Courses – Faculty of Business and Economics
Operations Management
Stage II
Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
An introduction to important decision areas in operations and supply chain management. Modelling and analytical skills will be developed and supporting techniques/tools will be introduced using spreadsheets. Common qualitative and quantitative aspects of supply chain management will be discussed.
Prerequisite: INFOSYS 110 or 120 and STATS 108 or 101 or 191
Business Process Design
Introduces the elements of business process management through mapping and design. Emphasis is on how organisations identify, design and improve essential business processes. Includes the use of software tools to model and analyse processes for continuous performance improvements.
Prerequisite: INFOSYS 110 or 120 and STATS 108 or 101 or 191
Stage III
Project Management
An introduction to the management of projects in organisations, with a particular emphasis placed on the interdisciplinary nature and broad application of projects. Topics covered include people management, organisational planning, and resource issues.
Prerequisite: INFOSYS 110 or 120 or INFOMGMT 192 and 30 points at Stage II
Operations and Supply Chain Strategy
Investigates and explores complex and dynamic issues associated with the design and execution of operations and processes. Promotes an applied, integrated, and systemic approach towards operations across supply chains.
Prerequisite: OPSMGT 255 or ENGGEN 303
Business Logistics
Covers common issues in business logistics. Focuses on coordinating logistics across supply chains. Topic coverage features modelling using spreadsheets and includes transportation, forecasting, and inventory control models suitable for use in a distribution and supply chain context.
Prerequisite: OPSMGT 255 or STATS 255 or ENGSCI 255
Quality Management
The principles for delivering quality products and services that have value for both external and internal customers, while reducing waste throughout the system.
Prerequisite: STATS 108 or 101 or INFOMGMT 192 and 30 points at Stage II
e-Business and Supply Chains
Studies the role of information technology in the management of supply chains in the business environment. Examines the use of exchanges and Internet-enabled collaboration in planning and product/process design. Topics include enterprise resource planning systems, decision support systems, electronic data interchange, and the internet.
Prerequisite: OPSMGT 258
Strategic Procurement
Strategic issues in procurement and supply management, covering analysis, planning, and management of domestic and international procurement and supply activities within the supply chain context.
Note: Students should be aware that several topics of the course make use of basic calculus concepts such as derivatives and maximisation problems.
Prerequisite: OPSMGT 255 or ENGGEN 303 and 30 points at Stage II
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Postgraduate 700 Level Courses
Readings in Operations Management
A comprehensive review of the research literature in a particular area of operations management. The particular area of research must be jointly agreed upon by the lecturer and student(s) and approved by the Head of Department.
Research Methods - Modelling
Mathematical modelling methods in operations management research. Includes simulation techniques, Markov decision models, optimisation methods, game theoretic formulations, and other modelling methods.
Advanced Operations Systems
A core course in the postgraduate programme in Operations and Supply Chain Management. Provides a deeper understanding of managing internal and external supply chains. Importance of language processing in proactive improvement is emphasised.
Quality Management
An investigation of the key concepts and theories of total quality management and its links between systems theory and learning organisations.
Prerequisite: STATS 108 or 101 or equivalent
Systems Analysis for Operations Management
Business operations are becoming increasingly integrated and multifaceted, demanding novel approaches to managing their complexity. For example, the management of supply chains and of projects is particularly demanding, typically involving interrelated mission-critical activities that organisations must plan and control if they are to maximise their business opportunities and utilise their resources effectively. Develops some of the key concepts of stochastic and dynamic control and shows how they are applied in different circumstances.
Fundamentals of Supply Chain Coordination
Focuses on issues fundamental to supply chain coordination. The impact of information asymmetry, limits of information sharing, incomplete contracts, and other selected topics typically covered in separate subjects such as Contract Theory, Industrial Organisation and Implementation Theory are studied in the supply chain management context. The course will be taught from a quantitative perspective.
Special Topic in Operations Management
Dissertation in Operations Management for BCom(Hons)
Restriction: OPSMGT 789
Thesis in Operations Management for MCom
To complete this course students must enrol in OPSMGT 796 A and B
Source: The University of Auckland 2013 Online Calendar
Last updated on: Thursday 1 November 2012
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