BUS3530 - Operations management systems

Leader: Rodney Martin

Offered

Not offered in 2008

Synopsis

Operations Management in manufacturing and service organisations. Topics include financial calculations, an introduction to computer software systems in a management context, production planning and control, materials requirements planning and inventory control, project management with cash flow and costing, just-in-time systems, barcoding, quality assurance and the ISO 9000 standards, different types of
organisation and their business strategies.

Assessment

Assignments: 20%
Examination (2 hours): 80%
Students must pass the examination in order to pass the unit.

Contact hours

One x 2-hr lecture/week; one x 1-hr laboratory/week

Prerequisites

At least one quantitative subject at tertiary level

Prohibitions

BUS4630, BUS5630, BUS4560, MBA5470, GCO3803, GCO3806