BSc Management

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme.

The Manchester Bursary is available to UK students registered on an undergraduate degree course at Alliance MBS who have had a full financial assessment carried out by Student Finance England. 

In addition, Alliance MBS will award a range of Social Responsibility Scholarships to UK and international/EU students.

These awards are worth £2,000 per year across three years of study. You must achieve AAA at A-level (or equivalent qualification) and be able to demonstrate a significant contribution and commitment to social responsibility.

The School will also award a number of International Stellar Scholarships to international students achieving AAA at A-level (or equivalent qualification). Applicants who exceed AAA and/or have supplementary qualifications (such as EPQ) will receive additional consideration.

Additional eligibility criteria apply - please see our scholarship pages for full details.

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.

Only available to students on: Mgt/Mgt Specialism; IMABS and IM.

Only available to students on: Mgt/Mgt Specialism; IMABS and IM ITMB.

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.

• 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.

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

 

9 two hour lectures

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

Slack et al. (Operations Management)

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