Management An introduction to important decision areas in operations and supply chain management. Modelling and analytical skills will be developed and supporting techniques/tools will be introduced using spreadsheets. Common qualitative and quantitative aspects of supply chain management will be discussed.
Introduces the elements of business process management through mapping and design. Emphasis is on how and Economics 894 organisations identify, design and improve essential business processes. Includes the use of software tools to model and analyse processes for continuous performance improvements.
An introduction to the management of projects in organisations, with a particular emphasis placed on the interdisciplinary nature and broad application of projects. Topics covered include people management, organisational planning, and resource issues.
Investigates and explores complex and dynamic issues associated with the design and execution of operations and processes. Promotes an applied, integrated, and systemic approach towards operations across supply chains.
Focuses on coordinating logistics across supply chains. Topic coverage features modelling using spreadsheets and includes transportation, forecasting, and inventory control models suitable for use in a distribution and supply chain context.
Strategic issues in procurement and supply management, covering analysis, planning, and management of supply activities. To enhance understanding of typical situations procurement managers are dealing with and the impact of their decisions on the overall performance of a supply chain the course uses a game-theoretic approach. Note: Students should be aware that several topics of the course make use of basic calculus concepts such as derivatives and maximisation problems.
Addresses techniques for data-driven decision-making in healthcare. Issues faced when managing healthcare operations will be discussed, with particular reference to the New Zealand context. Mathematical and computer- based techniques for managing operations under uncertainty will be introduced, with a focus on how they can be applied in practice in a healthcare setting.
An advanced study and substantial review of operations research and supply chain management relating to contemporary issues, providing students with in-depth knowledge of key topics.
The concepts, theories and modelling tools of system dynamics are used to deal with the dynamic complexities arising from interdependencies and interactions amongst various parts and functions within organisations and societies alike. Qualitative and computer modelling are used to gain insight and to foresee the intended outcomes as well as unintended consequences of policies and strategic decisions. All aspects of organisations including HR, IT, operations, marketing and strategy are considered and their interdependencies explored.
Mathematical modelling methods in operations management research. Includes simulation techniques, Markov decision models, optimisation methods, game theoretic formulations, and other modelling methods.
A practical opportunity to work with a New Zealand or international business or organisation in a consulting capacity and apply advanced disciplinary knowledge to develop research-informed strategic recommendations for a client.
A core research-oriented course in the postgraduate programme in Operations and Supply Chain Management. The course takes an in-depth view of operations in advanced operations systems such as supply chains, focusing on operational and behavioural factors.
Focuses on issues fundamental to supply chain coordination. The impact of information asymmetry, limits of information sharing, incomplete contracts, and other selected topics typically covered in separate subjects such as Contract Theory, Industrial Organisation and Implementation Theory are studied in the supply chain management context. The course will be taught from a quantitative perspective.
Sustainable transformation aspires to balance and integrate societal, economic and environmental dimensions. Focuses on the interrelationships and influences between the sustainability dimensions from a systems dynamics perspective where vision and strategies are translated to sustainable processes, actions, and performance. Explores sustainable transformation of individuals and families and Economics 895 through to organisations, supply chains and society as a whole.