MANAGEMT 7012 - Business Performance Improvement

North Terrace Campus - Trimester 2 - 2018

This course provides students with the knowledge and skill-set required to formulate and implement sustainable improvement strategies aimed at improving business performance and overall competitiveness. It provides a practical appreciation and understanding of the various improvement strategies and techniques that have come to prominence during the past few decades, including Total Quality Management, Business Process Re-engineering and more recently Six Sigma and Lean Thinking. It considers these approaches and their use against the broader agenda of how to achieve sustainable improvement and the development of sustainable sources of competitive advantage. In particular, students are introduced to the idea of 'process thinking' and related concepts such as cost of quality, complexity, variation etc. i.e. considering the business and identifying improvement opportunities by viewing it from a process perspective. Students are also introduced to methodologies for business review and diagnosis - similar to the approaches used by the major management consulting firms. The later stages of the subject considers implementation issues arising with business performance improvement strategies to ensure that organisations are able to learn and achieve cumulative improvements over time, rather than temporary 'fad chasing' as is often the case.

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Course Details

Course Code	MANAGEMT 7012
Course	Business Performance Improvement
Coordinating Unit	Adelaide Business School
Term	Trimester 2
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 36 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Restrictions	Available to Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Business Administration students only - other students must first meet with program director for enrolment approval
Assessment	Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Mr Max Zornada

Course Timetable

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Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course student will be able to:

1. Apply contemporary concepts and methodologies to improve business performance and operational capabilities
2. Explain and apply Six Sigma and Lean process methodologies, supporting tools and techniques to an identified workplace problem.
3. Demonstrate excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach to work.
4. Identify opportunities for business improvement and diagnose the need for change.
5. Make business decisions and provide justification.

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This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

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Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1, 2, 3 & 4
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	2 & 4
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	3
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	2, 4 & 5
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	3
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	3 & 5

Learning Resources

Recommended Resources

Six Sigma and Lean Specific:
• Pyzdek, Thomas (2003) The Six Sigma Handbook, McGraw Hill
• Gygi, Graig., DeCarlo, Neil., and William, Bruce (2005) Six Sigma for Dummies, Wiley Publishing Inc.
• Gygi, Graig., DeCarlo, Neil., and William, Bruce (2005) Six Sigma for Dummies Workbook, Wiley Publishing Inc.
• Liker, Jeffrey K. and Meier, David (2005) The Toyota Way, McGraw-Hill
• Liker, Jeffrey K. and Meier, David (2006) The Toyota Way Field Book, McGraw-Hill
• DeCarlo, Neil (2007) A Complete Idiot’s Guide to Lean Six Sigma, Penguin Group
• George, Michael L., Rowlands, David., Prices, Max and Maxey, John (2005) The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Tool Book, McGraw Hill
• Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T. and Roos, Daniel (2007) The Machine That Changed the World (2007 reprint of 1990 book), Free Press.
• Womack, James P. and Jones, Daniel T. (2003) Lean Thinking, Simon and Schustster.
• Womack, James P. and Jones, Daniel T. (2005) Lean Consumption, Simon and Schuster.
• Sayer, Natalie J. and Williams, Bruce (2007) Lean for Dummies, Wiley Publishing.
• Breyfogle III, Forrest W., Implementing Six Sigma, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Pande, Peter S., Neuman, Robert P. and Cavanaugh, Roland R. , The Six Sigma Way
• Pande, Peter S., Neuman, Robert P. and Cavanaugh, Roland R. , The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook
• Gitlow, Howard S., Levine, David. And Popvich, Edward A. (2006) Design for Six Sigma for Green Belts and Champions, Prentice Hall.
• James R. Evans, William M. Lindsay, (2011) Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence, 8th Edition ISBN-10:0-324-78320-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-324-78320-9, Thomson Learning.

Statistics Specific
• Levine, David M., (2006) Statistics for Six Sigma Green Belts with Minitab and JMP, Prentice Hall.
• Berenson, Mark L., Levine, David M., and Krehbeil, Timothy C. (2006) Basic Business Statistics, Concepts and Application, Prentice Hall.
• Berenson, Mark L., Levine, David M., and Ramsey, Patricia P. (1995) Business Statistics for Quality and Productivity, Prentice Hall.
• Devor, Richard E., Chang, Tsong-how, Sutherland, John W. (2007) Statistical Quality Design and Control, 2nd Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall.

Business Improvement and Team Work
• Pfeffer, Jeffrey and Sutton, Robert I. (2006) Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense – Profiting from Evidence-Based Management, Harvard Business School press.
• Harrington, J (1991) Business Process Improvement, McGraw Hill.
• Joiner, Brian (1996), The Team Handbook, 2nd Edition, Straus Printing Company
• Scholtes, Peter R., The Leader’s Handbook.
• Goldratt, Eliyahu M. and Cox, Jeff. The Goal, Gower.
• Weisbord, Marvin. Productive Workplaces.

Magazines:
• Quality Progress Magazine, published by ASQ (American Society for Quality)
• iSixSigma Magazine, published by iSixSigma
• Harvard Business Review (occasionally)

Web Sites
www.iSixSigma.com
Lean Advancedment Initiative(http://ssrc.mit.edu/programs/lean-advancement-initiative-lai)
Lean Enterprise Institute (www.lean.org)
Lean Government Website (http://leangovcenter.com/index.htm)
Lean Government EPA Website (http://www.epa.gov/lean/government/)
American Society for Quality (asq.org)
Fast Company (www.fastcompany.com)

ONLINE LEARNING
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M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
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