- Industrial improvement and development work from a systems perspective
- Complexity of systems and issues and how they are visualised in decision-making
- Decision-making models for structured decision-making based on sustainable development requirements
- Regulations and policy documents relevant to industrial production systems
- Applied work on leading and driving teams working in improvement projects
After passing the course, the student shall be able to:
1. Identify, formulate, manage and develop solutions to technical issues from a systems perspective
2. design and manage products, processes and systems while taking into account the backgrounds and needs of individuals and the targets for economically, socially and ecologically sustainable development set by the community
3. Exemplify and discuss how scopes influence decision-making, based partly on existing regulations and standards relevant to production, and partly on all three perspectives of sustainable development
4. Orally and in writing account for and discuss information, problems and solutions in dialogue with a client
5. Describe and explain the basic concepts, methods and tools of structured decision-making
6. Apply these concepts, rules and methods by developing a decision document with relevant criteria and recommended decision