There are no mandatory prerequisites for the course entitled 'Operations Management.' This course is related to fourth-year classes on strategic management and business venturing, such as 'Strategic Management,' 'Business Venturing,' and 'Growth Strategies.' Thus, it could eventually be followed concurrently within those courses within the same academic year. As a note on important related information, considering that all these four courses are taught in English, if the student passes at least two of the three, the B1 level of English will be recognized.
3.1. Contribution of the subject to the study plan:
This course aims to introduce the student to concepts and models for effective and efficient management of operations. Its main objective is to analyze the role of operations management in the context of an organization, the relationship with the rest of the company's functional areas and the different decision-making approaches for efficient management. In addition, it will be necessary for the student to understand what the best-managed companies are doing about their competitors in matters related to the internationalization of production, innovation in products and processes, flexibility and productive capacity, inventory management, etc.
3.2. Relationship with other subjects:
The management of any company requires making decisions based on both economic calculation and the integrated operation of the organization. For this, special attention is paid to the manufacture of products and the provision of services, quality control and control of employees.
At the end of the course, the student should understand how the design of operations and their optimization can be as important or more critical than functional areas of the company, such as finance, marketing or research and development.
3.3. Relationship with the profession:
By studying this subject, the student acquires skills to undertake the business planning process and the use of ICT for this purpose, fundamental aspects in any decision-making process that a manager will have to face in the development of his profession within the area of operations management.
| Course competences | |
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| Code | Description |
| E03 | Develop and enhance the ability to establish the planning and organization of any task in a company with the ultimate goal of helping make business decisions. |
| E06 | Develop and enhance the ability for general management, technical management and the management of research, development and innovation projects in any company or organization. |
| E13 | Ability to make logical representative models of the business reality |
| G01 | Possession of the skills needed for continuous, self-led, independent learning, which will allow students to develop the learning abilities needed to undertake further study with a high degree of independence. |
| G02 | Ability to understand the ethical responsibility and the code of ethics of professionals working in the field of economics. To know and apply the legislation and recognition of human rights and questions of gender equality. |
| G04 | Ability to use and develop information and communication technologies and to apply them to the corresponding business department by using specific programmes for these business areas. |
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Assume social and ethical responsibilities in business decision-making. | |
| Search for information in order to analyze it, interpret is meaning, synthesize it and communicate it to others. | |
| Know the theories and organizational models of companies from structural and behavioral perspectives to ensure their effective and efficient functioning, paying special attention to human aspects in organizations. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Not established. |
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Unit 1: Introduction to operations management
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Unit 2: Operations management strategy
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Unit 3: Design and development of new products
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Unit 4: Capacity planning and facilities' location
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Unit 5: Production system and technology
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Unit 6: Quality management
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Unit 7: Operations planning in the short and long term
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Unit 8: Stock management and material requirement planning
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Unit 9: Project management and logistics
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | E03 E06 E13 G01 | 1.33 | 33.25 | Y | N | ||
| Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Combination of methods | E03 E06 G01 | 0.67 | 16.75 | Y | N | ||
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | E03 E06 E13 G01 G02 G04 | 0.08 | 2 | Y | Y | ||
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | E03 E06 G01 G02 G04 | 2 | 50 | N | N | ||
| Analysis of articles and reviews [OFF-SITE] | Practical or hands-on activities | E03 E13 G01 | 0.4 | 10 | N | N | ||
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Group Work | E03 E13 G02 G04 | 1.52 | 38 | Y | N | ||
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 2.08 | Total class time hours: 52 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 3.92 | Total hours of out of class work: 98 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Oral presentations assessment | 10.00% | 0.00% | Presentations in the classroom |
| Practicum and practical activities reports assessment | 20.00% | 0.00% | Practical assignments related to the course |
| Final test | 70.00% | 100.00% | It consists of two differentiated parts: theoretical test and practical test, according to which the contents of the subject will be evaluated. To pass this test and to be able to carry out the weighting with the rest of the qualifications, it is necessary to have at least a 2 out of 10 in each one of the parts and a 4 out of 10 in the joint final qualification. |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
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Continuous assessment:Oral presentation of topics: 10%
Preparation of practice reports: 20%
Final test: 70%
To obtain a grade in the final test, it is necessary to have at least a 2 out of 10 in each part and a 4 out of 10 in the joint final grade. -
Non-continuous evaluation:Final exam: 100%
To obtain a grade in the final test, it is necessary to have at least a 2 out of 10 in each part and a 4 out of 10 in the joint final grade.
The mark of the oral presentation of topics of the ordinary call will be maintained (10%), or in its place, an additional theoretical part will be carried out in the final test.
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
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| Hours | hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 33.25 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 16.75 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 2 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 50 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Practical or hands-on activities] | 10 |
| Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Group Work] | 38 |
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