The course Fundamentals of industrial engineering is the starting subject in the study, understanding and design of complex systems and processes in the field of industrial engineering and engineering management. The educational goal is to master the basic knowledge of engineering and systems view of the world, with an emphasis on the application of this approach to production and service business systems. The aim of the course is to graduate in Industrial Engineering acquires competences in order to be able to independently perform engineering analysis of various production and business systems.

Students who complete the course and pass the exam are able to detect components of business systems, understand the relationships between them, analyze the main functions of the company as a complex dynamic system and detect its policy, plan and program. Graduated Industrial engineer acquires competence to analyze the different production and business systems.

Industrial Engineering and Systems Theory. Systems and the characteristics of the system, Basic dimensions and state of the system. System functions and flows in the system. The structure of the system. Environment conditions. Dynamic modeling of production systems. Control of the system. Industrial engineering and management challenges in the new millennium. Basic tools and techniques in management planning (SWOT analysis, portfolio management, gap analysis, break-even point analysis, etc..). Guidance. Motivation. Groups, teams and corporate culture. Encouraging creativity and innovation. Delegating authority. Corporate social responsibility and business ethics.

Teaching includes lectures on the subject with examples of application of system approach to the production and service systems and auditory exercises in which through a case study of different production and service systems in small groups are detailed the specific topics from the lecture.