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Operations Management
Communication, Journalism & Media Studies Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: 8/26/24 - 12/21/24
Operations Management
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Management
Other Subject Area: Business
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 13172
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Essentials of Business, Game Theory, Management Accounting, Marketing, Organizational Economics, Marketing management, Consumer behaviour, The Origins of modern firm, Optimization and Business for Business, Market research, Industrial organization , Financial management, Excel tools.
DESCRIPTION
The objective of the course is to introduce students to the Strategic Decision Making Processes related to the Operations Management area. For this purpose, the strategies of the Operations Department are studied and analyzed; the strategic decisions that accompany the different processes of generation of goods and services are presented as well as the strategic decisions of location, capacity and distribution of the facilities. To help in these decision-making processes, the knowledge that students may have previously acquired regarding demand estimation and project management is reinforced. In accordance with the demands of society, some final chapters on sustainability, industry 4.0, SDGs and Circular Economy in Spain and Europe are included.