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Última revisión realizada: 11/05/2022 |
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Subject name: | Operations and Logistics Management |
Study: | Master in Business Administration |
ECTS | 6 |
Four-month period: | Second four-month period |
Type of subject: | Compulsory |
This topic provides a strategic view of business operations. It offers concepts, experiences, methodologies, and tools for the development of the skills and abilities necessary for an efficient management of operations and logistics.
The student will learn about and apply methodologies for capturing, assessing and selecting ideas that will contribute to continuous improvement and create a sustainable, high-impact competitive advantage in the long term.
Specific tools and methodologies will be described with the aim of aligning the strategic objectives of the organization with operations and logistics, promoting a homogeneous and consistent management of the business.
Through this material, the student acquires the knowledge and skills necessary for directing business operations and logistics through the management of all the relevant processes in the organization, developing concepts, tools, techniques and methodologies for an outstanding management.
In addition, this topic covers, in depth, the strategic vision involved in planning the supply chain, using management tools and showing the impact of their results on business.
In general, the idea is for students to attain a critical eye about the issue of Operations Management and Logistics as a strategic field within an organization, and to offer them the most adequate techniques, tools and methodologies for solving problems within this area of work.
The different tasks and activities programmed during the semester have been developed with the goal of adapting the learning process to the different capabilities, necessities and interests of the students.
The activities included in the subject are:
These activities are combined with the following aspects:
The hours dedicated to each activity are detailed as follows:
TRAINING ACTIVITIES | HOURS OF SUBJECT | % PRESENCE |
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Virtual sessions | 15 hours | 100% |
Master classes | 4 hours | 0 |
Personal study of basic material | 60 hours | 0 |
Reading of complimentary material | 32 hours | 0 |
Realization of practical cases and self-evaluation tests | 45 hours | 0 |
Tutoring | 16 hours | 10 % |
Collaborative work (forums and/or discussion groups) | 7 hours | 0 |
Final exam | 1 hour | 100% |
Total | 180 hours | - |
You can personalize your study plan choosing the type of activity that best matches your profile. The tutor will advise you and help you elaborate your study plan. S/he will always be available to guide throughout the course.
The section Basic Bibliography is essential for the course. If any document (reading, article,…) is not available in the virtual classroom, you will have to find it by other means: UNIR bookshop, virtual library…
The necessary texts for the study of this subject have been elaborated by UNIR and are available in a digital format to consult, download or print inthe virtual classroom.
Caja-Corral, A. (2018). Cómo hacer de la cadena de suministro un centro de valor. Marge Books.
Cohn, J. (2019). Scrum Fundamentals: A Beginner’s Guide to Mastery of The Scrum Project Management Methodology (Scrum Mastery). Independently published.
Hernández-Ramos, E. y Tundidor-Díaz, A. (2018). Cadena de suministro 4.0: Beneficios y retos de las tecnologías disruptivas. Marge Books
Kaplan, R. S. y Norton, D. P. (2008). The Execution Premium. Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation.
Monte-Galiano, J. L. (2016). Implantar scrum con éxito. Editorial UOC.
Núñez-Carballosa, A. (2014). Dirección de operaciones: decisiones tácticas y estratégicas. Editorial UOC.
PMI. (2017). Guía de los fundamentos para la dirección de proyectos (guía del PMBOK®) (6ª ed.). Project Management Institute.
Skarin, M. (2015). Real World Kanban: Do Less, Accomplish More with Lean Thinking. Pragmatic Bookshelf
Socconini, L. V. (2019). Lean manufacturing: Paso a paso. Marge Books.
The evaluation system is based on the following numerical chart:
0 - 4, 9 | Suspenso | (SS) |
5,0 - 6,9 | Aprobado | (AP) |
7,0 - 8,9 | Notable | (NT) |
9,0 - 10 | Sobresaliente | (SB) |
The grade is made up of two components:
The exam is done at the end of the four-month period and is compulsory final exam either in presence- based or online modality. It comprises the 60% of the final grade and so that the grade obtained in this exam is added to the final grade it is obligatory to PASS it.
The continuous evaluation comprises the 40% of the final grade. This 40% of the final grade consists of the grades obtained in the different training activities carried out during the four-month period.
EVALUATION SYSTEM | WEIGHTING min - max |
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Student participation (sessions, forums) | 0% - 40% |
Study cases | 0% - 40% |
Self-evaluation test | 0% - 40% |
Final exam | 60% - 60% |
Academic background: He holds a master’s degree in electronics engineering, MBA from Henley Business School (U.K.) and a master certificate in project management from the George Washington University. He graduated from the PMI Leadership Institute Masters Class in 2008.
Mr. Traczyk is an IBM-certified senior professional and a PMI volunteer leader for the past 12 years. From 2007 to 2010, he served as a PMI mentor in the EMEA region. Between 2005 and 2006, he was a member of PMI Ethics Standard Development Team, contributing to the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
Professional experience: Zbigniew J. Traczyk has over 25 years of experience in operations, project, program and portfolio management. He is current leading Global Technology Services delivery operations at IBM in 15 countries with team over 1000 professionals. Mr. Traczyk is a recognized operations management instructor at Warsaw Business School for past 10 years. In his professional career, Mr. Traczyk has managed many complex international projects in the financial, telecommunications and public sectors.
Research lines: Mr. Traczyk provided leadership on PMI Community Transformation Project in 2005 and 2006. He took a leadership role in strategic alignment scorecard development and contributed to the chapter-with-branches model, leading the first pilot implementation. He was a founder of the PMI Warsaw Poland Chapter and served as the chapter president, 2003–2006. During his term, the chapter was recognized in 2005 with PMI awards for chapter of the year and collaboration. In 2008 he supported PMI Research Conference. Mr. Traczyk contributed to numerous PMI Leadership Institute Meetings in EMEA and North America.
Studying online means you can organize your study as you wish, as long as you meet the due dates of the different assignments (activities, tasks and tests). In order to help you, we propose the following steps:
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