Description

Theory
1

Theory/Practice
2

Instructors

Rafael Pedrosa

Contents

1. The history of Industrial Engineering.
2. Main areas of Industrial Engineering and management.
3. The Portuguese Classification of economic activities (CAE).
4. The economic sectors and the types of business organizations.
5. Introduction to management,
6. Organization structures.
7. Organizational Design and structuring.
8. Poductivity and competitiveness.
9. Production systems and typology,
10. Introduction to project management,

Learning Outcomes

1- General Skills
- Objective 1.1 - To recognize the wideness of the field of study, realizing the need for deepening and continuous updating of knowledge,
- Objetive 1.2 - To familiarize with the concepts and the technical jargon used in the field of study.
- Objective 1.3 - To develop the capacity to acquire, select, analyze, process and use information.
2 - Specific Skills
- Objective 2.1 - To recognize the role of companies, the usual organizational models, the main functional areas and the interactions between them,
- Objective 2.2 - To acquire an overview of the main activities of corporate management and intervention areas of Industrial Engineering and management,
- Objective 2.3 - To know the usual functions and activities of the Industrial Engineer and the necessary professional profile,
- Objective 2.4 - To master with relative proficiency some of the operations related to the practice of Industrial Engineering and Management.