The course is part of the Cologne International Summer University, an intensive academic summer program combined with cultural activities directed to international students and students of the University of Cologne. Each course is complemented by a language and cultural introduction and a field trip to a company or institution.
The course "Operations Management" focuses on the following topics:
- Introduction to operations management, strategy and competition, processes, capacity planning
- Forecasting
- Project management; Supply chain game
- Inventory
- Revenue management
- Queuing theory
- Supply chain management
The students are required to work in groups in their case studies and final project. Project team work integrates a variety of important related personal and interpersonal skills such a communication skills, time and project management, as well as planning. Additionally, at the personal level, this course will further develop the participants' problem analysis and decision making skills, essentially through the process of identifying the core elements of a problem and focusing on the primary tradeoffs.
Period
05-08-2013 - 15-08-2013 (2 weeks)
Target group
Undergraduate business and economics majors/minors (minimum two years of study).Proof of English proficiency (TOEFL ibt 96 or equivalent) is required.
Course aim
The objective of this course is to provide students with basic tools for understanding processes and operations management, and preparing the students to analyze and continuously improve firms operational performance. The course will also expose students to the strategic relevance of Operations Management and will learn about important operational concepts such as process design and analysis, capacity analysis, forecasting, inventory management, revenue management, project management, queuing theory, and supply chain management.
Credits
6.0 ECTS credits
After succesfully completing the programme, international students receive an academic transcript where the course title(s), the ECTS credits earned and the final grades appear on.
Course fee
EUR 1100: The programme fee includes accommodation (in double room), public transportation ticket within and around Cologne, course materials, welcome and farewell event, language and cultural orientation, company visit, city tour, teambuilding event, wireless internet on campus, access to University's computer pools and libraries, access to subsidized food at the Universitys restaurants and cafs.
EUR 1400: The programme fee includes accommodation (in single room), public transportation ticket within and around Cologne, course materials, welcome and farewell event, language and cultural orientation, company visit, city tour, teambuilding event, wireless internet on campus, access to University's computer pools and libraries, access to subsidized food at the Universitys restaurants and cafs. The course is offered as part of the Cologne International Summer University (CISU). If you decide to participate at two sessions (4 weeks in total), the prize is EUR 1500 (double room) or EUR 2000 (single room).
Course leader
Prof. Benny Mantin, Ph.D.
University of Cologne Faculty of Managment, Economics and Social Sciences
Address: International Relations Center (ZIB-WiSo), Albertus Magnus Platz, Cologne
Postal code: 50937
City: Cologne
Country: Germany
Website: http://www.cisu.uni-koeln.de/
E-mail: wiso-cisu@uni-koeln.de
Phone: 0049-221-470-7702
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