| CODE | TET3011 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Management of Product Manufacturing Industries | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit describes the activity of manufacturing from the global perspective of a large enterprise. It focuses on acquiring knowledge of organizational management within technological industries. It starts by discussing the economic importance of the manufacturing industries in a country. Consequently knowledge presented in the unit describes manufacturing industries in terms of typical departments, defines common technical jargon and presents possible strategies when implementing industrial change. It also discusses the ethics of managerial decisions and the planning of large projects. Study-Unit Aims: 1. To present the learner with general knowledge about organizational management within technological industries; 2. To familiarize the learner with typical departmental structures and technical jargon used within the manufacturing industries; 3. To sensitize the learner toward value-driven managerial decisions within the manufacturing industries. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Discuss the economic importance of a manufacturing industry; 2. Describe a manufacturing industry in terms of its various departments and managerial personnel e.g. marketing and sales, design and development, production planning, estimating and costing, quality control and maintenance etc.; 3. Define common technical jargon relevant to the manufacturing industries e.g. lean manufacturing, just in time manufacturing, agile or flexible manufacturing, mass production and mass customization, etc.; 4. Discuss managerial decisions both in terms of the economic benefits for the industry and also in terms of value judgements relating human relations and environmental impact; 5. Plan material flow and discuss the carbon footprint for such activities within and beyond the manufacturing industry, i.e. within the departments of the industry, transport from industry to customer; 6. Plan the management of large projects; 7. Discuss the qualities of a good project manager; 8. Evaluate the management of a project in terms of time, cost and quality assurance; 9. Discuss how to manage change within the industry. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Produce visual representations of abstract relationships describing the industry e.g. company organization charts, gantt chart describing project timeline, process event chain, etc.; 2. Estimate output per employee per hour for a specific industry. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - LIKER, J. 2004. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, McGraw-Hill. - SHINA, S. 2014. Engineering Project Management for the Global High Technology Industry, McGraw Hill. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Lawrence Farrugia |
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