You’ll explore the principles of contemporary operations and project management in this module. In doing so, you’ll evaluate the inherent tension between managing ‘business as usual’ and change. You’ll also examine how these systems of management can contribute to the strategic success of their organisation.
Class aims
- to equip students with the knowledge and skills to manage complex organisations that use a combination of Project and Operations management tools and techniques to achieve their strategy
- to explain the methods of Operations Management and illustrate these can be used to support strategic success
- to introduce the system of Project Management and illustrate it can be used to support strategic success
- to demonstrate how the methods of Operations Management and Project Management can be integrated to create an effective organisational control system that supports strategic success
Learning objectives
- deploy operations management principles and techniques to support the strategy of the organisation
- use project management principles and techniques to support the strategy of the organisation
- explain how project management and operations management can be effectively integrated within organisations
- evaluate how the implementation of these systems of management might vary between new value creation and support of ongoing operational activity
- generate strategy from both operational and project perspectives
