2025 Spring Semester Production and Operations Management course syllabus
| Course name：(Chinese) 生產與作業管理 (English) Production and Operations Management |
Dept. of course offering：Institute of Business Management Course code：230006 Permanent course No.：MGBM30023 Credits：3.00 Required/Elective:Required：Required 上課時間/教室：T234-TB307[BM] |
| Instructor：胡均立 | |
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| Course descriptions and objectives：This course provides basic trainings in management science to the first-year MBA students. Both modeling techniques and conceptual frameworks will be introduced. The students are required to propose and undertake term projects based on real activities, including both manufacturing and service industries. Healthcare procedure improvements are especially welcome. This course is designed for regular MBA students who need to write a master thesis and experience projects with real production and operations. In order to pursue globalization for university education in Taiwan, this course will be taught in English. The POWERPOINT files used during the lecture are also in English. The term project should be based on real activities or real process improvements, for instance, including ESG projects, volunteer service projects, handmade product projects, administrative process improvements, APP development projects, etc. |
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| Textbooks: (Please indicate the book’s name, author, publisher and the publication date)：1. Stevenson, W.J. (2007), Operations Management, 9th ed., Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin. 2. McLaughlin, D.B. and J.M. Hays (2008), Healthcare Operations Management, Chicago: Health Administration Press. AUPHA Press, Washington, DC. |
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| Topics | Outlines | lectures | Demonstration | Practice | Others | |
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| 1.Homework and Assignments, Exams and Quizzes, Evaluation and Grading Policy：1. Homework and Assignments: Class attendance, in-class discussion, and homework 2. Exams and Quizzes: Midterm project proposal, oral presentation and written final report. 3. Evaluation and Grading Policy: Class attendance and in-class discussion (25%), homework (30%), project proposal (10%), oral presentation (15%), written final report (20%) |
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| 2.Pedagogy and other supplementary information (websites, TAs, handouts and/or databases)：
Operations Research, http://or.pubs.informs.org/. |
| Office hours | Time slot | Location | Contact information |
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| 3:30~5:00pm, Tuesday | North Gate Campus, Taipei City 10044 | Email: jinlihu@nycu.edu.tw |
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| Week | Date | Course Progress, Contents, Topics | 教師授課時數 | |
| 1 | 2025-02-18(二) | Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity | ||
| 2 | 2025-02-25(二) | Simple Time Series Techniques | ||
| 3 | 2025-03-04(二) | Capacity Planning | ||
| 4 | 2025-03-11(二) | Decision Theory | ||
| 5 | 2025-03-18(二) | Process Selection and Facility Layout | ||
| 6 | 2025-03-25(二) | Design of Work Systems | ||
| 7 | 2025-04-01(二) | Location Planning and Analysis — and also the Transportation Model | ||
| 8 | 2025-04-08(二) | Hospital Operations Management Applications | ||
| 9 | 2025-04-15(二) | TQM and Quality Tools | ||
| 10 | 2025-04-22(二) | Inventory Management | ||
| 11 | 2025-04-29(二) | Quality Circles for Hospital | ||
| 12 | 2025-05-06(二) | Scheduling | ||
| 13 | 2025-05-13(二) | Project Management | ||
| 14 | 2025-05-20(二) | Hospital Supply Chain Management | ||
| 15 | 2025-05-27(二) | Oral Presentation of Final Reports | ||
| 16 | 2025-06-03(二) | Oral Presentation of Final Reports | ||
| 教師授課總時數(48.00) | 胡均立(48) |
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