Production Management (WP)(E) (WP)*

First cycle, Bachelor

The students: • Analyze core processes in the production area and can evaluate their status. • By defining goals by means of suitable key figures and using methods/tools (QM approaches), they can track them. • Are able to derive measures against the background of the interconnectedness of the core processes and interpret their effects. • Know the difference between management and leadership with strategies and their tasks • Skills in management techniques (leadership methods and lean leadership). • Key performance indicator systems and management tools (e.g. scorecards, portfolio matrix, etc.). • The impact of digitalization on customers, competition, products and services. • Know the basics of the change in companies (structure, leadership, culture, etc.) that is triggered by digitalization. • Know the importance of the employee and tasks in HR management for manufacturing companies. • Know the essential strategic and operational measures for the analysis and implementation of entrepreneurial change processes.

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• Core processes in the production area • Challenges in the production area against the background of existing market requirements • Levels of production management (strategic, tactical, operational) such as location decision, in-house/third-party production, order management, work system design, production planning and control (PPS), personnel management • Lean Management • Interaction between man and machine • Management of the production area with qualitative and quantitative approaches (QM approaches) • Definition and characteristics of leadership • Overview of Leadership Theories, Leadership: Performance; leadership success; leadership efficiency; Leadership Effectiveness • The implementation of leadership approaches in organizations will be discussed and reflected on the basis of case studies • Motivating work design (Job Rotation, Job Enlargement, Job Enrichment) • Modern working world and digitalization

• Gummersbach, et al. (2012): Produktionsmanagement: Lehr- und Nachschlage-werk, 5. Aufl., Verlag Handwerk und Technik Hamburg • Schmid, et al. (2013): Produktionsorganisation: Qualitätsmanagement und Pro-duktpolitik, 8. Aufl., EUROPA Lehrmittelverlag Haan • Schuh, Schmidt (2014): Produktionsmanagement: Handbuch Produktion und Ma-nagement 5, 2. Aufl., Springer Vieweg Verlag Wiesbaden • Abele, Kluge (2010): Handbuch globale Produktion, 2. Aufl., Carl Hanser Verlag München • Brucker-Kley, Elke, (2018) Kundennutzen durch digitale Transformation- Business Model- Management Studie. Status quo und Erfolgsmuster, Cham Springer Nature • Urbach, Nils; Röglinger, Maximilian (Ed.): Digitalization Cases: How Organizations Rethink Their Business for the Digital Age. Springer (latest edition) • Heerwagen Silke et.al, (2023) Digitale Transformation wirksam gestalten, Handlungsimpulse für Strategie, Struktur, Führung und Kultur. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden • Maximini, D. (2022) Agile Leadership in Practice: Applying Management 3.0, Cham, Switzerland, Springer • Northhouse, P. G. (2018). Leadership: Theory and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. Western, S. (2019). Leadership: A critical text. London, UK: SAGE Publications. Western, S., & Garcia, E.-J. (2018). Global leadership perspectives: Insights and analysis. London, UK: SAGE Publications

final presentation and written final exam

English

2

15

1.5

Integrated course

4

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Matthias Kammermeier, MSc

Second year of studies

vzOMT3

integrated lecture

Compulsory

not applicable