management and production engineering (IP-NI7O)

Specification of learning outcomes for the direction of studies: “Management and Production Engineering”, B.Sc. level, general academic profile: 1.       In respect to knowledge:
-        has knowledge within the range of mathematics, physics, basics of informatics and other fields of science useful for formulating and solving of simple tasks connected with management and production engineering,
-        has elementary knowledge within the range of spectrum of engineering branches connected with management and production engineering, among them: basics of machine building technology, material science, automation and metrology,
-        has well-grounded and theoretically based general knowledge within the range of key issues characteristic for management and production engineering – knowledge connected with basics of management, strategic management, economy, costs calculations, design of production systems and processes,
-        has detailed knowledge connected with selected fields of management and production engineering - among them: design of production processes, production planning, organization of production processes,
-        has detailed knowledge connected with functioning of integrated management systems and informatics system aiding production;
-        has detailed knowledge on development trends in the management and production engineering – connected with development of informatics systems,
-        has basic knowledge on development trends in the management and production engineering – connected with development of management systems, among them: quality management systems, environment protections and workplace health and safety (WHS/OHS) rules,
-        has basic knowledge on development trends in the management and production engineering – connected with development of logistics systems, among them: JiT & Kanban systems, Lean Manufacturing idea, restriction theory etc.,
-        has basic knowledge on product life cycle, production objects and systems,
-        has basic knowledge on methods of functionality assessment of production systems – taking into account costs, time and quality,
-        knows basic methods, techniques, tools and materials used for solution of simple engineering tasks connected with management and production engineering, among them: with design of technological products and processes,
-        knows basic methods, techniques and tools used for solution of engineering problems connected with production organization, among them: knows the basics of teamwork and the methods of management of engineering project,
-        has basic knowledge necessary for understanding the economic and legal conditions for engineer activity, knows the general rules of functioning of a production enterprise,
-        has basic knowledge necessary for understanding of social and other non-technical conditions of engineering activity, knows rules, obligations and typical behavior of workers in production enterprises,
-        has basic knowledge related to management and conducting a business activity,
-        knows and understands the basic notions and rules concerning protection of industrial property and authors rights; is able to use information on patents from adequate repositories;
-        knows the basic rules of establishing and development of individual entrepreneurship, utilizing the knowledge of management and production engineering;

2. In respect to skills:
a) General skills (not related to the field of engineering education):
-        is able to retrieve an information from references, data bases and other sources, also in English,
-        is able to aggregate the obtained information, perform its interpretation as well as draw conclusions, formulate and support the issued opinions,
-        is able to communicate – by means of versatile techniques – in the professional and other environments;
-        is able to prepare in Polish and in foreign language well supported report on problems related to management and production engineering,
-        has abilities of oral presentations, in Polish and foreign language, related to the detailed topics of the studied engineer field of knowledge,
-        has an ability of self-education,
-        has language abilities within the management and production engineering, in accordance with the requirements formulated for the level B2 of the “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment”,

b) Basic engineer skills:
-        is able to use versatile information-communication tools adequate to performance of tasks typical for the activities of production engineer;
-        is able to plan and to do works related to design production systems, among them: establish goals, plan the deadlines and budget as well as to manage the engineering projects,
-        is able to perform measurements, experiments and engineering investigations, among them: measurements and calculations connected with functioning of production systems; is able to present the obtained results in digital and graphical form, make their interpretation and draw correct conclusions,
-        for formulating and solving the engineer tasks, is able to the analytical, simulation and experimental methods;
-        for formulating and solving the engineer tasks, is able to realize their systematic and non-technical aspects,
-        is able to design production systems for departments and work places taking into account the technological, organizational, ergonomic requirements as well as ‘workplace health and safety’ rules,
-        is able to design work places taking into account identification of worker needs, among them: specific requirements connected with employment of disabled persons,
-        has a background necessary for working in the production enterprise and knows the rules of safety connected with this work,
-        is able to perform the economic analyses of the undertaken activities connected with design of production systems,
-        is able to perform the economic analyses connected with functioning of production systems,

c) Skills connected directly with solving of engineering tasks:
-        is able to perform a critical analysis of the way of functioning of production enterprise taking into account cost, time and quality of the ongoing processes,
-        is able to evaluate the existing solutions related to production processes: manufacturing techniques, logistic system, utilized control methods of production processes,
-        is able to evaluate the existing solutions related to production processes: utilized information tools, utilized methods of costs calculations, methods of forecasting, planning and production organizing;
-        is able to perform an identification and make a specification of simple engineering tasks, typical for management and production engineering;
-        is able to evaluate a usefulness of basic methods and tools dedicated to solving simple tasks -typical for production engineer,
-        is able to choose and apply the proper method and tool aiding the work of production engineer – especially for aiding the design and organization works,
-        is able to – in accordance with the given specification – to design and organize the production system applying the proper methods, techniques and tools,

3. In respect to social competences:
-        understands a need and knows the possibilities of long-life learning (studies of second and third level, post-diploma studies, courses) - improvement of professional, personal and social competences,
-        is conscious of importance and understands non-technical aspects and consequences of scientific and technological development and engineering activity, among them: activities of engineer of management and production engineering and their influence on environment as well as the due responsibility for the decisions made;
-        is conscious of a social activities of production engineer – e.g. within the range of fitting the workplace to the requirement specific for disabled persons,
-        is able to work on team, taking different roles in a team – is able to co-operate,
-        is conscious of responsibility of own work and is eager to respect the rules of teamwork and taking responsibility for the tasks commonly performed,
-        is able to properly formulate the priorities adequate to performance of the own or given tasks connected with management and production engineering,
-        properly identifies and adjudicates dilemmas connected with the professional practice, is conscious of importance of behavior in a professional way, compliance of professional ethics and respect of versatile views and cultures;
-        is able to think and act in an entrepreneurial way,
-        is conscious of social role of a graduate of a university of technology, especially understands the need of formulating and passing to the society – among others: via the media of mass communication – information and opinions concerning achievements within the range of production engineering, economical and managerial sciences,
-        is able to and makes efforts aiming for passing information and opinions within the range of production engineering in a commonly understood way.

The Learning Outcomes for the B.Sc. level of studies of the general academic profile within the field of technical sciences for the direction of studies: “Management and Production Engineering” were approved by the Resolution no 817/07/IV/2012 of the Senate of the University of Bielsko-Biala dated at 4th July 2012 entitled: “On the approval of the Learning Outcomes for the study programmes taught at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science”.

The study program specified in Resolution No. 1340/9/2016/2017 of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science of May 9th, 2017

Learning outcomes in the field of Management and Production Engineering, first-cycle studies, educational profile: general academic
1. In terms of knowledge, the studies’ graduate:
- has knowledge in the field of mathematics, physics, the basics of computer sciences and other areas of science useful for formulating and solving simple tasks related to management and production engineering;
- has elementary knowledge of the spectrum of engineering disciplines related to management and production engineering, including the basics of machine building technology, materials science, automation and metrology;
- has structured, theoretically-based general knowledge covering key issues characterizing management and production engineering - knowledge related to the basics of management, strategic management, economics, cost accounting, designing systems and production processes;
- has detailed knowledge related to some areas of production management and engineering, including the design of production processes, production planning, organization of production processes;
- has detailed knowledge related to the functioning of integrated management systems and IT systems supporting production;
- has basic knowledge of development trends in the field of management and production engineering - related to the development of IT systems;
- has basic knowledge of development trends in the field of management and production engineering - related to the development of management systems, including quality, environmental protection and work safety systems;
- has basic knowledge of development trends in the field of production management and engineering - related to the development of logistics systems, including J&T/Kanban systems, Lean Manufacturing philosophy, the theory of constraints, etc.;
- has basic knowledge about the life cycle of products, facilities and production systems;
- has basic knowledge of the methods of assessing the functioning of production systems from the point of view of costs, time and quality;
- knows the basic methods, techniques, tools and materials used in solving simple engineering tasks related to management and production engineering, including the design of products and technological processes;
- knows the basic methods, techniques and tools used in solving engineering problems related to the organization of production, including the basics of teamwork and engineering project management methods;
- has the basic knowledge necessary to understand the economic and legal conditions of engineering activities, knows the general principles of operation of production enterprises;
- has the basic knowledge necessary to understand the social and other non-technical conditions of engineering activities, knows the rules, duties and typical attitudes of employees in production companies;
- has basic knowledge of managing and running a business;
- knows and understands the basic concepts and principles of industrial property protection and copyright; knows how to use patent information resources;
- knows the general principles of creating and developing forms of individual entrepreneurship, using knowledge in the field of management and production engineering;
2. In terms of skills, the studies’ graduate:
- can obtain information from literature, databases and other sources, also in English;
- is able to integrate the obtained information, interpret it, and draw conclusions as well as formulate and justify opinions;
- is able to communicate using various techniques in the professional environment and in other environments;
- knows how to prepare a well-documented study of problems in the field of management and production engineering in Polish and a foreign language;
- has the ability to make oral presentations in Polish and a foreign language on specific issues of the studied engineering discipline;
- has the ability to self-educate;
- has language skills in the field of management and production engineering, in accordance with the requirements set out for level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;
- is able to use various information and communication techniques appropriate for the implementation of tasks typical for the activity of a production engineer;
- can plan and carry out work related to the design of production systems, including setting goals, planning deadlines and budget, and managing engineering projects;
- is able to carry out measurements, experiments and engineering research, including measurements and calculations related to the functioning of production systems; is able to present the obtained results in numerical and graphical form, interpret them and draw appropriate conclusions;
- can use analytical, simulation and experimental methods to formulate and solve engineering tasks;
- can - when formulating and solving engineering tasks - perceive their systemic and non-technical aspects;
- is able to design production systems, such as departments and workstations, taking into account technological and organizational requirements, as well as ergonomics and work safety;
- is able to design workstations identifying the needs of employees, including specific requirements related to the employment of people with disabilities;
- has the necessary preparation to work in a production company and knows the safety rules related to this work;
- is able to perform economic analyzes of activities related to the design of production systems;
- is able to perform economic analyzes related to the functioning of production systems;
- is able to make a critical analysis of the functioning of a production company in terms of costs, time and quality of processes;
- is able to assess existing solutions related to production processes: production technologies, logistics system, methods of controlling production processes;
- is able to assess the existing solutions related to the organization of production: IT tools used, methods of cost calculation, methods of forecasting, planning and organizing production;
- can identify and formulate a specification of simple engineering tasks typical of management and production engineering;
- is able to assess the usefulness of basic methods and tools for solving a simple task typical of a production engineer;
- is able to choose and apply the right method and tool to support the work of a production engineer - supporting design and organizational work;
- is able - in accordance with the given specification - to design and organize a production system using appropriate methods, techniques and tools;
3. In terms of social competences, the studies’ graduate:
- understands the need and knows the possibilities of continuous training (second and third cycle studies, postgraduate studies, courses) - improving professional, personal and social competences and using the knowledge and opinions of experts;
- is aware of the importance and understands the non-technical aspects and effects of scientific and technical progress and engineering activities, including the activities of a management and production engineer and its impact on the environment and the related responsibility for decisions;
- is aware of the social activities of a production engineer – among others, in the field of adapting workstations in terms of requirements specific to people with disabilities or corporate social responsibility;
- is able to work in a group, assuming different roles in it; is able to cooperate with others;
- is aware of the responsibility for their own work and is ready to comply with the rules of teamwork and take responsibility for jointly implemented tasks;
- is able to correctly define priorities for the implementation of a task defined by him/herself, or others related to production management and engineering;
- correctly identifies and resolves dilemmas related to the practice of the profession, is aware of the importance of professional behavior, compliance with the rules of professional ethics and respect for the diversity of views and cultures;
- is able to think and act in an entrepreneurial way;
- is aware of the social role of a graduate of a technical university; in particular, understands the need to formulate and pass on to the society with the help of the mass media – information and opinions on achievements in the field of production engineering as well as economic sciences and management sciences;
- is able and makes efforts to provide information and opinions in the field of production engineering in a generally understandable way;
The study program was established by Resolution No. 1471/09/VI/2019 of the Senate of the University of Bielsko-Biala of September 6, 2019.