MGX3771 Operations management
Faculty of Business and Economics
MGX3771 Operations management is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MGX3771
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MGX3771
No unit lists MGX3771 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
To be successful in this unit, background knowledge and application of maths is required at the equivalent of VCE Year 12 level. You may have satisfied this by completing relevant prerequisite unit/s, or you have covered relevant topics in your final years of secondary study. You should self-assess your maths competency prior to enrolling in this unit.
Overview
Unit covers the major activities within the operations function of businesses, both manufacturing and service. The essential role of operations is to deliver value to customers by providing the right products, at the right quality standard, in the right quantities, at the right times, and doing so at the right cost (efficiently). The key operations activities included in this unit starts from pre-production tasks (designing products and processes), resource and capacity planning, sequencing and scheduling of the operations, supply chain and inventory management, quality control, and improvement methods whereby the system and its procedures are modified in the light of learning process.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Quiz / Test50%
- Written50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
identify and describe the components of the operations management function in different types of organisations
- 2
explain operations process planning and control including capacity, scheduling, inventory and materials requirements planning
- 3
examine the concepts of managing people and processes as part of a manufacturing system
- 4
analyse decision problems in operations and the relationship of operations decisions to other business decisions
- 5
communicate in writing the results of analysis of operations
- 6
demonstrate knowledge or skills for crafting sustainable futures for people, organisations, communities, and/or the environment.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.
Learning resources
Technology resources
There may be an additional cost associated with purchasing a physical and/or virtual calculator. Specific details will be provided in the Learning Management System by commencement of Orientation week.
Where it fits
MGX3771 is part of 6 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
- BUSSTATS07c. Additional Level 2 and 3 elective unitsBusiness analytics and statisticsNo reviews yet
- BUSMNGMT02Business management unitsBusiness managementNo reviews yet
- BUSMNGMT03Additional business management unitsBusiness managementNo reviews yet
- MNGTSTUD02Management studies unitsManagement studiesNo reviews yet
- MNGTSTUD07Core unitsManagement studiesNo reviews yet
- SUPCNMGT02Additional Supply chain management unitsSupply chain managementNo reviews yet
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Daniel Prajogo
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MGX3771?
MGX3771 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MGX3771 offered?
In 2025, MGX3771 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is MGX3771?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does MGX3771 have an exam?
No. MGX3771 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include MGX3771?
MGX3771 is part of Business analytics and statistics; Business management; Management studies; and Supply chain management.