Module BUSI40M15: OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (ONLINE)

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI40M15: OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (ONLINE)

Tied To

• N1KY07: Entrepreneurship (Part-time) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2012-2013 for details)
• N1N107: Entrepreneurship (for students entering in April 2014 only) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2017-2018 for details)
• N2K307: Management (Part-Time) (for students entering between Oct 2010 - Oct 2012) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2018-2019 for details)
• N2K507: Management (for students entering between Oct 2013 - Oct 2014) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2018-2019 for details)
• N5K107: Marketing (Part-Time) (for students entering between Oct 2010 - Oct 2012) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2017-2018 for details)
• N5K407: Marketing (for students entering in April 2013 only) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2016-2017 for details)
• N5K507: Marketing (for students entering from April 2014) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2016-2017 for details)
• N6K107: Human Resource Management (Part-time) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2012-2013 for details)
• N6K207: Human Resource Management (for students entering from October 2013) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2016-2017 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To provide students with an in-depth understanding at an advanced level of the complexities of managing operations and supply chains.

Content

• Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management.
• The Design Process.
• Inventory Planning and Control.
• Quality Planning and Control.
• Purchasing and Supply Base.
• Buyer-Supplier Relationships.
• Information and Demand.
• e-Supply Chains.
• Logistics and Future Trends.

Learning Outcomes

• To be able to understand the challenges involved in identifying, acquiring and managing the various resources which are required in both manufacturing and service industries.
• To be able to recognise the need/opportunity to use the main operations and supply chain management techniques.
• To be familiar with the language required to discuss the use of these techniques with functional experts.
• To have specialist knowledge of the pitfalls in trying to manage such complexity within the business environment.
• To have a critical appreciation of the assumptions, implications and limitations of operations and supply chain management.

• By the end of the module, students should:
• be able to recognise the need/opportunity to use the main operations and supply chain management techniques.

• Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module is delivered via online learning, divided up into study weeks with specially produced resources within each week. Resources vary according to the learning outcomes but normally include: video content, directed reading, reflection through activities, opportunities for self-assessment and peer-to-peer learning within a tutor-facilitated discussion board. Tutors provide feedback on formative work and facilitate discussion board communication as well as being available for individual consultation as necessary (usually by email and Skype).
• The summative assessment of the module is designed to test the acquisition and articulation of knowledge and critical understanding, and skills of application and interpretation within the business context.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

A written assignment of 1,500 words, or its multimedia equivalent, which may involve some group work.