Management Systems

COURSE OBJECTIVES

A management system sets out a company’s arrangements for controlling key aspects, in support of its business processes. For example, health and safety during manufacturing. Management systems can also be used in a wider context i.e. as business management system, and include functions such as finance, procurement and operations.

Course attendees will gain an in-depth understanding of management systems principles, methodologies and practices. Particularly, those used during system development, implementation and improvement.

The course is aimed at top and middle management, engineers, supervisors, graduates, newly promoted individuals from the Energy and Renewables industries, including contractors and suppliers. The course is also offered to all associated industries.

‍LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion, participants should will be able to:

• protects a company’s physical, financial and human assets by assessing and mitigating risk
• ensures compliance with the law, operational integrity and effectiveness
• ensures continual improvement by providing a framework for consistent replication of company processes, procedures, standards
• delivers the company’s value proposition and goals
• increases business reputation, efficiency and reduces costs

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1. Introduction     

Module 2. What is a Management System? 

Module 3. History and Systems topics  

Module 4. Management System Models

 Module 5.  Management System Standards

Module 6. Documentation

Module 7. Building a Management Systems  

Module 8. Use of Multimedia

Module 9.  Popular Techniques and Methodologies

Module 10.  Future Management Systems

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COURSE LENGTH - 10 weeks

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TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS

This course includes lectures, readings, assignments and exercises, quizzes and case studies. All material will be available on the course Dropbox file.

All participants will be expected to participate actively in class discussions. You should come prepared to ask or answer questions from your work outside of class and be prepared to discuss related issues, other points of view, or even opposing ideas.

All presentations, course materials and supporting documentation will be presented in English. Audio- visual recording of presentations is strictly forbidden. Course materials available to registered attendees.‍

DELIVERY FORMAT

This course will be delivered online via Zoom or Teams  in 1 sessions of 5 hours per day. and comprise of ten, one and a half hour (1 ½) lectures including questions and answers (Q&A). Lectures will be given on Mondays at 13:00 hours UK time (GMT), over a ten-week period.