PHOM Operations Management

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Radoslav Škapa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Radoslav Škapa, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Nesvadbová
Timetable
Fri 14:35–16:15 P304
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to give students the knowledge of recent issues, concepts and principles of operations management. The course itself can be divided into three parts. The term of operations management, its role and major tasks are explained in the beginning of the course. The second part deals with the question of planning and designing productive processes in a factory. The third part describes how the productive systems operate. Students also get familiar with several methods and tools used in this field.
Having passed the course, the students would be able:
-To understand the role of operations in the process of value creation.
-To explain the linkages between strategic, tactical and operational level of company management.
-To know how to plan and design production processes and what are the basic methods used in this field.
-To understand the basic concepts and tool used by management in production process.
-To understand how operations relates to other business functions
Syllabus
  • Topics of the lectures:
  • 1. Strategy: (Maintaining an operational strategy to support competitive advantage of a company)
  • 2. Quality: (Focusing on quality in operational decision making)
  • 3. Product and Services: (Designing quality products and services)
  • 4. Processes, Technologies, and Capacity: (Setting up process so that it works smoothly and efficiently)
  • 5. Facilities: (Setting up facility so that it works smoothly and efficiently)
  • 6. Forecasting: (Predicting customer demand)
  • 7. Aggregate Planning: (How much to produce and when to produce it)
  • 8. Resource Planning: (Planning capacity and other resources)
Literature
  • RUSSELL, Roberta S. and Bernard TAYLOR. Operations management : quality and competitiveness in a global environment. 5th ed. Hoboken: Wiley, 2006, xxii, 808. ISBN 0471692093. info
  • MEREDITH, Jack R. and Scott M. SHAFER. Operations management for MBAs. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002, 406 s. ISBN 0471000604. info
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture. Writing a seminar work is obligatory conditions for taking part at the final test (written exam).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: jarní semestr.
General note: Předmět je určen pouze zahraničním studentům.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
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