CON3200 Production Management

Advanced · 1 credit · TMT - Trades, Manufacturing and Transportation

Description: Students identify and enhance management skills in relation to the development and deployment of people and physical resources.
Prerequisite: CON3190: Production Planning
Parameters: Access to a materials and/or construction facility and to instruction from an individual with formal, specialized training in production work.

Outcomes The student will:

1 describe effective production management strategies
- 1.1 define the role of management in a production system
- 1.2 identify and describe key management elements; e.g., planning, organizing, leading, controlling
- 1.3 identify functions that are the responsibility of a management team; e.g., marketing, research and development, production, servicing, finance, training
- 1.4 identify and describe typical scheduling techniques used by production managers such as a Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT) chart
- 1.5 differentiate between quality control and total quality management
- 1.6 compare labour-management relations in traditional and automated settings
- 1.7 describe the role government has in overseeing production including:
  - 1.7.1 the Occupational Health and Safety Council
  - 1.7.2 the Workers’ Compensation Board
  - 1.7.3 Alberta Environment
2 develop a system to manage, schedule work, control materials and complete products
- 2.1 prepare a PERT chart or another scheduling device for a production project
3 use effective management skills to operate an efficient production system
- 3.1 produce a simple business plan by outlining its purpose, performing a cash flow analysis and predicting its profitability
- 3.2 plan, implement and monitor a safety program for a production project or create a system to improve working conditions and job satisfaction
4 demonstrate basic competencies
- 4.1 demonstrate fundamental skills to:
  - 4.1.1 communicate
  - 4.1.2 manage information
  - 4.1.3 use numbers
  - 4.1.4 think and solve problems
- 4.2 demonstrate personal management skills to:
  - 4.2.1 demonstrate positive attitudes and behaviours
  - 4.2.2 be responsible
  - 4.2.3 be adaptable
  - 4.2.4 learn continuously
  - 4.2.5 work safely
- 4.3 demonstrate teamwork skills to:
  - 4.3.1 work with others
  - 4.3.2 participate in projects and tasks
5 create a transitional strategy to accommodate personal changes and build personal values
- 5.1 identify short-term and long-term goals
- 5.2 identify steps to achieve goals