Operations Management

Code:

1GE303

Acronym:

GO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2018/2019 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Business Administration

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LGES	177	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	6	63	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

The main objective of the course is to provide the students with a sound understanding of the concepts, techniques, and applications of production and operations management. The material presented provides a blend of the managerial issues in OM with the technical and quantitative aspects of the discipline.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course the students will be able to:

• Plan and manage projects
• Make production plans and operations  schedules ;
• Define and reformulate layouts;
• Plan capacities and identify critical resources;
• Manage inventories and materials;
• Know the main concepts of quality management and use basic statistical process control tools.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Introduction to Production Systems
- Project Management
- Operations Scheduling
- Facility Layout
- Materials Requirements Planning
- Inventory management
- Aggregate Production Planning
- Quality Management

Mandatory literature

Chase, Richard B; Operations management for competitive advantage. ISBN: 0-07-121555-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expository lectures are followed by case study and problem solving sessions. 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Teste	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	81,00
Frequência das aulas	63,00
Trabalho de campo	18,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

All students enrolled in the course may take the final exam. However, and naturally, students who complete the distributed assessment evaluation in the regular examination period (by handing in the final test) will not be able to take the regular examination period exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Two evaluation regimes are available for the classes in english:

1 – Final exam, closed book (only in the “época de recurso” and “época especial”);

2 – Distributed evaluation without final exam and with two closed book tests (50% + 50%), each with 6 points out of 20 as minimum score.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FEP's evaluation regulations.

Classification improvement

According to FEP's evaluation regulations, only by final exam.

Observations

Text Materials:
Notes provided by lecturer (in pdf format) in the class website

"Operations Management for Competitive Advantage"(2005). Chase, R., Jacobs, F. e Aquilano, N. McGraw-Hill.