Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Understand key structural and infrastructural choices within the design of manufacturing and service systems
• Explain of the role of technology in design of an operations strategy
• Describe key organizational design options in connection with creating an effective organization
• Understand key strategic choices and trade-offs within operations and innovation strategy design.

Skills

• Evaluate the strategic role of operations and innovation for the value creation and competitiveness of the firm.
• Analyze the role of technologies in the operations and innovation processes within the firm and conceive ways in which technologies can be applied in these processes.
• Analyze an organizational context focusing on the alignment between the organizational configuration and key operations or innovation choices.

Competences

• Conceive and design an operations and innovation strategy aligned with the organizational context for manufacturing and service organizations, which achieves strategic fit with business and market requirements
• Conceive and design an operations and innovation strategy which makes use of technological opportunities and technologies

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