21511 Global Operations and Supply Chain Management
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Credit points: 6 cp
Subject level:
Undergraduate
Result type: Grade and marksThere are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This subject builds on the business knowledge taught in the core subject Integrating Business Perspectives and provides students studying in the Management, Human Resource 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. | demonstrate an understanding 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 complements the subject ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ and builds on the knowledge of the external environment provided in the core subject Integrating Business Perspectives. It provides students studying in the Management, Human Resource 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 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.
This subject contributes to the development of the following graduate attribute:
- Professional and technical competence
This subject also contributes specifically to develop the following Program Learning Objective:
- Apply technical and professional skills to operate effectively in business (4.1)
Teaching and learning strategies
Teaching and Learning Strategies
Classes will engage students in multiple modes of learning (lectures, video- and paper-based case studies, online learning modules and group development). There is a commitment to the application of experiential learning strategies in this subject. Exercises designed to enable the participants to develop skills in the application of the abstract concepts of this discipline will be used.
Online delivery mode of learning modules can be completed in replacement of some tutorial sessions, with ‘drop-in’ tutorial sessions provided for assisted learning at key points of the subject delivery. Lectures are designed to deliver the key concepts and theories to aid students in the completion of these modules. Apply concepts and principles learnt to assigned cases, and to the management, design and development of a value proposition for both goods and services (including products) through a blended process of experiential, engaging and reflective learning.
All students will be provided with the opportunity to receive formative feedback on their performance in the subject during the first four weeks of the semester. Other forms of formative and summative assessments and feedback include the use of quizzes, peer review activities and opportunities for self-assessment and reflection. Further feedback will be provided by tutors on the progression of technical and professional skills during tutorials and in relation to the completion of each of the worksheets and submitted assessment tasks.
Content (topics)
Content Topics (New)
- Strategy, Products, and Capacity
- Manufacturing and Service Processes
- Supply Chain Processes
- Supply and Demand Planning and Control
- 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: Online assessment (Individual)
| Objective(s): | This addresses subject learning objective(s): 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
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| Weight: | 40% |
Assessment task 2: Project report and presentation (Group)*
| Intent: | Group work and development of digital skills for group presentation. Mark distribution Assessment 2: 30%
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| Objective(s): | This addresses subject learning objective(s): 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Weight: | 30% |
| Length: | One E-poster for the whole group will be required which you will present to the class. A maximum of 10 minutes presentation where each group member will speak to the e-poster for a maximum of 1-2 minutes with a Q&A time upto a maximum of 5 minutes. The presentation will be in your respective tutorial class. A group report with upto a maximum of 2000 words excluding appendices and references is also required. |
| Criteria: | *Note: Late submission of the assessment task will not be marked and awarded a mark of zero. |
Assessment task 3: Final Exam (Individual)
| Objective(s): | This addresses subject learning objective(s): 1 and 2 |
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| Weight: | 30% |
| Length: | The examination will be for 2 hours plus 10 minutes of reading time. It will be a RESTRICTED OPEN BOOK exam: you can bring in a limited and defined list of items to use during your exam. This might include a limited number of pages of notes. Your subject coordinator will let you know what is and isn’t permitted.
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Minimum requirements
Students must achieve at least 50% of the subject’s total marks to be able to pass the course.
Required texts
•Operations and Supply Chain Management •16th Edition •By F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B. Chase •© 2021 | Published: January 7, 2020 •Print ISBN: 9781260575941 •eBook ISBN: 9781260579437 •Connect with eBook URL: •https://connect.mheducation.com/class/r-agarwal-autumn-2021
References
- Anipundi, R., Chopra, S., Deshmikh, S.D., Mieghem, J.A.V. and Zemel, E. (2006) Managing business flows: Principles of operations management, 2nd. ed., Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
- Boyer, K. and Verma, R. (Operations and Supply Chain Management for the 21st Century (2010 with Printed Access Card), 1st Edition; Cengage Learning Textbook ISBN-10: 0-618-74933-0; Textbook ISBN-13: 978-0-618-74933-1
- Fitzsimmons, J.A. and Fitzsimmons, M.J. (1998) Service Management: Operations, Strategy, and Information Technology 2nd. ed., New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Hines, P., Lamming, R., Jones, D., Cousins, P. and Rich, N. (2000) Value Stream Management: Strategy and excellence in the supply chain, London: Pearson Education.
- Krajewski, LJ and Ritzman & Malhotra, M, LP, 2007 Operations Management: Processes and Value Chains, 8th edition, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey
- Slack, N., Chambers, S. and Johnston, R. (2004) Operations Management, 4th.. ed., Sydney: Pearson Education.
- Slack, N., Chambers, S., Johnston, R. and Betts, A. (2006) Operations and process managment, Harlow: Prentice Hall.
- Wisner, J.D. 2008, Principles of supply chain management : a balanced approach , 2nd edn, Centage Learning, United States of America.
Other resources
JOURNAL SELECTION
The following list of journals is just a guide. Check ABDC journal wesbite to see journal ranking A*, A, B or C http://www.abdc.edu.au/pages/abdc-journal-quality-list-2013.html.
Your project or individual assignment might lead you into a more specialized area such as Supply Chain management or Service Operations management.
- Californian Management Review
- European journal of purchasing and supply management
- Harvard Business Review
- International Journal of Operations and Production Management
- International Journal Of Physical Distribution And Logistics Management
- International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management
- International Journal of Service Industry Management
- Journal Of Industrial Technology
- Journal of operations management
- Journal of Operations Research
- Journal of purchasing and supply management
- Journal of quality management
- Management Science
- Operations Management Review
- Production and Inventory Management Journal (APICS)
- Sloan Management Review
- The quality Management Journal