| CODE | MGT4100 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Project Management | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Management | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objectives To help students appreciate the importance of work operations for the achievement of business policy, and of the personnel responsible for their planning, implementing and controlling. The course enables one to learn a detailed modelled and structured approach with respect to the variety of objectives and roles required for effective operations management. One thus appreciates that operations management is not just applicable to technical production functions and environments, but also equally to services oriented work. Overall the course provides comprehensive theoretical instruction of practical methods and techniques which have been time-tried with success. Content The course introduces the nature of operating systems, definitions and the basic model. Operations functions, structures and objectives as well as operations economics and management accounting are then covered. The primary roles of capacity management, activity scheduling and inventory management are then treated. Other roles such as the location and layout of facilities, health and safety management, control of variety and value, operational performance management, ergonomics, works study, quality management and managing equipment maintenance repair and replacement are also taught. Reading List - Lecturer's Handouts - Essentials of Operations Management, Ray Wild, 5th Edition, Thompson, ISBN 1-8440-052-0 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Philip J. Schembri |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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