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MBA 2016-18: Term-III

Prof. Manimay Ghosh and Prof. Arun Paul/OM - II/16 December 2016 Page 3

Operations Management (OM - II)
Credits2.0
Faculty NameManimay Ghosh (Extn: 737), Arun Paul (Extn: 727)
ProgramMBA – BM 2016 - 18
Academic Year and Term2016-17, Term-III


1. Course Description and Objective: Gaining competitive advantage through proper management of operations function is a common practice in many organizations. Operation Management is concerned with the production of goods and delivery of services to meet customers’ demand. This OM -II course will expose the students to several operations management concepts as practiced in manufacturing and service organizations. Such concepts include inventory management, quality control, aggregate planning, materials requirements planning (MRP), lean management, and operations scheduling. This course will enhance the quantitative and analytical abilities of the student to make good operational decisions.

2. Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

Course ObjectivesProgram Objectives
Demonstrate basic understanding of elements of operations.1.4
Understand and evaluate real world problems in manufacturing or service sector.
As an alternative, critique an academic research article related to the concepts discussed in class.		2.1

3. Required Text Book:

4. References:
a. Stevenson, W. J. (2015), Operations Management, McGraw-Hill, 11E
b. Russell, R. S. and and Taylor III, B. W.(2011), Operations Management, Pearson Education, 7E
c. Schroeder, R. G., Goldstein, S. M. and Rungtusanatham,(2013), Operations Management in the Supply Chain, McGraw-Hill, 6E
d. Meredith, J. R and Shafer, S. M. (2013), Operations Management, Wiley, 1E
5. Tentative Session Plan:
Session No.
Topics
Pre-reading*
1, 2
Introduction and Lean ManufacturingChap 16
3, 4, 5
Inventory ManagementChapter -12, C-1
6, 7
Aggregate Planning Chapter 13
8, 9
Material Requirement PlanningChap 14, C-2
10, 11
Operations Planning & Scheduling Chapter - 15
12,13
Quality ManagementChap – 6, 6S, C-3
14
Final Group Project and Presentations
C-1 : Zhou Bicycle

C-2: Casual Furniture

C-3: Hank Kolb, Director of Quality Assurance

Group Work
Practical / Application oriented: Applying or evaluating the concepts and tools learnt in the course to a real-life situation in production and operations management area of a company, and then reporting your findings to the class.
    As an alternative, you can critique a recently (2011 onwards) published academic journal article on any topic that you have learnt in this course. The journal article should be approved by the instructor before you start working. You have to present your findings to the class in the prescribed format only. All groups (Section wise) have to intimate the instructor by email about the field project / journal article before starting the project. Submission deadline is 16 January 2017.
      In either case, you have to submit a 6–page (max) typed report. The number of pages excludes the title page, which should contain the group no., section, name and roll nos. of the members in the group, and title of the topic. All cited materials used in your paper should be properly referenced (follow any good journal such as Journal of Operations Management for guidance).
      5. Evaluation:

      1. Quiz 1 (Individual, online) : 15 %
      2. Quiz 2 (Individual, online) : 15 %
      3. Class participation and attendance : 10 %
      4. Group Project : 20 %
      5. Final exam (hard copy) (All Chaps included) : 40 %

      6. Policy on cheating and plagiarism: Please go through manual of policies for details.

      7. Any other remarks
      A. Finish all your personal needs before coming to class. B. Come to class on time. C. Cell phones should remain switched off during the entire duration of the class and should be kept inside your bag and not on the table. Any student found keeping mobile phone on the table will be marked absent for the day. D. No laptops to be used in the class unless instructed by the instructor. E. No request will be entertained to change the class project, once finalized by the group, and intimated to the instructor. Change of class project in the last minute will lead to loss of marks. F. Absence from any on-line quiz is strongly discouraged.
      8. Academic Integrity: Utmost care is taken as to maintain class decorum, follow the exact evaluation norms, conduct fair examinations, fair and transparent evaluation of examination papers so as to maintain the highest academic integrity.


      Secretary: Mrs Seema Nayak, Extn: 821(Sec A, B, C, D)
      Secretary: Mrs Saliyamma Xavier; Extn: 899 (Sec E, F)
      Created By: Alora Kar on 12/21/2016 at 03:27 PM
      Category: BM-I 2016-18 T-III Doctype: Document

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