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Operations (BUSA90227)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville) and On 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
January
April
September
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | January - Dual-Delivery April - Dual-Delivery July - On Campus September - On Campus |
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Fees | Look up fees |
In fiercely competitive global and dynamic environments, companies face increasing pressures to exceed customer expectations along multiple performance measures, such as cost, quality, flexibility and innovativeness. To outperform their competitors, many firms make the mistake of mimicking their rivals, rather than focusing on developing the organizational capabilities that competitors will find difficult to match over the long term. And although operations are at the core of a firm’s value adding activities, few firms have sought to build a sustainable competitive advantage around these capabilities.
Operations deals with the design, management and continuous improvement of business processes. It aims at providing some of the core concepts in operations that are essential for leveraging a firm’s operational capabilities to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This course provides a logical and rigorous approach to plan and control process structure and managerial levers to achieve desired business process performance.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Analyse real-world processes and evaluate the fit and consistency they offer with respect to the firm's overall strategy and positioning in the marketplace
- Perform detailed process analysis to identify existing bottlenecks and improve processes through de-bottlenecking approaches
- Understand the role that inventory plays in real-world situations, identify relevant managerial levers for controlling the level of inventory, and apply simple analytical frameworks for estimating the optimal order size and the level of safety stock that a firm should carry for its chosen level of service
- Identify the drivers of variability in processes and propose managerially relevant solutions to contain the effects of variability using queuing models
- Use robust statistical process control techniques to ensure that a given process under consideration is both capable and in control to deliver the products and services that satisfy customer needs
- Apply six-sigma and lean (Toyota Production System) principles to improve the performance of processes
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Prerequisite
25 credit points from
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90480 | Leadership |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
June (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
BUSA90481 | Managerial Ethics & Business Environment |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
BUSA90060 | Data Analysis |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90482 | General Management 1 | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
62.5 |
Note: The subject below can be taken concurrently.
12.5 credit points from
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90193 | Managerial Economics |
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90483 | General Management 2 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
43.75 |
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
April
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Contribution to class learning | Throughout the teaching period | 5% |
4 quizzes
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
2 x syndicate case assignments; Equivalent to 300 words per student per assignment. Week 4 and Week 8
| From Week 4 to Week 8 | 30% |
Final examination
| End of the teaching period | 45% |
January
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Contribution to class learning | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
4 quizzes
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
2 x syndicate case assignments; Equivalent to 300 words per student per assignment. Week 4 and Week 8
| From Week 4 to Week 8 | 25% |
Final examination
| End of the teaching period | 45% |
Additional details
Gerardo Berbeglia: (April)
- Contribution to class learning (5%)
- Throughout subject
- 4 quizzes (20%)
- 15 minutes each
- Throughout subject
- 2 x syndicate case assignments (30%)
- Equivalent to 300 words per student per assignment
- Week 4 and Week 8
- Final examination (45%)
-
- hurdle requirement
- 3 hours
- End of subject
Kannan Sethuraman: (January)
- Contribution to class learning (10%)
- Throughout subject
- 4 quizzes (20%)
- 15 minutes each
- Throughout subject
- 2 x syndicate case assignments (25%)
- Equivalent to 300 words per student per assignment
- Week 4 and Week 8
- Final examination (45%)
-
- hurdle requirement
- 3 hours
- End of subject
EMBA:
- Class Contribution (15%)
- Throughout subject
- Class preparation activities (15%)
- E.g. completion of short basic questions/exercise sets
- Total: 1,000 words
- Throughout subject
- Ongoing syndicate case studies (30%)
- Total: 2,500 words
- Throughout subject
- Final Exam (40%)
- Hurdle requirement
- 90 minutes
- End of module
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- January - Dual-Delivery
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 10 January 2022 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 17 January 2022 to 25 March 2022 Last self-enrol date 12 December 2021 Census date 28 January 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 March 2022 Assessment period ends 1 April 2022 January contact information
- April - Dual-Delivery
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 4 April 2022 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 11 April 2022 to 17 June 2022 Last self-enrol date 6 February 2022 Census date 22 April 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 April contact information
- July - On Campus
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 27 June 2022 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 4 July 2022 to 9 September 2022 Last self-enrol date 24 April 2022 Census date 15 July 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 August 2022 Assessment period ends 16 September 2022 - September - On Campus
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 19 September 2022 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 26 September 2022 to 2 December 2022 Last self-enrol date 17 July 2022 Census date 7 October 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 11 November 2022 Assessment period ends 9 December 2022 September contact information
Additional delivery details
This subject is only available to students admitted to GD-BA, MC-BAPT, MC-BAPTME, or students with permission of the MBA Course coordinator
This subject has a quota of 80 students. Students will be selected on a first come, first serve basis. However if any student is approaching their completion date, they will get priority in enrolment.
This subject is equivalent to BUSA90228 in MC-BAPTME
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to students admitted to GD-BA, MC-BAPT, MC-BAPTME, or students with permission of the MBA Course coordinator
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Business Administration Course Graduate Diploma in Business Administration Course Master of Business Administration Course Master of Engineering Management - 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: 31 January 2024