Coursecode: wm0501
Coursename: Introduction Business Economics
DUT creditpoints: 2
ECTS creditpoints: 3 |
| Subfaculty of
Design, Engineering and Production - Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology |
| Lecturer(s): Bikker, prof.ir.H., Haaf, ir.W. ten |
Tel.:
015-278 2711/1588 |
Catalog data:
interest structures, industrial production and market, principal functions, systems
thinking, organization structures, product life cycle, objectives and strategy,
leadership, cooperation/collaboration, teamwork, problem solving and decision making,
calculation and marketing policy. |
Courseyear:
3
Semester: 0/4/0/0/0
Hours p/w: 4
Other hours: none
Assessment: See remarks
Assessm.period(s): 2, 6
(see academic calendar) |
| Prerequisites:
none |
| Follow up: wm0504, wm0505 |
| Detailed
description of topics:
Backgrounds of market, business and industrial production
Introduction of systems theory; steady state model
Principal functions of an enterprise
Organization structures of the primary processes
Product life cycle, product development process, specification
of product requirements
Aims and policies; the key-role of strategy
Models of leadership
History of Management Science
Fundamentals of cooperation/collaboration
Taskforce and teamwork
Fundamentals of problem solving; project management and
decision making
Calculation and break-even analysis
Product price, marketing and production policy; relationships
and interaction
A manager, the daily life of a manager
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| Course
material:
Prof. ir. J. in 't Veld, Analyse van Organisatie Problemen,
Educatieve Partners Nederland BV, 1998, ISBN 90 11 045 947
Syllabus bb1 vol.1 + vol.2 + vol.3
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| References
from literature:
Scott Morton, Michael.S., The Corporation of the 1990's,
Oxford Univ.Press 1991
Pfeifer, T, Eversheim, W., Konig, W. and Wreck, M,
Manufacturing Excellence; the competitive edge, Chapman and Hall, 1994
Davenport, Thomas H., Process Innovation; re-engineering work
through information technology, HBR-Press 1993
Burgelman, R.A., Maidique, M.A. and Wheckwright, S.C.,
Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, IRWIN 1996
Wild, R., Production and Operations Management, Cassell Publ.
1994
Hill, Ferry, Production Operations Management, Prentice Hall,
1991
Pugh, D.S., Organization Theory, selected readings, Penquin
1990
Warnecke, H.J., The Fractal Company, Springer-Verlag 1993
|
Remarks
(specific information about assesment, entry requirements, etc.):
assessment is multiple choice and through practical applications being part of the project
IP3 - Industrial Production |
Goals:
This course is designed to recognize problems in the context of business management and
organization. Getting involved in business, the engineer, among others, has to decide when
and where to ask for advice, to what extent and how the organization of multi-disciplinary
groups is favourable and when post-graduate education becomes desirable. Insight in
operations management and the role of the engineer may accommodate his work in practice
and stimulates learning to integrate social-economical and technological aspects. |
| Computer use: |
| Laboratory
project(s): |
Design content:
Seventyfive percent of the course is dedicated to designing business processes and
systems. |
| Percentage of
design: 75% |