paul Lynch |
| Lecturer: | Mr Moloy Rossiter. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature review (20%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Paul Lynch. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature review (20%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Paul Lynch. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature review (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 18-Jul-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Paul Lynch |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature review (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 21-Mar-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Paul Lynch |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature review (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 15-Aug-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Paul Lynch |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature review (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 18-Apr-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Paul Lynch |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature review (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 13-Dec-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Paul Lynch |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature review (20%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.