Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for
participation in the module
This module is based on knowledge gained on the 1st Semester of the
Operations and Innovation Management programme.
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Understand various perspectives and theories that inform the
formation and functioning of contemporary extended enterprise which
consist of the focal company and its suppliers
- Understand complexity management principles and tool kits based
on systems science and systems methodology
- Account for various orientations of companies’ operations
systems (technology, innovation, cost, quality, flexibility) and
can explain how these orientations affect performance management
and control
- Understand risk types (both internal and external) and their
impacts in extended enterprises
- Understand the principles of value stream costing, using value
stream mapping and business process re-engineering
- Understand and can explain value engineering, target costing
and chained target costing in cooperation between the focal company
and its 1st, 2nd, etc. tier suppliers
- Understand total cost of ownership (TCO), differentiated on the
basis of product-/supplier type, techniques in the form of
‘Monetary-based method’ (Activity Based Cost Systems),
‘Cost-ratio/value-based method’ and ‘Mathematical programming
decision model’
- Understand and can explain supply chains financial and
non-financial performance and its sensitivity as a function of the
market and selected divide between push and pull operations
- Understand and can explain conflicting and colliding cases of
Lean and the company's financial management and reporting, as
well as possible solutions, including financial reporting that
complies with Lean's seven waste categories
Skills
- Conduct analysis and evaluation of operations performance in
the context of extended enterprises
- Use tools and techniques for measuring and managing performance
of activities that cross both geographical and organizational
boundaries
- Initiate performance improvement programs and their
implementation in contemporary extended enterprises
Competences
- Identify and diagnose problems with performance management
systems in contemporary extended enterprises
- Conceive appropriate performance management system designs
- Take responsibility for implementation and control of
operations performance management systems in contemporary extended
enterprises
Type of instruction
The teaching is organized in accordance with the general form of
teaching. Please see the programme cirruculum §17.
Extent and expected workload
Since it is a 5 ECTS course module the expected workload is
150 hours for the student.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Global Business Performance |
Type of exam | Written or oral exam |
ECTS | 5 |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |