Operations Management II

Code:

EMM0039

Acronym:

GOPE2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEMM	26	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

JUSTIFICATION
The program of this course is intended to complement the studies of engineering with concepts and tools of industrial management, providing the ability to interact with professionals with different backgrounds in an business environment . The responsibilities of professional engineering are associated not only with the conception and design but also the production of goods and services. Such activities add value and consume scarce resources. So, complement traditional education in engineering with education in industrial management is the justification of this course unit.

GENERAL AIMS

This course unit aims to provide students with knowledge in operations management: how operations managers achieve goals, adopting management principles and using management techniques; and reinforce the competences to manage the activities that creates goods and services by transforming inputs into outputs.


SPECIFIC AIMS

After the completion of this course unit, students should be capable of:
- performing on management operations by applyinh supply chain methodology and value chain analysis;
- planning and monitoring operations ;
- understanding the various capital budgeting methods to evaluate projects, being capable to apply the cost-benefice principle, and to integrate marketing, operations, financial and other specific studies ;
- understanding and applying leadership theory in accordance with the theory of organisations;
- understanding the methodology of strategic management, in order to think strategically and to make strategic decision;
- representing mathematically a problem of linear programming, as well as using and interpreting a simplex algorithm;
- Integrating and interacting with specialists in organizational environments.

Program

1- MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
- Capacity dimensioning
- Operation programming

2- SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Supply-chain management and value chain analysis

3- INVESTMENT APPRAISAL
Nature and type of assessment. Opportunity studies. Business plan. Financial investment evaluation criteria. Risk management.

4- THEORY OF ORGANISATIONS
The main theories of management and leadership

5- STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

6- LINEAR PROGRAMMING

Problem formulation. Mathematical and graphical representation. Simplex algorithm.

Mandatory literature

Heizer, Jay; Operations Management, Prentice Hall, 2004
Hill; manuela; investigação operacional, Silabo, 1999
António Cebola; Elaboração e análise de projectos de investimento, edições sílabo, 2000
João Faria Bilhim; Teoria Organizacional, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 2001
Fernando Ribeiro Serra; Gestão Estratégica, Lidel, 2012. ISBN: 978-972-757-606-7
maria dulce soares lopes; Elaboração e análise de projetos de investimento, feup edições

Teaching methods and learning activities

The concepts are taught on a theoretical approach.Some subjects are exposed in a very close way to real business life.The issues, technical terms and techniques in order to reinforce the students' understanding of concepts.The method is the active learning approach.

keywords

Social sciences > Economics > Microeconomics
Social sciences
Social sciences > Economics > Management studies

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

According to General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Grade is composed by the result of the exam (90% of the final grade), plus a group assignment(10% of the final grade).
Students have to reach a minimum grade of 10 out of 20 on the final exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Final exam

Classification improvement

An exam covering all the programme