The Ministry of Education officially announced the results of the third batch of National First-Class Undergraduate Courses. The Operations Management course offered by CUFE Business School has been selected for the list of National First-Class Online Undergraduate Courses.
The course is led by Professor Jia Xiaojing from the Department of Supply Chain and Operations Management. The teaching team also includes Gao Yongling, Dai Hongyan, Yan Nina, Qian Cheng, and Lu Jizhou. Relying on the School’s National First-Class Undergraduate Program Construction Point in Supply Chain Management, the course is designed to meet the demands of the digital economy era. It covers a full range of operational scenarios including traditional manufacturing, modern services, and emerging digital industries.
Adhering to a systems thinking approach, the course integrates systems thinking methodologies and application tools into the teaching of the Operations Management course. It reflects cutting-edge theories and developments in the discipline, while placing particular emphasis on strategies for addressing the contemporary characteristics of enterprise operations, including dynamics, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. In doing so, the course achieves a deep integration of operations management theory and practice.
Since its first launch and operation in September 2019, the course has undergone 13 rounds of teaching iteration and has reached more than 50,000 learners. In parallel, the team has developed the textbook titled Operations Management as a companion to the National First-Class Undergraduate Course, produced 36 video cases, and developed 31 teaching cases for Operations Management. All cases are sourced from the latest operations management practices of Chinese enterprises, focusing on Chinese business contexts and tracking cutting-edge developments. The cases are continuously updated and cover all chapters of the course, forming a distinctive development model characterized by “academic frontiers + industry practice + technological empowerment,” which has received wide recognition from instructors and learners across the country.
CUFE Business School has consistently attached great importance to improving the quality of undergraduate education and teaching. Through initiatives such as the establishment of a teaching support system, funding for teaching reform projects, and the organization of special lectures on teaching methods, the school continues to promote teaching innovation and enhance the effectiveness of classroom teaching.
