Subject: Operations Management

Affording an opportunity for continuing education, this course covers pertinent topics for executives in any industry. This module also gives the student a chance to profit form the collective expertise and experience of peers in the industry.

OBJECTIVES

There is always a better way of doing a given task. Operations Management trains a person to think critically and question existing methods, systems and standards with a view of finding more efficient and cost effective methods of completing that task.

This program trains participants on the techniques of observation and questioning, imparting the science of work measurement and method study. This aims to help students realise the existence of various components of tasks, and thus help them to carry out work improvement programmes. The use of systems concepts stresses coordination, optimisation and control materials, equipment and people to the management of all types of organisations.

SYLLABUS

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