Course syllabus for Industrial management in theory and practice

Course syllabus adopted 2024-02-05 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameIndustriell verksamhetsutveckling i teori och praktik
  • CodeTEK691
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTIEPL
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyIndustrial Engineering and Management, Mechanical Engineering
  • DepartmentTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 68129
  • Open for exchange studentsNo

Credit distribution

0124 Project 3 c
Grading: UG		0 c0 c3 c0 c0 c0 c
0224 Take-home examination 4.5 c
Grading: TH		0 c0 c4.5 c0 c0 c0 c

In programmes

Examiner

Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

Managerial economics (7,5 hp), Financial statement analysis and corporate valuation (7,5 hp), Production development (7,5 hp), Lean production (7,5 hp), Quality and reliability control (7,5 hp) or equivalent competence.
Please note that courses must be completed.

Aim

This course will provide the student with both broadened and in-depth knowledge and understanding of how to lead and organize various production systems, and the way operations management contributes to overall company strategy and competitiveness. The course will have an challenge driven approach where the students work with cases to develop both theoretical and practical-based skills for analysis and suggestions for improvement. During the course, the students will be trained to analyze and solve production and managerial problems based on an interdisciplinary approach.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

Knowledge and understanding
  • Have a good understanding of how work motivation can be created and how it relates to performance
  • Explain how teams act as organisational form in industrial organisations
  • Have a good understanding of how communication and organisational culture as well as power and decision-making processes affect organisations' efficiency
  • Explain and discuss the difference between "problem solving" and "problem formulation" in the handling of industrial challenges.
Skills and abilities
  • Have a good understanding of and be able to plan for good working conditions
  • Understand and give suggestions on how effective leadership and organisational change can be performed
  • Evaluate and analyse a company's situation(both technical and financial as well as organisational and social) and based on analysis, provide a basis for decision-making to steer organisations towards long-term profitability and efficiency
  • Independently and in groups formulate and define problems to address complex management problems in industrial and technological intensive organisations using data from different types of sources
  • Independently and in a group apply theoretical concepts and methods related to industrial management, to be able to propose solutions change and development in different industries
Judgement and approach
  • Investigate, analyse and assess specific challenges and conditions related to management, gender, diversity, sustainable development and technological development
  • Explain and critically discuss the significance and relationship between different theoretical areas and perspectives in industrial contexts

Content

The course deals with various aspects of the interaction between market, social, technical and management factors in an industrial system. The course intends to deepen the knowledge of the individual's relation to the task and his / her social environment, as well as knowledge of how to analyse and design systems for goods and services, and how this affects the company's organisational and financial conditions.

Organisation

The course consists of lectures, exercises, seminars, case studies and a group project. 

Literature

"Hur moderna organisationer fungerar" (latest edition). Jacobsen and Thorsvik. Studentlitteratur.
Complementary literature and articles, distributed via Canvas.

Examination including compulsory elements

The examination consists of two main parts: 
1. Project, including compulsory elements (i.e. exercises, seminars and presentations) 
2. Individual home exam and oral exam
All course material, including literature, articles, lectures and exercises are included in the material to be examined. 
Alternative types of examination may be used. 

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.