20103 Global Operations and Supply Chain Management
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This subject provides students studying in the Management and International Business majors with an opportunity to develop their understanding of sustainable business operations and global supply chain management from a systems perspective. Through a blended process of experiential, engaging and reflective learning, this subject further assures problem-based learning skills, added with the ability to manage the development of higher order capabilities for addressing complex operational issues in a real business context.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
| 1. | discuss how global organisations create business processes that result in value creation through application of a number of analytical methods and tools |
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| 2. | explain approaches to design, plan and control to continuously improve global business operations inter- and intra-organisations, across supply chains and value networks |
| 3. | develop an appreciation of the life-cycle thinking framework as a systems perspective involving enterprise, resources and corporate stakeholders in its relationships with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders, networks, interconnections, and subsystems |
| 4. | appraise the importance of dynamic capability building as a means of innovation, productivity and competitive advantage in a challenging global context |
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
This subject provides students studying in the Management and International Business majors with an opportunity to develop their understanding of sustainable business operations management from a systems perspective. Through a blended process of experiential, engaging and reflective learning, this subject further develops problem based learning skills, added with the ability to manage the development of higher order capabilities for addressing complex operational issues in a real business context.
This subject contributes to the development of the following graduate attribute:- Professional and technical competence
- Apply technical and professional skills to operate effectively in business (4.1)
Teaching and learning strategies
The subject will be taught using a combination of large lectures and smaller tutorials. The lectures provide the structure of the topic area, discussion of the theory and some practical examples. Tutorials provide an opportunity to discuss ideas, issues and make practical application of the theory, as well as encourage students to think in a creative manner to solve real world problems. Use is made of the UTS web-based communication tool Canvas, which will be used to share information, provide feedback and encourage interaction between staff and students.
Content (topics)
- The strategic role of operations — goods, services and products
- Process design, process technology, scheduling, inventory and capacity management
- Design, planning and control — supply chains and value networks
- Dynamic capability building — innovation, productivity and competitive advantage
- Sustainable business development through life-cycle thinking and associated frameworks including triple bottom line
- Methods of measuring and improving performance of supply chain and value networks
- 'Smarter Planet', contemporary issues and the role of ICT, human capital, current issues and global trends
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Assessment (Individual)
| Weight: | 30% |
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| Length: | The length of the assessment task 1B should be 1000 words maximum (200 - 250 words for each article) |
Assessment task 2: Research project (Group)
| Weight: | 30% |
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| Length: | 3,000 words maximum |
Assessment task 3: Final Exam (Individual)
| Weight: | 40% |
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| Length: | The exam duration is 2 hours plus 10 minutes reading time. |
Minimum requirements
Students must achieve at least 50% of the subject’s total marks to be able to pass the course.
References
- Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., and Simchi-Levi E. (2008) Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, 3rd ed. McGraw Hill.
- Jacobs, F.R. and Chase R. (2013) Operations and Supply Chain Management, 14th edition, McGraw Hill.
- Stevenson W. J. (2012), “Operations Management”, 11th edition, McGraw-Hill
Other resources
JOURNAL SELECTION
The following list of journals is a guide only.
- Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
- Journal of Operations Management
- Academy of Management Journal
- Academy of Management Review
- Production and Operations Management
- European Journal of Operational Research
- Computers and Operations Research
- OMEGA
- Transportation Research (all parts)
- International Journal of Production Economics
- International Journal of Production Research