OPMT 2298 - Business Process Improvement
Operations Management Part-time Studies Course
School of Business
Course Details
Continuous improvement is an organized approach to identifying opportunities for improvement that can help an organization meet its goals for increasing profits, reducing costs, and accelerating innovation. The approach is also used to enhance the quality of a product or service, and to improve safety. This course presents to Business Operations Management students & Project Management students basics of continuous process improvement via PDCA methodology. PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) is a systematic approach to an ongoing review of workflows and outcomes to identify ways to improve them both. An emphasis will be placed on team problem solving approaches and the development of teamwork skills. This course provides an ideal foundation for students aspiring to pursue further education in continuous improvement via Lean, Kaizen or Six Sigma.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
3.0
Cost
$510.08 - $519.44 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.
Fall 2019
Below is one offering of this course for the Fall 2019 term.
CRN 41407
Duration
Thu Sep 12 - Thu Nov 28 12 Weeks
Instructor
Sarb Verma
Course Outline
Cost
$510.08
Status
This course offering is in progress and full. Please check this page for other currently available offerings or subscribe to receive email updates.
In Progress and Full
Winter 2020
Below is one offering of this course for the Winter 2020 term.
CRN 47382
Duration
Thu Jan 09 - Thu Mar 26 12 Weeks
Instructor
Sarb Verma
Course Outline
TBD – see Learning Outcomes in the interim
Cost
$519.44
Status
A portion of seats are temporarily held for domestic students until Thu, Nov 14 at 9:00 am (PST). International students: this may impact your ability to register. Learn why.
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16 seats available as of Nov 14, 2019 4:15 am (PST). These seats are currently reserved for domestic students only. Availability may change at any time.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe, at a basic level, continuous improvement as an operations strategy.
- Apply systematic problem-solving models to improve processes in an industrial setting.
- Identify conditions that indicate opportunities for improvement exists.
- Apply appropriate techniques to gather data.
- Apply analysis and creative techniques to synthesize alternatives.
- Evaluate alternatives and develop feasible solutions.
- Identify strategies to implement, improve and maintain change.
- Apply (at a beginning level) appropriate teamwork skills to work within project teams.
- Describe the use of teams in process improvement activities.
Effective as of Fall 2017
Related Programs
OPMT 2298 is offered as a part of the following programs:
School of Business
- Business Administration (General Option)
Part-time Diploma - Operations Management (Industrial Engineering Option)
Part-time Certificate - Operations Management (Management Engineering Option)
Part-time Certificate - Operations Management (Materials Management Option)
Part-time Certificate - Project Management
Part-time Associate Certificate
School of Health Sciences
- Food Safety
Part-time Associate Certificate
Books & Supplies
The BCIT bookstore carries textbooks, general reference books, software, and stationery. Please visit bcit.ca/bookstore for more information.
Fall 2019
Books for Fall 2019 offerings of this course are available in the following BCIT online bookstores. Please choose the bookstore appropriate for the offering you are considering.
BCIT Burnaby Bookstore
If you are taking this course, but are not taking it through either Distance Education or Online Learning, nor at the BCIT Downtown Campus (DTC), please purchase books for this course at the BCIT Burnaby Bookstore.
| Memory Jogger 2 | |
|---|---|
| Author | Brassard |
| Publisher | Goal-Qpc |
| Copyright | 2010 |
| Binding | Spiral |
| ISBN | 978-1-57681-113-9 |
| Price | $26.50 |
| Optional | |
| Problem Solving Memory Jogger | |
|---|---|
| Author | Brassard |
| Publisher | Goal-Qpc |
| Copyright | 2011 |
| Binding | Spiral |
| ISBN | 978-1-57681-135-1 |
| Price | $22.50 |
| Optional | |
Winter 2020
No information on books is currently available for Winter 2020 offerings of this course.
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