Strategy Execution for Engineers (ENGM90013)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

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AIMS

This subject emphasises the critical nature of Operations Management as an essential part of a competent engineer’s portfolio of knowledge and skills.

 

INDICATIVE CONTENT

Topics include:

  • Clarifying how the core concepts of operations management (including both processes and projects) help organisations achieve sustainable competitive advantage
  • Managing the integration of technology, people, functions and operating systems to support the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products and the creation and delivery of services
  • How organisations develop their core processes and project management capabilities and manage through them and how new technologies alter their design and performance. Relevant issues include process ownership, project management skills, teamwork, stakeholder management and communication, performance measurement and change management concepts.

Intended learning outcomes

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOs)


This subject aims to highlight the skills and competencies needed by engineers to ensure their ongoing contribution to an organisation’s operations and competitive position. These include:




  • The role of Operations Management in various types of organisations and how leading organisations leverage this discipline as a sustainable source of competitive advantage
  • Project and process management models and frameworks
  • How to decompose and map an organisation’s core processes along the value chain and understand the role of new technology in process management
  • The role and structure of performance measurement systems
  • Managing the human capital in organisations and the role of teams in operations management.

Generic skills

On completion of this subject, students should:

  • Have an awareness of how business functions can be systematically integrated with strategic objectives by focusing on the provision of value to customers.
  • Be able to assume a supporting role in managing projects and processes in organisations of all types including technology intensive organisations.
  • Understand how change management programs can be integrated into an organisational wide improvement and performance management framework.
  • Be able to identify the fundamental drivers of sustainable organisational excellence.
  • Have the capacity to engage with current issues of significance in business and management.
  • Have an in-depth understanding of the importance and nature of performance measurement systems.

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

Admission into one of the following streams of the MC-ENG Master of Engineering:

Master of Engineering (Chemical with Business), Master of Engineering (Civil with Business), Master of Engineering (Mechanical with Business), Master of Engineering (Electrical with Business), Master of Engineering (Software with Business)

Corequisites

None

Non-allowed subjects

None

Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)

The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.

Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Assessment

Additional details

  • Two group assignments consisting of 1500 words each (30% total, 15% each). Each assignment requires approximately 30-35 hours of work (60-70 hours in total). Due in weeks 5 and 10
  • Individual class participation throughout semester (10%). Assessed throughout the semester
  • Best five quizzes out of six (10 minutes each). Assessed every alternate week. (20% total, 4% each)
  • Final three-hour end-of-semester examination (40%).

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO's) 1 to 5 are addressed in both group assignments, class participation, all quizzes and the exam

Hurdle requirement: The examination must be passed to pass the subject

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Dates & times

  • Semester 1
    Principal coordinatorPatrick Foley
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours36 hours normally delivered as 1 x 3 hour lecture/tutorial per week
    Total time commitment200 hours
    Teaching period27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017
    Last self-enrol date10 March 2017
    Census date31 March 2017
    Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017
    Assessment period ends23 June 2017

    Semester 1 contact information

    Semester 1: Ian Rosewall

    Email: i.rosewall@mbs.edu

    Semester 2: Assoc Prof Patrick Foley

    Email: pfoley@unimelb.edu.au

  • Semester 2
    Principal coordinatorPatrick Foley
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours36 hours normally delivered as 1 x 3 hour lecture/tutorial per week
    Total time commitment200 hours
    Teaching period24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017
    Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017
    Census date31 August 2017
    Last date to withdraw without fail22 September 2017
    Assessment period ends17 November 2017

    Semester 2 contact information

    Semester 1: Ian Rosewall

    Email: i.rosewall@mbs.edu

    Semester 2: Assoc Prof Patrick Foley

    Email: pfoley@unimelb.edu.au

Time commitment details

Estimated 200 hours

Last updated: 3 November 2022

Further information

Last updated: 3 November 2022