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Diploma in Operations Management
Understand the important responsibilities and decision making that an operations manager must deal with on a day-to-day basis
Course Description
Operations management is important to any organization, whether they are manufacturing companies producing physical products or organizations offering services. ALISON's free diploma in operations management online course reviews a wide variety of topics from the development of operations management, to the role of the operations manager, the transformation model, planning and scheduling methodologies and practices, and inventory and quality management.
The Diploma in Operations Management will give you a thorough understanding and knowledge of operations management and its organizational and managerial applications.
The course is ideal for anyone who would like to contribute to the development of an organization in the area of operations management.
CERTIFICATION
To qualify for your official ALISON Diploma, Certificate or PDF you must study and complete all modules and score 80% or more in each of the course assessments. A link to purchase your Diploma certificate will then appear under the My Certificates heading of your My Account page.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course you will know the three basic components of operations management and the strategies used in business development. You will gain knowledge of the relationship between operations, productivity and competitiveness. You will also be able to identify the difference between manufacturing and service-based organizations. Overall, this course will help you to understand the important responsibilities and decision making that an operations manager must deal with on a day-to-day basis.
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| Course Rating (By Learners): | 4 stars based on 1202 votes |
| Course Title: | Diploma in Operations Management |
| Course #: | 345 |
| Course Publisher: | OpenLearn |
| Course Category: | 25 |
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| Course Description: | Operations management is important to any organization, whether they are manufacturing companies producing physical products or organizations offering services. ALISON's free diploma in operations management online course reviews a wide variety of topics from the development of operations management, to the role of the operations manager, the transformation model, planning and scheduling methodologies and practices, and inventory and quality management. The Diploma in Operations Management will give you a thorough understanding and knowledge of operations management and its organizational and managerial applications. The course is ideal for anyone who would like to contribute to the development of an organization in the area of operations management. |
| License: | This course is available from OpenLearn through the following Creative Commons licence:  |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2013 |
| Content | |
| Course Duration (Avg Learner): | 6-10 Hours |
| Video/Audio: | None |
| Audio Only: | None |
| Animation: | None |
| Assessments: | Yes |
| Education Level | |
| Age appropriateness: | 16+ Years |
| Minimum Grade/Class Level: | |
| Validation: | Level 5 |
| ALISON Testing: | Yes |
| Certification Availability | |
| PDF Download: | No |
| Parchment: | Yes |
| Framed Certification: | Yes |
Study for Free at Your Own Pace! Start This Course
Study for Free at Your Own Pace! Start This Course
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Philip James Bwala
Nigeria
I have so much enjoyed learning through the alison.com, your courses are great and I have recommended to all my work colleagues. Thanks for all the opportunity to be a part of this lifetime experience. 2016-12-09 07:12:36
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Jeremiah Phillips
United States of America
It was a great course and brought to light a lot of things I do without thinking about but will put more effort into now that I know how to identify these processes properly and follow through with them. Thanks Alison for the great course!! 2016-11-17 02:11:18
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Olasunkanmi Omitola
Nigeria
Overall, the course contents on operation management is very enlightening and eye-opening for me. Special thanks to Alison team for the opportunity to learn a lot about operation management free of cost online on their platform.
Thanks 2016-08-24 20:08:35
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Fred Kalibala
Canada
The course has a great importance to the successful learning of the organisation that produces goods and services 2016-08-22 06:08:11
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Obinne Ubah
Nigeria
Very informative and interesting. Some of the questions asked in the 1st assessment were not treated until the next module but in totality I enjoyed the course. 2016-07-28 10:07:36
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Christwits Kalichero
Malawi
This very important especially in capacity building 2016-07-27 10:07:07
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MICHAEL TAKIL
Papua New Guinea
Thank you so much Alision.I am indeed have sufficient Operation knowledge to perform daily operation of my business without relaying too much on managers.Thank you again Alisio. 2016-07-23 15:07:00
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Antonio Gamez
Canada
Excellent course; very satisfied. 2016-07-17 05:07:08
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Gary Ambriz
United States of America
Course will be recommended to other that I know. 2016-07-16 19:07:44
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Francis Belekanyama
Malawi
IT is a good course and with the plan that I have to becoming a manager in one of the biggest companies and operation sections. I am geared to study this course 2016-07-15 11:07:01
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