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MGG3352

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 22 November 2024

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Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Business and Economics

Organisational Unit

Department of Management

Coordinator(s)

Dr Damian Morgan

Offered

Gippsland

  • First semester 2016 (Day)
  • First semester 2016 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

An introduction to the service concept, service operations management and the role of operations in business strategy. Management processes and systems are introduced to cover structuring the service enterprise (the service delivery system, facility location and layout), and managing service operations (quality and productivity, queuing, facilitating goods, capacity and demand).

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. explain the role of service operations and its relationship with other organisational functions
  2. provide the necessary skills to be able to examine the various approaches to service operations management
  3. develop an understanding of service operations productivity, its measurement and relationship with other operational functions
  4. demonstrate the importance and interrelatedness of the relationship between service and manufacturing operations management
  5. relate management theory with practice.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Damian Morgan

Prohibitions

MGW3352