ESF:MPH_PMAN Operations Management - Course Information

MPH_PMAN Operations Management

Extent and Intensity

4/2. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Radoslav Škapa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Radoslav Škapa, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Radoslav Škapa, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová

Timetable

Thu 11:05–12:45 P303, Thu 12:50–14:30 P106

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

MPH_PMAN/1: Thu 14:35–16:15 VT203, A. Klapalová, R. Škapa

Prerequisites

The following courses are recommended as prerequisites: Corporate Economics I and II, Management, Marketing I, Logistics and Transportation, Corporate Management Systems.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/24, only registered: 0/24, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/24

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Business Management (programme ESF, M-EKM)
• Business Management (programme ESF, N-EKM)

Course objectives

The course builds on courses like Marketing, Management, Corporate Economics II, Logistics and others, and it focuses on operational (and tactical, to a certain extent) tasks connected with the process of creation in manufacturing and service sector.
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- understand the role of operations in the process of value creation;
- explain the linkages between strategic, tactical and operational level of company management;
- know how to plan and design production processes and basic methods used in this field;
- understand basic concepts and tools used by management in production process;
- be acquainted with quality management systems applied within companies and quality assurance on a national scale;
- understand how operations relate to other business functions.;

Syllabus

• Topics of the lectures:
• 1. Strategy - Maintaining an operational strategy to support competitive advantage of a company
• 2. Quality management systems
• 3. Designing quality products and services
• 4. Role of a government in quality management
• 5. Process management
• 6. Design of production: technology and capacity
• 7. Layout of production facilities
• 8. Aggregate Planning
• 9. Resources Planning
• 10. Lean Production

Literature

• RUSSELL, Roberta S. and Bernard TAYLOR. Operations management : quality and competitiveness in a global environment. 5th ed. Hoboken: Wiley, 2006, xxii, 808. ISBN 0471692093. info
• ŘEPA, Václav. Podnikové procesy : procesní řízení a modelování. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2006, 265 s. ISBN 8024712814. info
• KOŠTURIAK, Ján and Zbyněk FROLÍK. Štíhlý a inovativní podnik. 1. vyd. Praha: Alfa Publishing, 2006, 237 s. ISBN 8086851389. info
• KAVAN, Michal. Výrobní a provozní management. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2002, 424 s. ISBN 8024701995. info
• TOMEK, Gustav and Věra VÁVROVÁ. Řízení výroby. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1999, 439 s. ISBN 8071695785. info

Assessment methods

The course has a form of lectures and seminars. The course finished with a written exam. Students can take the exam provided that she/he defended successfully their team project on a given topic.
If student commits a prohibited act, such as usage of various forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam or any other cheating, teacher is allowed to interrupt an exam and to grade a student with F, FF or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• BPH_PMAN Operations Management
  !MPH_PMAN  

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