AL YAMAMAH UNIVERSITY
Operations Management (MGT 510)
EMBA
Course Syllabus
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The National Commission for Academic Accreditation & Assessment
Course Specification
Revised April 2007
Course Specification
Institution: Al Yamamah University
College/Department: Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)
A Course Identification and General Information
1. Course title and code: Operations Management (MGT 510)
2. Credit hours: 2
3. Program(s) in which the course is offered.
(If general elective available in many programs indicate this rather than list programs)
EMBA
4. Name of faculty member responsible for the course
Dr Shafiq Ahmad
5. Level/year at which this course is offered: Year 1 - First Semester
6. Pre-requisites for this course (if any)
Strategic Management I (MGT 505)
7. Co-requisites for this course (if any)
8. Location if not on main campus
B Objectives
1. Summary of the main learning outcomes for students enrolled in the course.
This course enables students to understand the operational issues including designing, acquiring, operating and maintaining the facilities and processes; purchasing raw materials; controlling and maintaining inventories; and providing the proper labor needed to produce a good or service so that customers' expectations are met.
This course is intended to be a survey of operating practices and models in both manufacturing and service oriented firms. It is intended to provide managers in all functional areas with sufficient knowledge to make informed "total business decisions" and to introduce standard terms and concepts for communications with operating personnel. 2. Briefly describe any plans for developing and improving the course that are being implemented. (e.g. increased use of IT or web based reference material, changes in content as a result of new research in the field)
Update the content periodically.
Using new references.