Operations and ISM teaching plan - Group 1

Teaching plan 2014 for the subject of Operations and Information Management Systems, HK (total 60 hours; 20 sessions x 3 hours each): Group 1
Local Tutor: Joseph Kim-keung Ho
Session # Topics/ activities References
Session 1
(May 8, 2014) • General course induction
• Operations management Core book 1: Operations management

Session 2
(May 9, 2014) • Operations performance Core book 2: Operations performance
Session 3
(May 13, 2014) • The global information age Core book 3: The global information age
Session 4
(May 15, 2014) • The design of products and services Core book 5: The design of products and services
Session 5
(May 19, 2014) • Process design Core book 6: Process design

Session 6
(May 20, 2014) • Layout and flow Core book 7: Layout and flow
Session 7
(May 22, 2014) • General systems theory Core book 4: General systems theory
Session 8
(May 27, 2014) • Business systems activity Core book 14: Business systems activity
Session 9
(May 29, 2014) • Capacity planning and control Core book 8: Capacity planning and control
Session 10
(June 3, 2014) • People, jobs and organization
• Work study Core book 9: People, jobs and organization
Core book 10: Work study
Session 11
(June 5, 2014) • Presentations by groups
Session 12
(June 10, 2014) • Quality management
• Operations improvement Core book 11: Quality management
Core book 12: Operations improvement
Session 13
(June 12, 2014) • The global business environment
• Business systems activity Core book 13: The global business environment
Core book 14: Business systems activity
Session 14
(June 13, 2014) • Process technology
• Information systems modelling Core book 15: Process technology
Core book 16: Information systems modelling
Session 15
(June 17, 2014) • Global information systems development
Core book 17: Global information systems development

Session 16
(June 19, 2014) • Rapid application development in dynamic global business environments
• Information systems methodologies Core book 18: Rapid applications development in dynamic global business environments
Core book 19: Information systems methodologies
Session 17
(June 23, 2014) • Mobile computing security and biometrics Core book 20: Mobile computing security and biometrics

Session 18
(July 2, 2014) • Operations and corporate social responsibility Core book 21: Operations and corporate social responsibility
Session 19
(July 3, 2014) • The Internet and electronic business (e-business) Core book 22: The Internet and electronic business (e-business)
Session 20
(July 4, 2014) • Final review

Core book: Breen, L. and Hussain, Z. (compilers) Operations and Information Systems: Getting the foundations right and making it happen. Pearson Custom Publishing. Bradford University School of Management

Dates of Quiz (Start date plus a few extra days)
Quiz 1 is on introduction; I suggest this can be done after our session 4
(May 18 +8 days)
Quiz 2 is about design, I cover these topics on session 4-5; so the quiz can
be on May 23 + 5 days)
Quiz 3 is on capacity planning, I cover the topic on session 9 (May 29), so
the quiz can be on June 9 +5 days)
Quiz 4 is on Job Design, I cover the topic on June 3; so the quiz can be
held on June 15 + 5 days)
Quiz 5 is on Quality Management, I cover the topic on June 10, so the quiz
can be held on June 18 + 5 days)
Quiz 6 is on Process Technology, I cover the topic on June 13, so the quiz
can be held on June 23 + 5 days)