Master of Science in MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING Politecnico di Milano Como Campus 1
WHO IS A MANAGEMENT ENGINEER? Since its introduction Management Engineers have been perceived as one of change and innovation. Similar to classical engineers, they are responsible for designing and managing systems But Management Engineers are also required to deal every day with: Humans and Technologies Private and Public actors Complex contexts 2
WHICH CAPABILITIES WE STIMULATE The COMO Master of Science (MSc) aims at stimulating a wide range of capabilities: Analytical: Processing and analyzing data/information Synthesis and communication Synthesizing information and effectively communicate (oral and written)? Creativity and entrepreneurship Grasping window of opportunities for innovation Social Responsibility Being responsible of out action beyond the boundary of our companies Multicultural interaction Debating and living within a multicultural context in which more than 50 countries meet 3
COURSES AND STUDY PLAN FIRST YEAR Induction days (presentation of services, code of conduct, local permissions) Basic Courses (2 intensive weeks in September 2011) - COMPULSORY Business Economics Management of production systems First semester Main Courses (October 2011-January 2012) - 30 credits Exam session (Febraury 2011) Second semester Main Courses (March 2012 - June 2012) - 30 or 35 credits Exam session (July 2012-Mid september 2012) SECOND YEAR Research Methodology Seminars (1 intensive week in September) COMPULSORY First semester Main Courses (October 2012-January 2013) - 30 or 35 credits Final work Start up Exam session (Febraury 2012) Second semester Main Courses (March 2013 - June 2013) - 25 credits Graduation session (July 2013) Revision Exam session (July 2013-Mid september 2013) Graduation session (October 2013) Consolidation (*) Graduation session (December 2013) Exam session (Febraury 2013) Graduation session (March 2014) (*) The final work duration varies upon the type of work choosen and your achievements. The first available call is in July at your second year (July 2013) 4
COURSES Applied Analytical capabilities Business Intelligence Business Processes Corporate and transversal functions Marketing Finance Management of Innovation Corporate Information Systems Cross-Boundary Processes International markets International economics Production and Supply Chain Quality Management Logistics Management Operations Management Industrial Technologies Project Management Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Planning, control and managing resources Strategic Planning Management Control Systems Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5
CROSS-BOUNDARY PROCESSES Cross-Boundary Processes is a new interdisciplinary course which tackles boundary issues such as: Ethics and Social Responsibility Creativity and Innovation Complexity and Network Management Sustainability The course accounts for 5 credits and it is held in an interactive way, tackling unsolved problematic issues, involving: Researchers Private companies Public Organizations Active participation from students is expected 6
LAKE POLI SCHOOL Cross Boundaries Processes are associated to the LAKE POLI SCHOOL (LaPS) an initiative for top selected students, which aims at: Nearer students to companies and real problems Challenge students and provide further opportunities to best and motivated students Open students and teachers minds, facing hot and unsolved topics The Lake Poli School develops between October 2012 and March 2013 (II year students), across three activities: S1 - Seminars (Cross Boundaries Processes) S2 - Business Case S3 - Final workshop 7
LAKE POLI SCHOOL S2: BUSINESS CASE The Business case is a challenging work in which students will work on an idea proposed by a company Students will work in groups of 6-8 people composed by: Management engineering candidates Science Computing engineering candidates Environmental engineering candidates The Business Case will be developed as follows: October 2012: company presentation and discussion October 2012 February 2013: work with interim discussions March 2013: final presentation and award ceremony Group Supervision: 1 professors 1 PhD student Final delivery Report (max 10,000 words) Presentation 8
LAKE POLI SCHOOL S3 FINAL WORKSHOP A final workshop will be held in March 2013 The workshop encompasses: Country Debates, with the perspective of students, public and private organization Company presentations and workshops Short research seminars Business Cases presentations The final prize to the best group will be assigned The jury will be composed by both academics and non academics 9
FINAL WORK OPTIONS 1. Project Research Methodology seminars Project: STAGE PROJECT or LITERATURE REVIEW (0-3) points Lower effort, time and risk 2. Thesis without discussant Research Methodology seminars Thesis WITHOUT discussant (0-5) points 3. Research dissertation with discussant and defense Methodology seminars Dissertation WITH discussant and defense (0-7) points Higher effort, time and risk 10
Job opportunities The study Course open a wide pocket of job opportunities in: Supply Chain Marketing Logistics Production management Management Control, Accounting, Finance Engineering skills appreciated by companies: Analytical Synthetic What additional in the Como Campus International focus Skill in dealing with multicultural context Capability to speak with other disciplines 11
Management Engineering Faculty Politecnico School of Management The core faculty belongs to the School of Management Recognized by Financial Times as one of the top Business Schools in the world 40 th in Customized Corporate Education 94 th (36th in Europe) in Executive MBAs 96 th (31st in Europe) in MBAs 45 th Business School in Europe overall 12
MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING FACULTY Research orientation and participation Department of Management Engineering is involved in numbers of National, European and International research projects. Moreover, the department have unique laboratories ( Osservatori ) for researches to seamlessly integrate management sciences and ICT technologies in real industries. For more info about the labs see: www.osservatori.net/chisiamo_eng Students have the possibilities to be involved in such researches through internships, M.Sc. theses and for further PhD. researches after completing the masters. Some examples of EU projects: IMS2020, http://www.ims2020.net/ ActionPlanT, http://www.actionplantproject.eu/ PlanTCockpit, http://www.plantcockpit.eu/ LeanPPD, http://www.leanppd.eu/ European Concept, http://www.europeanconcept.eu/ InTime, http://data.fir.de/projektseiten/intime /index.php/project SMCS http://web.ttsnetwork.net/smcs/page s/index.jsp And, many others!! 13
STUDYING AT THE COMO CAMPUS: Site Multicultural context Students from more than 60 countries A fascinating location for Culture and Sport And even (if you want) volunteer activities for/with Como citizens 14
STUDYING AT THE COMO CAMPUS: Research But the Como Campus is also a centre where management is developed beside Technological, Environmental and creativity research: http://www.webml.org/webml/page1.do http://www.harmoni-ca.info http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/index.php?lang=en 15 http://lness.como.polimi.it/index.php
STUDYING AT COMO CAMPUS: Sports & Culture http://www.ciren.eu/
ACCOMODATION IN THE COMO CAMPUS Four residences with 250 places walking distance from classes building Via Pannilani, 25 Como Via Anzani, 37 Como V ia Anzani, 9 Como Via Venini, 5 Como For further information http://www.polo-como.polimi.it/servizi/residenze.php?id_nav=5342 http://www.polo-como.polimi.it/english/servizi/residenze.php?id_nav=7342 www.residenze.como.polimi.it 17
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Research Methodology Seminars Goal The aim of the course is to provide students with the theoretical knowledge and practical methodologies and tools to carry out the final work project, thesis or research dissertation. The course is mandatory and credited in the final work Program Introduction to research Case study methodology Econometrics Survey Data mining and simulation Exam Short essay on seminars Coordinator: Michela Arnaboldi Email: michela.arnaboldi@polimi.it Webpage: http://www.dig.polimi.it/index.php?id=240&tx_wfqbe_pi1[id]=27 20
Business Intelligence and Data Mining Goals Business intelligence is a broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, providing access to and analyzing data for the purpose of helping enterprise users make better business decisions Starting from decision support systems and data warehousing, the course moves to a presentation of methods for data mining and their applications to relational marketing and performance evaluation Teachers: Davide Magatti Email: davide.magatti@polimi.it Webpage: http://corsi.metid.polimi.it Program Components of the decision making process: business intelligence, decision support systems, data warehousing Data mining: data preparation and exploration, regression, time series, classification, association rules, clustering Business intelligence applications: Relational marketing, Salesforce management, performance evaluation. Exam Final evaluation will be based on: Class participation: 20% Project evaluation: 20% Final exam (written): 60% 21
Business Processes Goal The aim of the course is to provide students with the theoretical knowledge and practical methodologies and tools to analyse the companies with a business process perspective. Key concepts of organizational design will be refreshed at the beginning of the course, to help better understand how a business process view fits with traditional organisational designs. The course will be developed through theoretical sessions, case discussion sessions, practical application sessions and a project work. Program Overview of organizational design Introductory concepts on business processes Business Process Management: Change management Methodology for business process analysis and redesign Exam Final evaluation will be based on: Class participation: 20% Project evaluation: 20% Final exam (oral discussion): 60% Teacher: Raffaella Cagliano Email: raffaella.cagliano@polimi.it Webpage: http://www.dig.polimi.it/index.php?id=251&tx_wfqbe_pi1[id]=63 22
Business Strategy Goal This course sets forth the following objectives: to present major issues, concepts and tools in strategic analysis and planning; to encourage students to analyze and think critically about the concepts and tools introduced, using discussion of business case studies as one way to achieve this goal. to demonstrate how to write a business plan; to introduce Information & Communication Technology (ICT) as a strategic lever and to share/introduce the most innovative applications available for gaining a competitive advantage. Program The program is structured into three main building blocks: Business Strategy Business Planning ICT Strategy and ebusiness Exam The course final evaluation is made up of two major components: the written exam (2/3 of the final evaluation); the Business Plan Assignment, elaborated and presented in groups (1/3 of the final evaluation). Teacher: Andrea Rangone, Raffaello Balocco, Antonio Ghezzi Email: andrea.rangone@polimi.it, raffaello.balocco@polimi.it, antonio1.ghezzi@polimi.it Webpage: http://www.dig.polimi.it/index.php?id=304&tx_wfqbe_pi1[id]=61 23
Corporate Information Systems Goal A Corporate Information System (CIS) is an ICT-based system for networked enterprises. Specifically a CIS aims at: Supporting operations and decisions/strategies Supporting information and knowledge sharing The course provides a view of ICT tools and their role/use in organizations, gives a CIS development methodology, and presents business process management cases. Program The program addresses: Information Technology in Organizations Architectures Types of CIS applications Business Processes and Web-based systems Security Exam The exam is a written test with exercises and questions. A Paper (Group Work) is optional on topics suggested by the teacher. Teacher: Mariagrazia Fugini. Email: fugini@elet.polimi.it Webpage: http://home.dei.polimi.it/fugini/index.html Sample material: http://home.dei.polimi.it/fugini/cis%20for%20master.pdf 24
Finance Goal The course is intended to be a general overview of Corporate Finance for students with no or basic background. The first part considers the role of the finance division in a company as well as the role of investors in a company. At the end of the course, students must be able to execute a valuation process of a company, understanding the key drivers of value. The second part of the course allows the students to understand in a general sense the reality of corporate finance in terms of what goes on in practice and what the hot topics are in the current markets. Program The program is structured in two parts: 1) Fundamentals of Corporate Finance and Firm Valuation 2) Corporate Finance transactions (Mergers and Acquisitions, Initial Public Offerings, Private Equity, Corporate Restructuring, etc.) Exam The evaluation is divided into two parts: 1) 50%: Group Case study where students act as financial analysts to advice clients whether to buy or sell stocks in a real-life firm using a valuation model 2) 50%: Written final examination Teachers: Prof. Marco Giorgino / Daniela Laurel Email: marco.giorgino@polimi.it / daniela.laurel@mail.polimi.it 25
Industrial Technologies Goal The course is to provide the competence for the design of manufacturing systems, according to the performance required, to the level of automation and, especially, according to the emerging trends (globalization, sustainability, environmental conscious design, etc.). It addresses manual and automated manufacturing systems, new approaches to production design and control, ICT as enabling technology and Sustainable Manufacturing. Program Design and management of: Job shops, Group and Cellular Manufacturing, Manual and Automated assembly lines, and Flexible manufacturing systems Industrial automation, measurement and process control ICT in manufacturing Modelling and simulation of discrete manufacturing system Exam Written intermediate exam (Not mandatory) Final oral exam (Mandatory) Teacher: Prof. Marco Taisch Email:marco.taisch@polimi.it Webpage: http://www.dig.polimi.it/index.php?id=316&l=0&tx_wfqbe_pi1%5bid%5d=74 26
Goal International Economics This course offers an overview of the functioning of international markets and of the interactions between economic agents (firms, consumers, institutions, policy makers) operating in different countries. The aim is to provide a better understanding of the opportunities and problems that the international economic environment presents to all internationalized firms. Program The concept of economic integration Countries differences and comparative advantages International trade, foreign direct investments and other forms of internationalization Political economy of international trade and investments Global and regional international economic institutions The foreign exchange market and the international monetary system Exam The exam is divided in 2 parts: Written test: 50% Paper or class presentation (Group Work) 50% Teacher: Lucia Tajoli Email: lucia.tajoli@polimi.it Webpage: http://www.dig.polimi.it/index.php?id=317&tx_wfqbe_pi1[id]=75 27
Logistics Management Goal This course aims: - to develop a comprehensive logistics strategy to support overall business objectives - to provide the main methodologies/criteria for designing a logistic system - to give all the main models and tools for supporting the planning activities Program The main topics are the following: Supply chain strategy Distribution network design Warehousing and transportation management Integrated supply chain Demand planning Advanced inventory planning Collaborative planning Exam The exam is divided in 2 parts: written and oral, both mandatory Teacher: Alessandro Perego Email: alessandro.perego@polimi.it 28
Management Control Systems Goal A management control system (MCS) is a mechanism designed to guide organizations towards their goals Specifically MCS s aims at: Supporting decision makers Motivating and coordinating human resources Supporting external accountability The course aims at providing an holistic knowledge on MCSs and how they are constructed and run in organisations Program The program addresses: Financial accounting measures Non-financial indicators and Balanced scorecards Cost accounting and decision making Budgeting Internal audit and risk management Exam The exam is divided in 2 parts: Oral: 70% Paper (Group Work) 30% Teacher: Michela Arnaboldi Email: michela.arnaboldi@polimi.it Webpage: http://www.dig.polimi.it/index.php?id=240&tx_wfqbe_pi1[id]=27 Sample material: http://www.dig.polimi.it/uploads/media/mcs11_arnaboldi_sample.pdf 29
Management of Innovation Goal The course aims at providing the models and methods for managing innovation. The course focuses first on Innovation (and specifically technological innovation) as a source of competitive advantage, therefore aims at providing capabilities for developing innovation strategies. Next, it focuses on product and service innovation and illustrates models and methods for managing the productservice development process. Students will develop a project work in order to recognize weak signals and to manage creativity during the concept generation of new services Program Innovation Strategies: Technology-Push, Demand-Pull and Design-Driven Approaches Innovation Processes: New Product Development; New Services Development; Design definition models Concept Development:;User Needs Analysis; Lead User Analysis. Exam The exam is divided in 3 parts: Written: 40% Oral: 20% Project (Group Work) 40% Teacher: Emilio Bellini Email: emilio.bellini@polimi.it 30
Marketing Goal The course aims at providing a comprehensive overview on the tools and frameworks companies may apply to support their marketing activities both in B2B and in B2C contexts. Teacher: Lucio Lamberti Email: lucio.lamberti@polimi.it Program Value generation process Value analysis and definition of the value proposition: segmentation, targeting and positioning Design of the marketing plan: product/service decisions, pricing, communication and promotion, distribution New frontiers of marketing: multichannel marketting, territorial Marketing, Green and Social Marketing Exam The exam is divided into 2 parts: Course project: 20% Oral exam: 80% 31
Organizational Behaviour & HRM Goals Students will achieve learning as follows: Knowledge of behavioral and organizational science theory and concepts as applicable to individuals, teams and organizations. Insight into the evolving role of strategic HRM in today s organizations, the strategic role of HR functions, and the impact of technology and global competition. Program The program addresses: OB (Motivation, Perception, Communication, Group Dynamics, Leadership, Creativity, Organizational Change) HRM (Job Analysis, Recruiting & Selection, Training & Development, Compensation, Performance Management, Industrial Relation, Global HRM) Methodology Experiential course Teachers: Rami Shani, Stefano Cirella, Marco Guerci Email: rami.shani@polimi.it, stefano.cirella@polimi.it; marco.guerci@polimi.it 32
Operations Management Goal The course addresses the management of operations in manufacturing and service organizations. The aim of the course is to provide students with a broad understanding and knowledge of operations management concepts, methods and applications. Such concepts include (but are not limited to) operations strategy, production system design, outsourcing, inventory management, production planning and scheduling, service management. Program The main topics are the following: Classification of production systems Operations strategy Outsourcing and make-or-buy decisions Design of production systems Design of the production planning and control system Service operations management Lean management Exam The exam consists of a written test with questions and exercises. Teacher: Alessandro Pozzetti Email: alessandro.pozzetti@polimi.it Webpage: http://www.dig.polimi.it/index.php?id=302&tx_wfqbe_pi1[id]=18 33
Project Management Goal A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product service or result by progressive elaboration The purpose of the course is to provide a general view and introduction to project management in terms of its principal tools and techniques used in different industry sectors with special focus on Engineering and Contracting applications Program The program addresses: Strategic Project Management Project organization Project planning and control Project Risk Management MS Project advanced course Exam The exam is divided in 3 parts: Paper (Group Work) 30% Written test 50% Final Oral exam 20% Teacher: Mauro Mancini Email: mauro.mancini@polimi.it Webpage: http://www.dig.polimi.it/index.php?id=285&tx_wfqbe_pi1[id]=37 34
Quality Management Goals Knowing the historical development that brought to the modern concept of quality Understanding possible alternative approaches that could be followed to implement quality in an organization Present the main elements of Six Sigma Providing the students with a tool-box, containing a set of general purpose tools, suitable in a wide array of recurring problems and situations Laying the basis for the development of effective organizational practices, in particular oriented towards problem solving, innovation and continuous improvement Teacher: Alessandro Brun Email: alessandro.brun@polimi.it Webpage: http://www.dig.polimi.it Program The program addresses: Exam The history of quality management The preaching of quality gurus (Deming, Juran and others) Quality management frameworks Six Sigma Qualitative and quantitative tools for quality improvement The exam is divided in 3 parts: Homework assignment: 30% Numerical exercises: 40% Theoretical questions: 30% 35
Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Goal The course aims at providing the competences needed while managing the introduction and the evolution of production systems. Students will gather ability in: Modeling and analysing production systems Designing and improving production systems in evolution Methodologies and tools are provided to manage the system configuration and the continuous changes, both at a machine level and at a system level. Program Manufacturing strategy, new business models, flexibility and reconfigurability Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Stochastic Programming for system configuration under uncertainty Queuing Networks and decomposition based Approximate Analytical Methods Perturbation Analysis Exam Final written exam Additional, optional activities: - Seminar (Group work) - Oral Exam Teacher: Marcello Colledani Email: marcello.colledani@polimi.it Webpage: www.mecc.polimi.it 36