- UCAS course code
- NR17
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
BA Modern Language and Business & Management (Russian)
Duration: 4 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: NR17 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Study abroad
Study with a language
- Typical A-level offer: ABB
- Typical contextual A-level offer: BBC
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: BBC
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall with 6,5,5 at HL
Course unit details:
Operations Management and Strategy
| Unit code | BMAN24291 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
The course is designed to give students a first look into one of the most fundamental functions of any organisation, its ‘operations’ and its relationship with strategy. The operations function of a business, whether it be in manufacturing or services, has the responsibility of making whatever it is the organisation will sell (whether it’s a product or service). During the semester, we will study this core function extensively and see the vital role it plays in strategy as well as analysing some of the important decisions that must be made by operations managers when it comes to design, planning and control and improvement of the organisation’s industrial engineering system.
Pre/co-requisites
Only available to students on: Mgt/Mgt Specialism; IMABS and IM ITMB.
Aims
On completion of this course unit the student should be able to use the operations management frameworks and techniques presented to develop strategies, design, plan and control operations.
Learning outcomes
- To give the students a general understanding of how a business operates, both in manufacturing and services.
- Students should understand the range of frameworks, tools and techniques taught in this module and how they relate to an organisation.
- Students should be able to analyse the operations of an organisation using the tools taught in this module.
- Students should be able to evaluate the operations of an organisation and understand how this output relates to strategy.
Syllabus
Week | Content |
1 | Introduction to Operations Management and Strategy |
2 | Design in Operations Management – Process Design |
3 | Design in Operations Management – Layout and Flow |
4 | Supply and Demand |
5 | Inventory Management |
6 | Reading Week |
7 | Supply Chain Management |
8 | Lean and Improving Operations |
9 | Quality |
10 | Revision Session |
Teaching and learning methods
9 two hour lectures
Employability skills
- Other
- There will be discussions around real-world case studies in each topic which will give students advice on how to approach operations management and strategy problems in real life.
Assessment methods
This course has two forms of assessment, including 20% multiple choice quizzes (MCQ) and 80% examination.
Special Assessment for exchange students only. The special assessment for this course is an essay weighted at 100%. Details of the topics and submission procedures will be made available on Blackboard.
Feedback methods
Extensive break-out sessions in lectures provides students with real time, targeted and specific formative feedback.I In addition turning point quizzes administered in lectures will give real time formative feedback to learners.
Recommended reading
Slack et al. (Operations Management)
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Assessment written exam | 1.5 |
| eAssessment | 2 |
| Lectures | 18 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 78.5 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Ali Hassanzadeh Kalshani | Unit coordinator |
| Arijit De | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Dependent courses: None
Programme Restrictions:BSc Management and Management (Specialisms), BSc International Management with American Business Studies, BSc International Management, Information Technology Management for Business.
For Academic Year 2023/24
Updated: March 2023
Approved by: March UG Committee