MMM710 - Emerging Issues in International Operations

Unit details

Year

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Sukanto Bhattacharya
Trimester 3: Dhara Shah
Previously:Business Process and Operations Management
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: MBA705, MBA710, MPM701, MPM701A, MPM792
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

 1 x 1.5 hour on-campus seminar and 1 x 1.5 hour on-campus lecture each week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1.5 hour online seminar each week

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the trimester undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Content

This unit introduces students to the management of business processes and operations for achieving strategic sustainable performance goals. Business processes and operations across all industries have fundamentally changed due to increasing digitalisation and a rapidly changing environment. The unit takes a strategic perspective to focus on contemporary concepts and frameworks for the design and implementation of processes for operational efficiency, resilient supply chains and sustainable performance. Students will develop systematic and critical thinking skills essential for understanding the link between strategic thinking and sustainable performance outcomes, especially in the new digital economy.

Learning Outcomes

ULO These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)

ULO1 Critically analyse and evaluate key strategic decisions associated with operations from international and sustainability perspectives. 

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Apply theories, models, tools, and framework to different organisations and propose solutions to operational challenges.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Apply strategic and operational decision making using digital technologies.

GLO3: Digital Literacy

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year.

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1 (Individual): Report (Research)

   

2500 words

50%

Week 6
Assessment 2 (Individual): Report (Analytical) 2500 words 50% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for MMM710 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

Unit Fee Information

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