MN52144: Sustainable operations management
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRG 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Group coursework (CWRG 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Critically assess the role of Operations Management in improving corporate sustainability
- Understand the sources of operations sustainability risk and their effects on operations
- Evaluate the sustainability performance of an organisation using different metrics
- Assess various pathways to improved sustainability performance through product, process, organisation, and supply chain design
- Analyse various implementation strategies designed to improve sustainability performance
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| Synopsis: | Explore the processes, procedures, and practices firms adopt to produce and deliver outputs in socially, environmentally, and financially sustainable ways. You will develop a deep understanding of operations management and comprehend how sustainability considerations influence the design and control of business operations and processes involved in the production of goods and services.
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| Content: | Likely topics for this unit include:
- Operations Management and Sustainability
- Sustainability Metrics / Systems Thinking
- Sources of operations sustainability risk
- Carbon footprinting
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- The Circular Economy
- Sustainability strategy
- Environmental Management Systems
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| Course availability: |
MN52144 is Compulsory on the following courses:
School of Management
MN52144 is Optional on the following courses:
School of Management
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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