Master's Programme in Industrial Economics and Technology Management
Master's Programme in Industrial Economics and Technology Management (5 years)
Master's Programme in Innovation and Knowledge Development
Language of instruction
Norwegian or English
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
Apply and critically reflect on lean principles and philosophy
Identify and assess value for internal and external stakeholders
Compare and analyse serial- and project-based production in the context of lean thinking
Apply visual management techniques and relate it to the principles of lean thinking
Identify and interpret process variation
Apply process mapping techniques and identify areas of improvement
Critically reflect on lean thinking in the context of digitalization and the UN’s sustainable development goals (12)
Analyse and critically assess production systems in the context of continuous improvement
Ability to work in teams collaboratively to learn and find solutions
Be able to understand individual and organisational learning as reflective processes
Course contents
Lean and continuous improvement in companies
Theory and methodology about introducing Lean into companies' internal value chain
Production processes in serial production and industrial projects
Incremental innovation and continuous improvement
Visual Management
Techniques and methods for mapping and improving processes
Resource efficiency versus flow efficiency
Theory of Constraints (TOC)
Various methods of organizing production logistics
Process variation and standardization
Principles of Total Quality management (TQM)
Change management
Lean and organizational development
Circular economy and servitization in a Lean perspective
Teaching methods
Lectures, videos, discussions, presentations and group work. Workload is estimated to be comprised of approximately 200 hours.
Assessment methods and criteria
Project work in group, 100 % of total assessment. Graded assessment.
Evaluation
The Head of study programme, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.
Admission Requirement if given as Single Standing Module
The same admission requirements as for the two-year master's programme in industrial economy and technology management or the two-year Master's Programme in Innovation and Knowledge Development.