Each student will be required to choose a topic in operation management from a list of topics that will be provided by the course coordinator at the beginning of the semester. At each meeting, one student (or more) will present his or her topic based on relevant academic literature. The class will be required to submit a written relevant review concerning the lecture. The students will be required to conduct a lecture diary, which will relate to each lecture - content, understanding, process, and discussion. At the end of the semester, each student will submit the lecture diary, adding introduction and summary chapters. The introductory chapter will relate to the entire seminar and will present the variety of lectures that were given. The concluding chapter will include a review of the lecture topics.
Experimental and industrial psychology is a significant aspect in managing and operating organizations. The course presents main issues in psychology that are relevant to the industrial engineering management occupation and how they can be utilized in the engineering world. The students will learn how to apply statistics in order to collect, analyze and draw conclusions from social science data.
The course reviews worker’s physiological and cognitive characterizations relevant for the design of human-machine systems, tools, displays and work environments which reduce risk factors and maximize production. The course includes quantitative models and tools for the measurement of different risk factors.
The course explores the adjustments between physiological and cognitive variables in the service, infrastructure and management industries and how they can be applied to design and improve human-machine interactions. Cast studies and examples will be provided.