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Strategy Execution for Engineers (ENGM90013)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Professor Gerardo Berbeglia
Semester 2
Prof Damien Power
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
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
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
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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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 week 4 and week 10. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1 to 5 are addressed in this assessment.
| From Week 4 to Week 10 | 30% |
Individual class participation: 1 x 3-hour per week; 36 hours in total throughout the semester. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1 to 5 are addressed in this assessment.
| Throughout the semester | 5% |
Best three quizzes out of four (20 minutes each, 80 minutes in total), 20% total, 5% each, assessed in sessions: 3, 6, 8, 11. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1 to 5 are addressed in this assessment.
| Throughout the semester | 20% |
Final two-hour end-of-semester examination (open book). Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1 to 5 are addressed in this assessment.
| End of semester | 45% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Gerardo Berbeglia Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours normally delivered as 1 x 3 hour lecture/tutorial per week Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Professor Gerardo Berbeglia
- Semester 2
Coordinator Damien Power Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours normally delivered as 1 x 3 hour lecture/tutorial per week Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Prof Damien Power
Time commitment details
Estimated 200 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Managing Processes, Customised book prepared by Kannan Sethuraman and Gerardo Berbeglia, 2012, The University of Melbourne, McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd.,
- Subject notes
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
The subject is delivered through lectures, tutorials, case studies and workshop sessions.
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
Students are provided with lecture slides, case studies, tutorial materials and solutions.
CAREERS / INDUSTRY LINKS
Exposure to the tolls and techniques that prepare graduate engineers for leadership roles in operations management and business improvement.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) Chemical with Business Specialisation (formal) Civil with Business Specialisation (formal) Software with Business Specialisation (formal) Mechanical with Business Specialisation (formal) Biomedical with Business Specialisation (formal) Electrical with Business - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022