COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Operations Management For Healthcare Institutions
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
HIM 303
Fall
3
0
3
6
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Required
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s) -
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims at developing a solid understanding of the strategic importance of operations and how operations can provide a competitive advantage in the healthcare institutions; understanding the relationships between the operations and other business functions; and developing an insight of designing and managing operations, and the related techniques.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • The students who succeeded this course will be able to define the basic concepts and strategies of Operations Management.
  • The students who succeeded this course will be able to define the problems of Operations Management in different business areas.
  • The students who succeeded this course will be able to interpret the solutions of the Operations Management problems for practical purposes.
  • The students who succeeded this course will be able to apply mathematical techniques used in Operations Management.
  • The students who succeeded this course will be able to predict the implications of strategic and tactical decisions on the company’s success.
Course Description The main emphasis of the course is given on the topics: Production systems, Operations management functions, production planning, inventory management, design of goods and services, process and product strategies, capacity planning, location analysis, and layout strategies.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 The History of Health Care and Trends
2 Introduction to Operations Management in Health Care Institutions
3 Product and Process Design
4 Forecasting
5 Capacity Planning
6 Location Decisions
7 Midterm Exam
8 Layout Decision
9 Supply Chain in Health Care Institutions
10 Inventory Management
11 Waiting-Line Models
12 Healthcare Quality Management
13 Lean Health Care
14 Term Project Presentations
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks

Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Global Edition, 12/E Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson ISBN-13: 9781292148632.Power points of the text book are used.
Suggested Readings/Materials Operations Management. Roberta S. Russell and Bernard W. Taylor III, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2003. Operations Management, Richard B. Chase, F. Robert Jacobs and Nicholas J. Aquilano, Eleventh Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 2006.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
10
Presentation / Jury
1
15
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
1
35
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
65
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
35
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
15
3
45
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
10
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
17
Final Exams
1
20
    Total
160

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to acquire and use theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of health management.

 X
2

To be able to create and use new information by integrating information in the field of health management with information from different disciplines

 X
3

To be able to solve the problems that require expertise by using scientific research methods.

 X
4

To be able to solve a problem in the field of health management by using appropriate problem solving techniques.

 X
5

To be able to transfer the current developments in the field of health management with the data and to transfer them systematically to the groups in and out of the field in written, oral and visual form.

 X
6

To be able to critically examine the norms governing corporate culture and organizational communication, to develop them and to take action to change them when necessary.

 X
7

To be able to develop implementation plans in health management field and to evaluate the results within the framework of health services management quality processes.

 X
8

To be able to act by considering social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of data collection, interpretation and announcement while managing health institutions.

 X
9

To be able to take responsibility as an individual and a team member in the problems encountered in the related field applications while managing health institutions.

 X
10

To be able to plan and manage the activities of the employees whose under their responsibility while managing health institutions.

 X
11

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

 X
12

To be able to collect data in the areas of “Health Management” and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language.

 X
13

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

 X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest