Process Management

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	639-0913/06
Abbreviation	MP
Course title	Process Management
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Quality Management
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Darja Noskievičová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Theory of management and production paradigms: history and modern approaches.
2. Process approach. Performance measurements.
3. Principles and methods of lean manufacturing.
4. Principles of „Lean Six Sigma“, DFSS.
TOC.
5. Kansei Engineering.
6. Basis of complex systems theory and its applications in the production management (chaos theory, nonlinear dynamic systems control).
7. Principles of behaviour of the living organisms and their application in the production management.
8. Agile a leagile approaches.
9. Digital transformation.
10. Change management (Schumpeter´s approach, innovation theory of Valenta, innovation theory of Gutenberg, strategy of innovation management by Vlček).
11. Risk management, resilience and sustainability of production systems.
12. Synergic effects in the production management
13. Intelligent non-.hierarchical manufacturing networks.
14. Selected methods of the multi-criteria decision-making.

Literature

HEINZER, J., B. RENDER a CH. MUNSON. Principles of Operations Management. New York: Pearson, 2017. .
SCHERMERHORN J. R., a D. G. Introduction to Management. New York: J. Wiley, 2015. 978-1-118-95118-7.
PYZDEK, T., KELLER, P.: The Six Sigma Handbook. New York: McGraw Hill, 2014.
BAKER, M. Digital transformation. Buckingham: Buckingham Business Press, 2014. .

Advised literature

ROSING, M., SCHEER, A. N., SCHEER, H. The Complete Business Process Handbook, Vol.1. Waltham: Elsevier, 2015.
SINOR, J., FINGAR, P. Digital Transformation. Tampa, MA: Meghan-Kiffer Press, 2016.

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