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Below is your assignment for this subject. Please read the brief and instructions thoroughly.
o Using your own organisation or any organisation that you know well, identify a strategic operations issue or problem that needs to be addressed. The operations issue should be related to one of the 10 topics that are covered in this subject. You should focus on one topic; however, you may benefit from more than one topic due to their overlapping nature.
For example, you may work in a bank, hospital or hotel and would like to select a specific process and analyse how to improve it (in this case the operations issue is related to ‘Process Design and Analysis’ and you should focus on Topic 3 and use some relevant concepts covered in this topic), or you may be interested in investigating an operations improvement opportunity in your company, which is related to Topic 9.
Write a report which addresses the strategic operations issue/problem as follows:
? Describe the organisation. Keep the description brief but make sure that the reader can clearly understand what the organisation does and the organisational context.
? Describe the specific operational issue, problem or process that needs to be addressed and analysed. Again, keep this brief but ensure the reader understands what the issue or problem is and how the issue/problem affects the organisation’s processes.
In order to help explain how the issue/problem affects the organisation, you might want to include one or more of the following:
? a chart or process flow diagram to show the functional relationships of the issue or problem with the rest of the organisation’s workflow
? key objectives and purpose of the operation including your opinion of its current and ideal performance (preferably supported by actual performance data)
? opportunities for change and improvement to the process or techniques being used now
? resource implications or constraints that need to be considered
? technologies and/or manpower issues involved in the process.
? Analyse the issue or problem using the relevant concepts. This analysis should be the major content of your report.
When analysing the issue, you should also consider:
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? the five main performance objectives of operations management (use and discuss as many as relevant)
? changes to performance or outcomes (such as cost, output, quality, productivity etc.)
? potential improvements that you believe can be made
? relevant analytical formula if applicable
? where possible, any information about the costs involved.
? This assessment is an individual assessment (ie this is not a group assessment). Please ensure you avoid collusion and other practices which compromise individual assessment work. (Refer to the Academic Integrity Policy available on AIB website)
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Current Status: Not Submitted
Subject: Operations Management [710OMGT]
Subject Dates: 29-01-2016 to 25-02-2016 [AIB-DL]
o With online submission of your assignment, this means that you no longer need to include a cover sheet. However, all assignments (including Final Projects) must still include a title page, as outlined with the Style and Assignment guides including:
? your name
? student ID number
? subject title
? AQF level
? Word count
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Important Assignment Instructions
? The required word length for this assignment is 2500 words (plus or minus 10%).
? In terms of structure, presentation and style you are normally required to use:
- AIB standard report format; and
- AIB preferred Microsoft Word settings; and
- Harvard style referencing (which includes in-text citations plus a reference list).
These requirements are detailed in the AIB Style Guide.
? Reference lists for AIB assignments / projects normally contain the following number of relevant references from different sources: 6-12 (for MBA assignments).
? All references must be from credible sources such as books, industry related journals, magazines, company documents and recent academic articles.
? Your grade will be adversely affected if your assignment contains no/poor citations and/or reference list and also if your assignment word length is beyond the allowed tolerance level (see Assessment Policy available on AIB website).
? Useful resources when working on your assignments include:
- AIB Online Library
- AIB Assignment Guide
- AIB Style Guide
? Select the link for the assignment assessment criteria - Please note that the new assessment criteria applies to all subjects starting on or after the 23 October 2015.
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