OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - LEVEL 3 COURSE

There are a number of key points to management:

• Managers carry out a vast range of different activities, many of which will likely not be in any job description. They could be responsible for hiring, training and development, health and safety, financial planning, marketing, leadership, planning, project management, discipline etc.

• Management occurs at all levels within an organisation, and within every organisation.

• The primary role of most managers is to achieve productivity and quality. This is usually true in any field of endeavour.

This newly developed course will provide you with a broad introduction to these key components of this exciting and challenging field.

As part of your course, you will be supplied with a supplementary Study Guide. This has been written to help you with your studies and to supplement the specific information and guidance given in the course material itself.

The Course Includes the Following Units:-

• Management Introduction

• Operations Management Introduction

• Strategic Management

• Process Design

• Capacity Planning

• Inventory Management

• Supply Chain Management

• Lean Operations and JIT (Just in time)

• People Management

Assessment:

You will be assessed on coursework which is detailed in the course materials. Most coursework consists of short paragraph answers to set questions. Your work can be sent back to your course tutor by email or by post.

As well as the tutor-marked assignments, you will also be given a number of self-assessment exercises to go through. The materials and accompanying exercises provided will help you to develop the necessary knowledge and confidence to successfully complete the tutor-marked assignments.