BX2062 - Operations Management
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
Operations Management (OM) is that part of a business with responsibility for producing goods and services in a sustainable and environmentally sound manner for customers. OM 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: identifying the strategic and competitive nature of OM; building the key operational foundations for success - profit, strategy, value and process; developing the key components of value - capabilities, cost, quality, timeliness; managing the resources that create value - forecasting, inventory, logistics, capacity, and facilities and understanding the frameworks of integrative management - SCM, lean systems, constraint management.
Learning Outcomes
- evaluate supply and demand parameters for maximum utilisation of resources and minimisation of waste;
- explain the fundamentals of OM and the seamless integration between logistics, operations, and the customer;
- examine the key factors underpinning the emergence of China as a global manufacturing hub;
- evaluate the reasons behind the growth of sustainable production;
- validate the linkages between JIT, Six Sigma, Lean Operating Systems and QA.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MG2710 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2016 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Murray Prideaux. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature critique (20%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2016 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Murray Prideaux. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature critique (20%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Murray Prideaux |
| Lecturer: | Mr Roy Wybrow. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature critique (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 07-Apr-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Murray Prideaux |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature critique (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 11-Aug-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Murray Prideaux |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature critique (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 07-Apr-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Murray Prideaux |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature critique (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 11-Aug-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Murray Prideaux |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature critique (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 08-Dec-2016 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Murray Prideaux |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignment (30%); literature critique (20%). |
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