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Productivity Management syllabus

ISM 2028 units · 40 topicsAcademic year 2083/84
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Productivity Management

8 units

1. Fundamentals of Productivity (5 LHs)

  1. Concept, scope, and significance of productivity
    1. Concept, scope, and significance of productivity
  2. Productivity at micro and macro levels
    1. Productivity at micro and macro levels
  3. Efficiency, effectiveness, and business performance
    1. Efficiency, effectiveness, and business performance
  4. Innovation and change management for productivity enhancement
    1. Innovation and change management for productivity enhancement
  5. Role of AI in redefining productivity
    1. Role of AI in redefining productivity.

2. Determinants of Productivity (7 LHs)

  1. Productivity factors
    1. Productivity factors: internal and external
  2. Technological, human, and organizational, influences on productivity
    1. Technological, human, and organizational, influences on productivity
  3. Productivity in manufacturing vs. service sectors
    1. Productivity in manufacturing vs. service sectors
  4. Strategic tools for productivity enhancement
    1. Strategic tools for productivity enhancement: value analysis, job evaluation, and workflow optimization
  5. Recent trends reshaping productivity
    1. recent trends reshaping productivity: industry 4.0, and remote work models.

3. Productivity Measurement Techniques (6 LHs)

  1. Partial productivity
    1. Partial productivity: labour, machine, material
  2. Multifactor and total factor productivity (TFP)
    1. Multifactor and total factor productivity (TFP)
  3. Productivity ratios, indexes, and benchmarking
    1. Productivity ratios, indexes, and benchmarking
  4. Challenges in measuring intangible service productivity
    1. Challenges in measuring intangible service productivity
  5. Simulation and computer-integrated measurement tools
    1. Simulation and computer-integrated measurement tools
  6. Predictive analytics and real-time productivity dashboards
    1. Predictive analytics and real-time productivity dashboards.

4. Work Study and Time Management (6 LHs)

  1. Work study
    1. Work study: concept and components (method study and work measurement)
  2. Time and motion study techniques
    1. Time and motion study techniques
  3. Work sampling, standard time, and process charts
    1. Work sampling, standard time, and process charts
  4. Job design and work rating
    1. Job design and work rating
  5. Assembly line balancing and scheduling
    1. Assembly line balancing and scheduling
  6. Smart scheduling, intelligent time tracking
    1. Smart scheduling, intelligent time tracking.

5. Human Factors and Workplace Ergonomics (6 LHs)

  1. HRD for productivity
    1. HRD for productivity: motivation, skill enhancement, and employee satisfaction
  2. Human- machine interaction and ergonomic design
    1. Human- machine interaction and ergonomic design
  3. Job enrichment and high-performance environments for productivity enhancement
    1. Job enrichment and high-performance environments for productivity enhancement
  4. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for quality, safety, and productivity
    1. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for quality, safety, and productivity
  5. AI-powered ergonomic assessment and fatigue detection
    1. AI-powered ergonomic assessment and fatigue detection
  6. Human-AI collaboration and job displacement
    1. Human-AI collaboration and job displacement.

6. Quality and Productivity Integration (8 LHs)

  1. Interlink between quality and productivity
    1. Interlink between quality and productivity
  2. Key Quality Management Approaches
    1. Key Quality Management Approaches: total quality management (TQM), six sigma, kaizen, benchmarking, lean production and just-in- time (JIT) systems
  3. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
    1. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
  4. Inventory control
    1. Inventory control: economic order quantity (EOQ), always better control (ABC) analysis, and vital-essential-desirable (VED) Analysis
  5. AI-enabled quality control
    1. AI-enabled quality control.

7. Strategic and Technological Productivity (4 LHs)

  1. Strategic productivity planning and alignment
    1. Strategic productivity planning and alignment
  2. Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
    1. Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
  3. Production Planning and Control (PPC)
    1. Production Planning and Control (PPC)
  4. Forecasting
    1. Forecasting: quantitative, qualitative, and AI-based predictive models.

8. Sustainable and Ethical Productivity (6 LHs)

  1. Concept of green productivity and circular economy
    1. Concept of green productivity and circular economy
  2. Sustainable operations and resource optimization
    1. Sustainable operations and resource optimization
  3. Ethical practices in productivity enhancement
    1. Ethical practices in productivity enhancement. Transparency, accountability, and bias mitigation in AI systems. Sustainability-driven AI, carbon-aware automation, smart factories.