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Leading People and Production

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: IKTP1121
Curriculum: I-SA STV2022
Level: Bachelor of Engineering
Year of Study: 4 (2025-2026)
Semester: Autumn
Credits: 5 cr
Responsible Teacher: Agbejule, Adebayo
Language of Instruction: English

Learning Outcomes

This course examines the main issues in the production and delivery of goods and services. It includes designing the product and its accompanying production process, acquiring and organizing the necessary resources, and planning and executing production. In this course we will study the management of the operations/production function and introduce students to recent technologies that improve production management and how to motivate people to improve the production process. We will concentrate on both understanding how the provision of goods is organized and managed and recognizing potential areas of improvement in the management of goods and services.

Student's Workload

Total hours is 135 of which 50 h scheduled studies and 85 h autonomous studies.
The assessment of student’s own learning 1h is included in contact lessons.

Contents

using production to create value, process strategy and analysis, managing quality, planning capacity, designing lean systems, inventories, planning scheduling operations, efficient resource planning and leading people

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

Operations Management: Process and Supply Chain. 11th Edition by Lee Krajewski, Manoj Malhotra and Larry Ritzman

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures 70h, Team work 20h, and Project work 45h

Assessment Criteria

1: The student is able, with guidance, to utilise the methods learnt during the study unit.
3: The student is able to utilise the methods learnt during the study unit independently.
5: The student is able to utilise the methods learnt during the study unit independently and is able apply the learnt knowledge in new contexts

Assessment Methods

Active participation, team works, exams and project work


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