BS4S30 - Strategic Operations Management 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2030 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | BS4S30 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Strategic Operations Management | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business and Creative Industries | ||
| Faculty Group: | Operations Management | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Management | ||
| Module Leader: | Ahmed Abdullah | ||
| Module Team: | Omoboyede Alalabiaye, Catherine McCluskey, Gail Evans, Katie Jones, Sriram Chinnadurai, Simon Thomas | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2024 | Final Year of Intake: | 2029 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 7 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100078 - business and management | 100080 - international business | |
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 80 | 20 | |
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2024 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2030 |
Module Aims
This module aims to help the students develop some of key employability skills to enter an organisation at ‘operational level’ after graduation.
Conceptual Understanding and Awareness: Develop a thorough grasp of strategic operations management concepts, operational processes, techniques, planning, and control systems, with reference to both manufacturing and service industries.
Practical Application: Acquire the ability to apply operations principles, techniques, and theories to real-world scenarios, analysing operations data, evaluating strategic initiatives, and identifying risks.
Problem-solving and Decision-making: Utilise game theory, simulation, and a range of practical activities to enhance problem-solving and decision-making skills in the context of strategic operations, developing and implementing strategic plans, optimising processes, managing supply chains, and leveraging technology.
Critical Evaluation: Strengthen critical thinking and evaluation abilities related to strategic operations, analysing stakeholder impact, assessing competitive landscapes, critiquing frameworks, and developing creative solutions.
Communication: Become an effective communicator of strategic operations plans and recommendations, conveying concepts to senior management, collaborating for implementation, and contributing to theory and practice.
Content Summary
Introduction to Operation strategy / Operations Management: The four perspectives of operations strategy, the ITO model, the 4Vs of operations.
Technology and Process Innovation: understanding process technology, characterising process technologies, automation, scalability & connectivity, ethics, performance & technology.
Process Design: Volume & Variety, Process Types, and Process mapping.
Supply Chain Network and Analytics: First Tier Suppliers & Customers, Vertical Integration, Bullwhip Effect, Outsourcing & Partnerships, Supply Chain Dynamics.
Capacity Management: Understand the concept of capacity management, discuss measuring the capacity of an operation, examine strategies for responding to demand fluctuations and Forecasting, capacity planning, OEE calculation.
Operations Performance and analysis: The nature of operations performance, Operations performance at an operational level, The Five performance objectives, measuring performance and Polar diagram.
Lean in Operations Management and continuous improvement: Lean operations, Line Balancing, 5S, Toyota Production System (TPS), and the eight wastes.
Quality Management improvement techniques: Total Quality Management, (TQM), Managing Quality, Six Sigma.
Operations Risk Management and Resilience: Risk assessment, mitigation strategies, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), maintenance for reliability.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 |
| Practical Classes and Workshops | 20 |
| Independent Study | 122 |
| Directed Study (Including online independent learning) | 40 |
| Active/Simulation based | 8 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Critically evaluate the broad knowledge of the range of activities that comprise contemporary strategic operations management within a variety of contexts and situations. |
| LO2 | Develop personal skills and critical thinking to be able to implement operations strategies to operations, plan and manage resources to improve the performance of processes and achieve competitive advantages for organisations. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synchronous Onsite Practical Assessment | Simulation (Onsite) 1 | Assessment of application of knowledge and practical skills to real-world problems via simulation of an event or situation that reproduces the real-life characteristics with which a learner physically or virtually interacts. Also, through a set of questions and peer-assessment. | 0 | N/A | 50 | No | 40 |
| Asynchronous Assessment | Self Reflective Assessment 1 | Reflection on the experience of working in a group in Assessment 1 (simulation). Critical writing about the skills gained, the strategic decisions implemented in Assessment 1 (simulation), and the reasons for those decisions. | 0 | 2300 | 50 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Simulation (Onsite) 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Self Reflective Assessment 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |