Joseph KK Ho's work diary

This was a conversation between a visiting UK Lecturer and me: The UK Lecturer : the students in HK have not been doing well in their studies; they did not read widely on their taught subjects. It must be due to the fact that teachers in Hong Kong do not encourage them to do more reading around their taught subjects... which the students must be able to realize that doing well in their studies is good for their career.... Me : I have tried my best to stimulate students to learn; learning must be inner-driven and I cannot force my students to learn. I, personally,am very interested in learning and I could only promise that, after finishing the teaching of this subject, I will write a paper for publication in an academic journal.

The following info is on how Operations and Info Systems Mgt quiz score is calculated: (Source of info from UK) ******* The assessment is input into the system as 100% so the student marks are added as the total presented. The maximum score over the 6 tests is 90. So 90 = 100%. The weighting will be applied by the system which is 50% so all marks initially received are halved. So if a student got 60/90 in this assessment their final grade with the weighting applied would be 30% for this module element. This is then topped up by the other 2 elements, both assessed at 100% but with 25% weightings applied. All marks are entered as 100% and then the system applies the weightings. *****

Part-time students are reminded that they should not "delegate" their friends to sign on class attendance register on their behalf. Furthermore, your delegated friend (as 1 person) should not sign on the attendance register for 2 or more students. This friend of my student came to my class and claimed that she was my student; then she signed for her classmate, saying that her classmate was coming. Then she said she needed to go to toilet. She left and never returned to the class. This friend of my student told lies after lies to me.

Teaching plan 2014 for the subject of Operations and Information Management Systems, HK (total 60 hours; 20 sessions x 3 hours each): Group 2 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 13, 2014) • Operations performance Core book 2: Operations performance Session 3 (May 15, 2014) • The global information age Core book 3: The global information age Session 4 (May 16, 2014) • The design of products and services Core book 5: The design of products and services Session 5 (May 20, 2014) • Process design• Core book 6: Process design Session 6 (May 22, 2014) • Layout and flow Core book 7: Layout and flow Session 7 (May 23, 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) • Capacit...

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 p...

Teaching plan 2014 for the subject of Operations and Information Management Systems, HK: (total 48 hours) Part-time class Local Tutor: Joseph Kim-keung Ho Session # Topics/ activities References Session 1 (May 10, 2014: 2-8:30pm) • General course induction • Operations management • Operations performance • The global information age Core book 1: Operations management Core book 2: Operations performance Core book 3: The global information age Session 2 (May 15, 2014: 6:30-10:00pm) • The design of products and services • Process design Core book 5: The design of products and services Core book 6: Process design Session 3 (May 16, 2014: 6:30-10:00pm) • Layout and flow • General systems theory Business systems activity Core book 7: Layout and flow Core book 4: General systems theory Session 4 (May 23, 2014: 6:30-10:00pm) • Capacity planning and control • People, jobs and organization Core book 8: Capacity planning and control Core book 9: People, jobs and organizati...