Advanced Seminar Operations & Supply Chain Management: Operations Management

This seminar will treat selected topics from the area of Operations Management. Operations Management is the planning and controlling of work flows. Thus, Operations Management is a central aspect of management.

At the end of the module the students are able to understand the approaches to tackle several several operations management problems. The students are able to implement such procedures and can assess these approaches in term of effectiveness and efficiency. Finally, they are able to make sound decisions. Furthermore, the students are able to create, based on scientific publication, an independent elaboration which fulfils the formal requirements of a scientific work.

Grading is based on a seminar paper, the presentation of the respective paper as well as on active class participation. The seminar paper as well as the class participation should proof the student's acquired knowledge about the respective research topic. Furthermore, they should show whether the student managed to critically analyze the key aspects regarding their research question. By presenting their findings in front of the class, students proof that they are able to present the key aspects in a concise manner and that they are able to answer further questions on their presented findings. The seminar paper accounts for 60% of the overall grade. The presentation and participation in the discussions account for 40% of the overall grade.

WI000275 "Management Science", MA9712 "Statistik", WI000226 "Service Operations Management" WI000974, WI001088, "Modeling and Optimization in Operations Management" WI000974, WI01088, "Simulation and Optimization in Operations Management"

The module consists of a seminar. The content is delivered thru presentations. The students are inspired to improve the acquired knowledge by studying the suggested literature. The students are encouraged to self practice outside the classroom. Results are presented and discussed in class. Students are supervised when they work on the several topics.