Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Off Site
Tutorial
Module Offerings
5502ICBTAE-APR-PAR
5502ICBTAE-JAN-PAR
5502ICBTAE-SEP-PAR
Aims
This module aims to develop the knowledge and understanding of management and business practices related to automotive industry and to provide an appreciation of the wider engineering context and its underlying principles. He unit also aims to deliver key aspects of management in relation to projects and operations in engineering organizations. It also aims to develop the students’ awareness of the economic, social, and environmental context of engineering and their implications in automotive engineering.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Apply fundamental theories and concepts of management in engineering organisations.
2.
Relate strategic management to automotive engineering domain through various approaches such as new product and process design and manufacture.
3.
Apply project management context in automotive engineering applications and carry out project initiation, planning, execution and closing of projects.
4.
Explain and apply fundamental theories and concepts from quality assurance and management in automotive manufacturing context and assess the impact of health and safety, industrial, labour and consumer laws.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Introduction to management contest and basics of strategic management in automotive design and manufacturing context
Project management, project initiation and feasibility, project planning, project execution and project closing related to none knowledge areas applied in automotive context
Basics of Operations management concepts; forecasting, lean concepts, supply chain, location planning etc.
Introduction to ISO 9001 standards and quality management principles
Health and safety aspects of manufacturing industry
Introduction to industrial relations and labour and consumer law
Continuous Professional Development
Assessments
Exam
Report