Module Descriptors
ORGANISATIONAL SYSTEMS FOR ENGINEERS / TECHNOLOGISTS
XXAT50340
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: David Link
Email: D.Link@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- CASE ANALYSIS weighted at 70%
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 30%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
100% of income assessment comprising
- One assignment (case study analysis) which underpins the main thrust of the module (70%), learning outcomes 1-6.
- Second assignment (30%), learning outcomes 1-6.
- One assignment (case study analysis) which underpins the main thrust of the module (70%), learning outcomes 1-6.
- Second assignment (30%), learning outcomes 1-6.
Module Learning Strategies
2 hours per week will comprise formal lecture time
1 hour per week tutorial/seminar sessions
1 hour per week tutorial/seminar sessions
Module Indicative Content
Scope of management of technology and organisations structures.
Enterprise (infra) structure for adding value and global competitiveness and managing innovation.
Technological systems methodologies, management and control.
Technology project management including economic analysis, multi-criteria evaluation.
Role of Information Technology for enabling technological system management and enhancing life cycles.
Introduction to management philosophies and/or techniques such as:-
TQM, JIT, OPT, ERP to provide an integrative approach to organistaional planning.
Financial aspects of product life cycle management.
Enterprise (infra) structure for adding value and global competitiveness and managing innovation.
Technological systems methodologies, management and control.
Technology project management including economic analysis, multi-criteria evaluation.
Role of Information Technology for enabling technological system management and enhancing life cycles.
Introduction to management philosophies and/or techniques such as:-
TQM, JIT, OPT, ERP to provide an integrative approach to organistaional planning.
Financial aspects of product life cycle management.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Texts
Managing Technological Innovation, F Betz, Wiley & Sons, 1998, ISBN: 0-471-173800
Project Management in Practice, Mantel et al, Wiley & Sons, 2001, ISBN: 0-471-37162-9
Operation Management: Strategy and Analysis, L J Krajewski & L P Ritzman, Addison Wesley, 2001, ISBN: 0-201-331187
Project Management in Practice, Mantel et al, Wiley & Sons, 2001, ISBN: 0-471-37162-9
Operation Management: Strategy and Analysis, L J Krajewski & L P Ritzman, Addison Wesley, 2001, ISBN: 0-201-331187
Module Resources
Library
Internet
Internet