hes5380 2013 winter term unit of study outline -swk campus

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Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences

Higher Education Division

Unit of Study Outline

HES5380

Engineering Management II

Winter Term, 2013

Swinburne University of Technology, 2008Except as provided in the Copyright Act 1968, this document may not bereproduced in any form without the written permission of the University.


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Unit of Study Outline

Unit of study codeHES5380

Unit of study nameEngineering Management 2

Teaching Term/Semester & YearWinter Term 2013

Contact Hours (hrs/wk) or total contacthours

10 hours / wk

Prerequisites100 credit points must be completed

CorequisitesNone

Credit Points12.5

Aims

This unit of study aims to introduce you to core operations and business management concepts so that youwill be able to identify opportunities that improve business process viability and performance.

Learning Objectives

After successfully completing this unit, you should be able to:

1. Generate a business opportunity idea for a product and/or service and apply basic marketingconcepts to evaluate its market potential. (A3, A4)

2. Apply core operations management concepts to create and deliver the developed business.(K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7)

3. Describe problem solving methods in operations management including quality management,maintenance and reliability. (K5, S2, S4)

4. Apply basic legal concepts to engineering professional practice including contract and businessstructure protocols and laws. (A1, A2, A5, A6)

5. Analyse and interpret business performance via basic financial reports. (K5, S4)

6. Describe micro and macroeconomics and its relevance to business management. (K5, S4)

7. Demonstrate the ability to communicate by presenting to an audience and responding toquestions. (A2)

Swinburne Engineering Competencies for this Unit of Study

This Unit of Study will contribute to you attaining the following Swinburne Engineering Competencies:

K5 Practice Context: Discerns and appreciates the contextual factors affecting professionalengineering practice.

K6 Professional Practice: Appreciates the principles of professional engineering practice in asustainable context.

S1 Engineering Methods: Applies engineering methods in practical applications.

S2 Problem Solving: Systematically uses engineering methods in solving complex problems.

S4 Project Management: Systematically uses engineering methods in conducting and managingprojects.

A1 Ethics: Values the need for, and demonstrates, ethical conduct and professionalaccountability.

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A2 Communication: Demonstrates effective communication to professional and wider audiences.

A3 Entrepreneurial: Appreciates entrepreneurial approaches to engineering practice.

A4 Information Management: Demonstrates seeking, using, assessing and managinginformation.

A5 Professional Self: Demonstrates professionalism.

A6 Management of Self: Demonstrates self-management processes.

A7 Teamwork: Demonstrates effective team membership and team leadership.

Content

The subject include following major components:

Operations and project management

Design goods and services

Managing quality

Operational decisions on processes, location and layout

Inventory and supply chain management

Just-In-Time and lean production concepts

Engineering project manager roles, characteristics, traits, ethics

Application of strategic management frameworks such as product life cycle, SWOT analysis Marketing and innovation, entrepreneurship

Marketing mix, product, place, price and promotion

PEST analysis

Marketing segmentation

Understanding of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship

Market equilibrium and supply and demand concepts

Major macro-economic factors such as unemployment rate, inflation etc and their impact on

business environment

Finance and accounting

Principles of accounting, financial statements, analysis, cash management, financial

expenditure, depreciation and budgets

Cost accounting: product process, project overheads

Standard and marginal costing

Break-even analysis

Project estimating, costing, budgetary controls

Law for engineers

Legal practice relevant to engineering projects and activities: torts, contracts, tendering,

arbitration, breach of contract, contracts management

Commercial law: sale of goods, intellectual property and its protection, product, professional and

criminal liability, and trade practices

Learning and Teaching Structure

6 hours of lectures and 4 hours of tutorial per week.

In a Semester, you should normally expect to spend, on average, twelve and a half hours of totaltime (formal contact time plus independent study time) a week on a 12.5 credit point unit of study.

In a Term, you should normally expect to spend, on average, twenty five hours of total time (formalcontact time plus independent study time) a week on a 12.5 credit point unit of study.

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Teaching Staff

Name Role RoomNo.

PhoneNo.

Email Address ConsultationTimes

BernardWong

Convenor 019-8596938

[email protected] By appointmentvia email

Chong NguanSoon

Tutor E405 016-8734888

[email protected] By appointmentvia email

Blackboard Site for this Unit of Study

Important information concerning this unit of study is placed on the Swinburne course managementsystem (Blackboard), accessible viahttps://blackboard.swinburne.edu.my/webapps/login/

It is your responsibility to access on a regular basis the Blackboard site for your unit of study,

the Announcements section on Blackboard, and

any emails sent by the teaching staff to your student email address via Blackboard.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email address on Blackboard is set to your preferred

email address. To set your email address on Blackboard, go to My Institution, click on TOOLS> PERSONAL INFORMATION > EDIT PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Assessment

a. Assessment Task Details:

Assessment Task Individual/GroupTask

Related LearningObjective(s)

Weighting Due Date

Final exam Individual 1,2,3,5,6 30% TBA by the Faculty

Research Project

Initial presentation

Final presentation

Final report

Group tasks

(Group)

(Individual)

(Group)

(Group)

1,2,3,4,5,7 31%

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(12%)

(14%)

(5%)

Week 2:Initialpresentation duringtutorials

Week 6: Final reportsubmission

Week 6: Finalpresentation during

tutorials

Feedback Test Individual 2,3,6 10% Week 4

Legal Case Study Individual 4 14% Week 4

Finance Case Study Group 5 5% Week 6

Minor Activities &Participation

Individual 1,2,3,4,5,6 10% From time to timeduring Lecture

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Description:

Assessment -Final Exam consists of a collection of questions, both qualitative and quantitative, thatmeasures your commitment to this subject. This is a major assessment and you should achieve at least 35%of the assessment to be able to pass this subject. The exam date will be advised by the facultysadministration.

Assessment -Business plan project involves students to develop a business plan for a selected product.

Students are required to provide a reasonably detailed investigation to produce a business plan for thatproduct or service. They should apply their understanding of marketing and strategic management, processand product design and project management. They should also discuss the business and economic viabilityof their product. Alternatively, students could propose a related research topic to their tutors. Their researchshould have the potential to contribute to learning process for this subject. This assessment requires:

Initial presentation A short talk (approx. 6 minutes) that introduces the topic, its importance and a

plan to complete the project on time.

Final report A detailed report on the outcome of the business plan project. Each group member

should contribute approximately 1500 words.

Final presentation A final presentation in which all group members should talk for approx. 5

minutes each.

Group Task Report They consists of a groups organisational activities that show how a group

plans, organizes, controls, records and communicates. Major elements of Group Tasks are groupmeeting minutes (outlining tasks that are planned, pending and or completed as well as requireddetails) and Wiki(progressive communication via developing a website) on the Blackboard. Thegroup meeting minutes should be collected regularly throughout the semester and stored as worddocuments files on the Blackboard (in groups private spaces using the file exchange facility).Further details will be posted on the Blackboard. Developing a Wiki page is optional in EngineeringManagement II.

Assessment Feedback Test is a small test that has been assigned to the week notified in the subjectplanner. It may contain multiple choice questions as well as questions that require descriptive answers.

Assessment Legal case study provides an opportunity for students to test their understanding of some

legal concepts. The details will be posted on blackboard. Please refer to the Subject Planner for itssubmission date.

Assessment Accounting case study encourages students to apply their accounting knowledge toevaluate and report on a companys financial situation based on some given data. The details will be postedon blackboard. Please refer to the Subject Planner for its submission date.

Assessment Minor Activities are small activities that should be genuinely attempted by students withina week of being given. The purpose of these small activities is to keep ongoing commitment to theEngineering Management subject. All assignments are equally weighted.

b. Participation Requirements

Attendance at all lectures and tutorials is expected and it may be taken into account in the review ofborderline grades. However, attendance is compulsory where there is a peer assessment session (grouppresentation). 1 mark per session (up to four marks for whole semester) for individuals might be deductedper non-attendance.

c. Minimum Requirements to pass this Unit of Study:

In order to achieve a pass in this unit of study, you must:

Achieve at least 35% of the possible final marks for each Major Assessment Component

plus an aggregate mark for the subject of 50% or more. If you do not achieve at least 35%of the possible final marks for each Major Assessment Component you will receive a

maximum of 44% as your mark for the subject concerned . Major assessments are those whose their overall weights are at or above 15%

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d. Assessment Criteria:

There are assessment-sheets for individual components of assessment tasks and they areavailable via the Blackboard. Students are strongly encouraged to review them at the start ofsemester. The basis of these guidelines is to encourage student to consolidate/demonstrate theirunderstanding of the subject and make the major topics relevant to current environmental trends.

e. Submission of Assignments:Guidelines and instruction for submission will be posted on blackboard and also will be discussedin tutorial classes.

f. Extensions and Late Submissions:

Only in exceptional circumstances will

(a) extensions be granted

(b) late work be accepted without penalty.

Penalties for late work: 2 marks will be deducted for each day late up to a maximum of 3 days, after which itwill not be accepted. Any part of a day will be counted as 1 day.

g. Assessment Results:Assessment results will be published via the subjects Blackboard as soon as marking process includingmoderation is finalised. The Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences will strive to publish marks forwork submitted during the semester (typically assignments and lab tasks) on Blackboard either inGradeCentre of as a pdf file under Assessment no later than two teaching weeks after the due date or dateof submission, whichever is later.

If you are dissatisfied with an aspect of University assessment you should normally contact the member of

the teaching staff most directly involved with the assessed work or the relevant Subject Convener.You have

up to ten (10) working days to initiate an informal review of an assessment result from the date on which

the result is published for laboratory reports and tutorial tests this means the day on which they are

returned to you. This also applies to the final subject mark.

You need to be aware that it is in your own interest to commence this process as early as possible so as to

facilitate resolution in time for subsequent re-enrolment procedures.

For more information about result appeals and other statutes and guidelines concerning assessment andappeals, see:

http://www.swin.edu.au/corporate/registrar/ppd/stuinfo/assessment_and_appeals_higher_education_procedure.htm

Students must retain all assessed material that contributes to the final result up until such time as the final

results are published.

h. Groupwork Guidelines:

A group project is the collective responsibility of the entire group (planning, execution andsubmission), and if one member is temporarily unable to contribute, the group should be able toreallocate responsibilities to keep to their planned schedule. In the event of a long-term illness orother serious problems involving a member of a project group, it is the responsibility of the othermembers to make the project supervisor aware of the situation straight away. Individuals must beable to demonstrate that they contribute to their group regularly in good faith. Please notethat the Group Tasks related activities might be used as a basis to determine individualcontributions. Group project reports must be submitted with the project cover sheet, signed by allmembers of the group. All group members must be satisfied that the work has been properlyprepared and submitted. Any penalties forplagiarism and/orlate submission might apply to allgroup members rather than individual members.

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i. Plagiarism:

Swinburne University of Technology defines Plagiarism as the action or practice of taking andsubmitting or presenting the thoughts, writings or other work of someone else as though it is yourown work. Plagiarism includes any of the following, without full and appropriate acknowledgment tothe original source(s):

(i) The use of the whole or part of a computer program written by another person;

(ii) the use, in essays or other assessable work, of the whole or part of a written work from anysource including but not limited to a book, journal, newspaper article, set of lecture notes,current or past students work, any other persons work, a website or database;

(iii) the paraphrasing of anothers work;

(iv) the use of musical composition, audio, visual, graphic and photographic models,

(v) The use of realia, that is objects, artefacts, costumes, models and the like.

Plagiarism also includes the preparation or production and submission or presentation ofassignments or other work in conjunction with another person or other people when that workshould be your own independent work. This remains plagiarism whether or not it is with theknowledge or consent of the other person or people. It should be noted that Swinburne encourages

its students to talk to staff, fellow students and other people who may be able to contribute to astudents academic work but that where independent assignment is required, submitted orpresented work must be the students own.

Enabling plagiarism contributes to plagiarism and therefore will be treated as a form of plagiarismby the University. Enabling plagiarism means allowing or otherwise assisting another student tocopy or otherwise plagiarise work by, for example, allowing access to a draft or completedassignment or other work.

j. Assessment and Appeals Policy and Procedure

The information outlined in the Assessment sections above is covered in more detail inSwinburnes Assessment and Appeals Policy and Procedure. Students must be familiar with thePolicy and Procedure, found at http://www.swinburne.edu.my/ppd/docs/student_information/Assessment

%20and%20Appeal.pdf?recnum=POL/2007/19

The Policy and Procedure provides details about:

Assessment issues such as the conduct of examinations, plagiarism policies and details

explaining how to apply for a review of results and other appeals, and

Student progress issues such as unsatisfactory academic progress and early intervention

procedures, and

Information for students with disabilities and special needs and procedures for applying for

special consideration.

Students should make themselves familiar with all aspects of the Policy and Procedure, as failure

to do so is not grounds for appeal.

Student Feedback:

Swinburne seeks student feedback in a number of ways, including through periodic StudentFeedback on Units and Student Feedback on Teaching surveys, as part of the universitysapproach to quality assurance and improvement. Possible improvement based on both studentand staff feedback is considered by Unit Convenors, Unit Panels made up of relevant teachingstaff, Program Panels, Faculty Academic Committees, and the Academic Programs QualityCommittee, as appropriate.

The University executes safety drills without warning. Be prepared to follow instructions from staffand/or wardens to evacuate the building in a safe and orderly manner.

All students are expected to respect the rights and sensibilities of their fellow students andteaching staff. This also applies in respect of the content of video and audio work submitted for

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assessment. The University had implemented anti-discrimination and harassment policies andprocedures to promote a discrimination and harassment free work and study environment for allstaff and students. The University had implemented anti-discrimination and harassment policiesand procedures to promote a discrimination and harassment free work and study environment forall staff and students: http://policies.swinburne.edu.au/ppdonline/showdoc.aspx?recnum=POL/2008/125

Safety procedures in laboratories must be followed. For your own safety, bare feet, thongs andother open sandals are forbidden. Eating, drinking or smoking in laboratories is not allowed. Amature, sensible attitude and a healthy respect for the equipment is always required. Juvenile, ill-mannered or reckless behaviour will not be tolerated, and the laboratory supervisor has the right toexclude students from the laboratory should their behaviour constitute a danger to themselves orothers. Such behaviour would result in forfeiture of all marks for that experiment. The playing ofcomputer games is not allowed in the computer labs.

Special Needs

If you have special needs you should advise your Faculty and the Unit of Study Convenor by theend of the second week of the teaching period. In addition, you are recommended to notify theEquity Office if you have not already done so.

See also the Sarawak Students with Disabilities and Special Needs Section of the Assessmentand Appeals Policy & Procedure, athttp://www.swinburne.edu.my/ppd/docs/student_information/Assessment%20and%20Appeal.pdf?recnum=POL/2007/19

Resources and Reference Material

Prescribed Textbook

Heizer, J. and B. Render, Operations Management. 8ed. 2008 Pearson-Prentice Hall.

Atrill, P., E. Mclaney, D,. Harvey, and M. Jenner, Accounting An Introduction, 3e, 2006. Pearson.

Reference books

Tidd, J. and J. Bessant, Managing Innovation- Integrating Technological, Market andOrganizational Change. 2009: Fourth Edition, John Wiley.

Kaplan, J.M. and A.C. Warren, Patterns of Entrepreneurship. 2nd ed. 2007 John Wiley & Sons.

Samson, D., Management for engineers. 3Rd ed. 2001: Pearson.

Meredith, J.R. and S.J.M. Jr., Project Management: a managerial approach. 2006: John Wiley &Sons.

Blanchard, B.S. and W.J. Fabrycky, Systems Engineering and Analysis. 4th ed. 2006: Pearson.

Chelsom, J.V., Payne, A. C., and L. R. P. Reavill, Management for engineers, scientists andtechnologists. 2005: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Cather, H., R. Morris, and J. Wilkinson, Business skills for engineers and Technologists. 2001:Butterworth-Heinmann.

Chang, C.M., Engineering Management Challenges in the New Millennium. 2005:Pearson.

Coulthard, M., Howell, A., and G. Clarke, Business planning the key to success. 1996: MacmillanEducation`.

Cooke, J.R., Architects, Engineers and the Law. 1997, The Federation Press, 2nd edition.

Navarro, P., ed. What the best MBAs know. 2005, McGrawHill.

Schaper, M. and T. Volery, Entrepreneurship and small business a pacific rim perspective 2004:John Wiley.

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Provisional Schedule

Week Date Lecture Topic Tutorial Topic Assessment

1-1 08 Julto

12 Jul

L1 Operations Management IOperations and Productivity (Heizer Ch1)Strategic Management (Heizer Ch 2)

L2 Operations Management II

Design of Goods and Services (Heizer Ch5)

Tutorial 1

Productivity andStrategicManagement

Briefing onBusiness PlanProject

1-2 08 Julto

12 Jul

L3 Finance and Accounting IIntroduction to Accounting and Finance(Atrill Ch 1-2)

L4 Finance and Accounting II Cost-Volume-Profit analysis and Marginalanalysis (Atrill Ch 7)

Tutorial 2

Design of Goods andServices.

Business Plan CaseStudy - SurfparksLLC

2-1 15 Julto

19 Jul

L5 Legal Imperative I Contract Law andTender Process

L6 Operations Management IIIProcess Strategy (Heizer Ch 7)Managing Quality (Heizer Ch 6)

Tutorial 3:Business ProposalPresentation

Process, Quality, andBreak even analysis

Legal case studyavailable onBlackboard

2-2 15 Julto

19 Jul

L7 Legal Imperative II Tort, Liability andProfessional Negligence

L8 Finance and Accounting IIIMeasuring Financial Position (Atrill Ch 3)

Tutorial 4

Balance Sheet

3-1 22 Julto

26 Jul

L9 Understanding Business IInnovation and creativity (Schaper Ch 3)

L10 Finance and Accounting IVMeasuring Financial Performance (Atrill Ch

4)

Tutorial 5

Income Statement

3-2 22 Julto

26 Jul

L11 Finance and Accounting VReporting Cash Flows (Atrill Ch 5)

L12 Finance and Accounting VIFull costing (Atrill Ch 8)

Tutorial 6

Cash FlowStatement

4-1 29 Julto

02 Aug

L13 Finance and Accounting VIICapital Investment Decision (Atrill Ch 11)

L14 Understanding Business IIMicroeconomics and Macroeconomics,Marketing concepts (Kaplan Ch 4)

Tutorial 7

Capital InvestmentDecisions

4-2 29 Julto

02 Aug

L15 Operations Management VLayout Strategy (Heizer Ch 9)

L16 Operations Management IVLocation Strategy (Heizer Ch 8)

Tutorial 8

Location Strategy &Layout Strategy

Feedback Test

3 Aug 2013 (Sat)

5-1 05 Augto

09 Aug

L17 Finance and Accounting VII-Analysis and Interpretation of FinancialStatements (Atrill Ch 6)

L18 Finance and Accounting VIIIBudgeting (Atrill Ch 9)

Tutorial 9

Analysis andInterpretation ofFinancial Statements

Finance Casestudy available onBlackboard

5-2 05 Augto

09 Aug

L19 Operations Management VISupply-chain Management (Heizer Ch 11)

Inventory Management (Heizer Ch 12)

Tutorial 10

Supply chain

management &InventoryManagement

Submission ofLegal Case Study

report.

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6-1 12 Augto

16 Aug

L20 Finance and Accounting IXFinancing the business (Atrill Ch 14)

L21 Operations Management VIIMaterial Requirement Planning (MRP)(Heizer Ch 14)

Tutorial 11

MaterialRequirementPlanning

Submission ofFinance CaseStudy

6-2 12 Augto

16 Aug

L22 Operations Management VIIIJust-in-Time and Lean Production (HeizerCh 16)

Maintenance & Reliability (Heizer Ch 17)

Revision of Final Exam

Tutorial 12

Final presentationsduring tutorialclasses.

Group Report tobe submitted at

end ofpresentation

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