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Teaching plan 2014 for the subject of Operations and Information Management Systems, HK (total 60 hours; 20 sessions x 3 hours each) Local Tutor: Joseph Kim-keung Ho Session # Topics/ activities References Session 1 • General course induction • Operations management Core book 1 : Operations management Session 2 • Operations performance Core book 2 : Operations performance Session 3 • The global information age Core book 3 : The global information age Session 4 • The design of products and services Core book 5: The design of products and services Session 5 • Process design• Core book 6 : Process design Session 6 • Layout and flow Core book 7 : Layout and flow Session 7 • General systems theory Core book 4 : General systems theory Session 8 • Business systems activity Core book 14: Business systems activity Session 9 • Capacity planning and control Core book 8 : Capacity planning and control Session 10 • People, jobs and organization • Work study Core book 9: People

The teaching plan for the subject of Housing Imagination 2014, Hong Kong version [BA (Hon) Housing Studies of the Leeds Metropolitan University, UK] is as follows: Housing Imagination – Teaching Plan 2014 Hong Kong version (Joseph, Kim-keung Ho) Session # Topics 1 May 7 • Introduction to Housing Imagination: the meanings of home • Briefing on assignment 1 Readings: Creswell T. "Place"; Harvey, D. "Between Space and Time: Reflections on the Geographical Imagination"; Assignment 1 doc.; Home meaning fox notes (docx).; basic ideas on geographical imagination,docx; phenomenology seamon notes.docx; approaches to human geography ebook.pdf; 2 May 14 • Introduction to Housing Imagination: the meanings of home (the Hong Kong context) Readings: SCMP news for HI study (docx); some news for discussion in the subject of Housing Imagination (docx); geographical imagination gregory notes (docx); GI 2 gregory notes.docx; notes on chinese urbanization economist.docx;

The following are the major comments on Independent study presentation on April 12-13, 2014 1. Still not familiar with multiple-regression analysis, notably on the p-value 2. Still unclear on research objectives 3. Still weak in literature review skills 4. Not familiar with Research methods concepts still 5. Some students did not spare much effort on literature review. 6. Some of the reports are not quite focused and the line of reasoning is not clear. 7. IS report contents and IS report titles sometimes are not matched. 8. Some students may now run into time-management problem (e.g. IS report progress is too slow + heavy workload right now.) 9. A few students may need to revise IS topics substantially (because the original ones do not meet IS subject objectives, e.g. the report is not quite a research project at all) 10. Quite some students did not provide a proper A-4 page of summary of progress reports.

The following info. is for Business Systems Analysis class April 2014 Lecture (topics): Software selection criteria Customer Relationship Mgt Requirement development terms: business requirement; user requirement SDLC Phases: e.g. analysis; systems implementation Core values of extreme programming Activity diagram Timeboxing (RAD) disadvantages of RAD State diagram and sequence diagram (OO digrams) IS project roles: business analyst, infrastructure analyst, change management analyst Graph use in forms/ reports design Color usage (benefits/problems) in forms and reports designs Use case description (writing guidelines) Parallel development-based methodology Soft Systems Methodology: CATWOE analysis; conceptual model Exam format: 1 compulsory question; answer 2 questions out of 4 questions Note 1 When should we use graphs instead of tables: * providing a quick summary of data * detect trends over time * forecasting activities Note 2 Benefits of using color

The following info is on Housing Imagination - assignment 2 [BA (Hon) Housing Studies of the Leeds Metropolitan University, UK]: An essay of 2500-3000 words; worth 50% of overall marks. Choose from one of the following questions Q1: Critically discuss the assertion of Doreen Massey (1992) that homes, like all 'places', are open to, and created by, the social relations which extend beyond them. Q2: To what extent does the concept of 'place' provide a useful basis for understanding the dynamics and conflicts surrounding home-places? Q3: In what ways is the housing imagination gendered and classed?

The following info is on assignment 1 requirements on Housing Imagination [BA (Hon) Housing Studies of the Leeds Metropolitan University, UK]: 10 minute Presentation (50%) The purpose of this assignment is for you to demonstrate that you can link the conceptual material we have covered in the module with a specific example The key themes of the module I want you to think about are place, space and the housing imagination You should select an ‘artifact’ which serves as an example of one or several of these key themes. The term ‘geographical imagination’ encompasses a variety of meanings, including individual mental images and socially produced discourses about cultures, spaces, and differences. Cultural geography suggests place is socially constructed, through IMAGINATION and REPRESENTATION We can apply this to housing in order to thing about the various ‘housing imaginaries’ that exist and the different representations of place and the “other” in relations to housing