Checking date: 28/04/2017


Course: 2017/2018

Supply Chain and Operations Management
(17180)
Master in Business and Finance (Plan: 362 - Estudio: 69)
EPE


Coordinating teacher: ALVAREZ GIL, MARIA JOSEFA

Department assigned to the subject: Business Administration Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 5.0 ECTS

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Objectives
A student who has followed this course should be able to: - Identify and understand the objectives and strategies of the Directorate of Operations. - Know and understand the main lines of research in Operations Management. - Know and understand the main research techniques applied in Operations Management. - Apply the acquired knowledge and techniques for solving problems related to production and logistics environments. - Critically evaluate research on selected topics - To integrate and develop advanced theoretical and empirical concepts - Develop a research paper and present it publicly, in specialized forums and to students at different stages of their learning processes - Identify niches not studied in the literature and construct theoretical frameworks that summarize the different theoretical perspectives - Develop the ability to articulate a research plan based on analysis of current trends and controversies
Description of contents: programme
Introduction to Operations Management. Objectives and strategies. - Production and logistics for manufacturing and services models . Main characteristics and problems . - Inter - relationships between the management of the supply chain and organizational stakeholders - Quantitative and qualitative research techniques applied in Operations Management and Supply Chain ( supply chain ) . -The Operations strategy of global corporations
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 100
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 0

Basic Bibliography
  • Soltani Ebrahim, Pervaiz K. Ahmed , Ying Ying Liao , Paschal U. Anosike . "Qualitative middle-range research in operations management: The need for theory-driven empirical inquiry", . International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 34 Iss: 8, pp.1003 ¿ 1027, . 2014
  • Choi, T.-M., Cheng, T. C. E. and Zhao, X. t. . Multi-Methodological Research in Operations Managemen. Prod Oper Manag, 25: 379¿389. (2016),
  • Karlsson, Christer (ed) . Research Methods for Operations Managemen. Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 1138945412, 9781138945418, 352 pgs. (2016) , 2da edición
  • Roth, A., Singhal, J., Singhal, K. and Tang, C. S.. Knowledge Creation and Dissemination in Operations and Supply Chain Management. Prod Oper Manag, 25. (2016)
  • Sodhi, M. S., & Tang, C. S. . Guiding the next generation of doctoral students in operations management. . International Journal of Production Economics, 150, 28-36.. (2014)

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.


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