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Faculdade de Economia

Planning and Organizing Operating Systems

Code

2350

Academic unit

Faculdade de Economia

Department

Área de Ensino

Credits

3.5

Teacher in charge

Paulo Jorge Palmeira Gomes

Teaching language

Inglês

Objectives

To provide students with an understanding of the foundations of operating systems and the key issues that are critical for their success. To introduce the tools needed to analyze operational practices and performance of both service and manufacturing organizations.

Subject matter

Operations strategy and structure, comparing operations strategies, three perspectives on operations strategy: tradeoffs, cumulative capability, integrative, tradeoffs: the value of focus, sustainable development of capabilities, managing uncertainty, managing complexity, operations scalability, vertical integration, outsourcing strategies, operational risk management and learning and course summary.

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