Dissertation

Code:

EM0088

Acronym:

D

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management

Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEM	23	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	30	14	800

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Specific aims
Individual enterprise project work integrating and applying the knowledge and the skills acquired in the course to problems solution on a subject related to the Specialization in Production Management.
It will be a work carried in an enterprise environment, promoting the development of capacities of initiative, decision and creative and critical reasoning, as well as individual and group work skills.

Learning outcomes
It must promote the analysis of new situations, collection of pertinent information, development of methodologies, collection or conception of the instruments of resolution of the considered problem, its resolution, exercise of synthesis and conclusions, elaboration of a dissertation, public presentation and discussion of the results.

Program

Projects in enterprise environment concerning various subjects related to the Specialization in Production Management, such as operations management, for example:
· production management;
· stock management:
· quality management;
· maintenance management

The Projects involve the following tasks:
- problem definition
- literature review;
- Development and/or aplication of Models
- solution for the problem

Teaching methods and learning activities

The different stages of the Project, in correspondence with the defined objectives, are developed in close collaboration with the academic supervisor.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

As indicated in the prescribed norms for the integrated masters (mestrados integrados), the student must be dedicated exclusively to the Project.

Calculation formula of final grade

• A classification of 10 to 12 corresponds to a work relatively easy, where the minimum objectives have been reached;
• A classification of 13 to 15 corresponds to a work of average difficulty, carried through with reasonable autonomy and where all the objectives were reached;
• A classification of 16 to 17 must correspond to a good work, of high difficulty, carried through with a high autonomy level, being the declared objectives fulfilled or exceeded;
• A classification of 18 must correspond to an excellent work, presented and defended in an exemplary way, with a report very well organized, concise and complete, with a remarkable autonomy and performance and enhanced by the supervisor during its accomplishment;
• Classifications above of 18 must be truly exceptional and must be attributed only to students who have reached levels of excellence in all the evaluation components and where innovative solutions have been found. They must be attributed by unanimity and be supported by a document that defends and justifies them, signed by all the members of the jury.

Examinations or Special Assignments

• Progress report
• Final Report
• Web page
• Public presentation