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ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS Assessment Report Assessment code: 010 Academic Year: 2023/2024 Trimester: 1 Module Title: Managing Business Operations Module Code: MOD003345 Level: 6 Module Leader: Adrian Gauci Weighting: 60% Word Limit: 2500 words This excludes bibliography and other items listed in rule 6.83 of the Academic Regulations. Assessed Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4. Submission Deadline: Please refer to the deadline on the VLE WRITING YOUR ASSIGNMENT: • This assignment must be completed individually. • All courses of study must use the Harvard referencing system for written assessments, apart from LLB/LLM courses where OSCOLA should be applied. Please see the below link for guidance: https://library.aru.ac.uk/referencing/referencing.htm • Your work must indicate the number of words you have used. Written assignments must not exceed the specified maximum number of words. When a written assignment is marked, the excessive use of words beyond the word limit is reflected in the academic judgement of the piece of work which results in a lower mark being awarded for the piece of work (regulation 6.74). • Assignment submissions are to be made anonymously. Do not write your name anywhere on your work. • Write your student ID number at the top of every page. • Where the assignment comprises more than one task, all tasks must be submitted in a single document. • You must number all pages. SUBMITTING YOUR ASSIGNMENT: • In order to achieve full marks, you must submit your work before the deadline. Work that is submitted late – if your work is submitted on the same day as the deadline by midnight, your mark will receive a 10% penalty. If you submit your work up to TWO working days after the published submission deadline – it will be accepted and marked. However, the element of the module’s assessment to which the work contributes will be capped with a maximum mark of 40%. https://library.aru.ac.uk/referencing/referencing.htm • Work cannot be submitted if the period of 2 working days after the deadline has passed (unless there is an approved extension). Failure to submit within the relevant period will mean that you have failed the assessment. • Requests for short-term extensions will only be considered in the case of illness or other cause considered valid by the Director of Studies Team. Please contact
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[email protected] http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/academic/public/academic_regs.pdf ASSIGNMENT QUESTION For this assignment, you are required to individually produce and submit a professionally presented management report of 2,500 words about your selected organisation’s operations, addressing both Tasks 1 and 2 below. Select a company whose business operations you are very familiar with and that you can easily provide real examples for. Select one organisation from any of the below industries: • Hospitality e.g. Hotels, Restaurants, Transportation, Events etc • Retail e.g. High-Street, Online, Supermarkets, Barbers etc • Manufacturing e.g. Automotive, Construction, Fashion, Food, • Services e.g. Professional, Financial, Entertainment, Payments, TASK 1 Imagine you are a new management intern at the operations department in your selected organisation and your line manager has just asked you to produce a management report to help you understand the business operations at this organisation. In your report you must discuss the four operations theories / frameworks AND also apply them to your selected organisation by providing real examples / images. 1. The Input-Transformation-Output framework of operations with all its components at your organisation 2.The 4 Vs Typology of Operations: Volume, Variety, Variation, Visibility and their implications on your selected organisation 3. The 5 Operations Performance Objectives: Quality, Speed, Dependability, Flexibility, Cost for Operations 4. Order-winners and order-qualifiers at your organisation TASK 2. You are required to provide 2 real industry recommendations to improve the score on any 2 Performance Objectives of Quality, Speed, Dependability, Flexibility and Cost. These two recommendations must be real and will need to be justified for your organisation so as to benefit the business operations and their customers. maria.lefterovici Highlight maria.lefterovici Highlight Thus, within your report, you should discuss relevant theoretical concepts and frameworks, and also apply them to your selected organisation. This will show you understand the role of the operations function in creating a competitive advantage in modern organisations with a strategic approach (LO1). The report will also show an understanding of contemporary operations problems and current techniques to solve contemporary organisational challenges (LO3). The content will also show that you developed practical problem-solving skills and decision making techniques within industry as a framework for a career pathway in operations management. (LO4). The suggested standard report format should include the following sections: • A cover page • An executive summary – 1 page, with brief overview of report content. • A contents page – 1 page, with all relevant sections and sub-sections • An introduction – about the selected organisation • Findings section - as main body with subsections • A conclusion section – as overall conclusion • Recommendations – in relation to company • A reference list – minimum of 8 academic sources in Harvard system. • Appendices – optional. A more detailed structure will be provided on the VLE. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Knowledge & Understanding (LO1) of theories / concepts (Skills). – 30 marks. Research and Application (LO3) by providing industry examples (Content)– 30 marks Intellectual, practical and transferrable skills (LO4) (Content, Skills) – 30 marks Report Originality, Structure, Presentation, Referencing. (Skills) – 10 marks READING REQUIREMENT Adam, Everett E., Jr (2015) ‘Assessing Operations Management From A Strategic Perspective’, Journal of management. Southern Management Association, Jun 1989, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p181- 203. 24p. Barnes, D. (2018) Operations management: an international perspective. London: Palgrave. Bower, Joseph L. and Gilbert, Clark G. (2007) ‘How Managers' Everyday Decisions Create or Destroy Your Company's Strategy.’, Harvard Business Review. Feb2007, Vol. 85 Issue 2, p72-79. 8p. Bozarth, C.C. and Handfield, R.B. (2016) Introduction to operations and supply chain management. Boston: Pearson. Christensen, Clayton M (no date) ‘Why hard-nosed executives should care about management theory’, Harvard business review. Harvard Business School Press, Oct 2003, Vol. 81 Issue 9, p66-74. 9p. Collier, D.A. and Evans, J.R. (2017) OM6: Operations and supply chain management. Boston: Cengage Learning. Hill, A. and Hill, T. (2018a) Essential operations management. London: Palgrave. Slack N. and Brandon-Jones A. (2019). Operations Management, (9th Edition), London: Pearson. Slack, N. and Brandon-Jones, A. (2021a) Operations and process management: principles and practice for strategic impact. Harlow, England: Pearson. The selected company Annual Report, Operations policies, documents – These documents should be specific to your selected organisation Industry Reports on your selected industry of your selected company. Students can also consult the main academic journals in the field: − Production and Operations Management − Manufacturing & Service Operations Management − International Journal of Operations & Production Management − British Journal of Management − Harvard Business Review − Sloan Management Review Please note that the sources listed are expected for your written assessment. These sources will be part of the module and their content is deemed necessary to produce a relevant assessment. Module markers will expect to see them integrated into your work and appropriately referenced. Failure to include these sources may result in a “Viva Voce” meeting during which you would be required to explain your work and your reasons for not including these key sources. Table 1 The work will be assessed in an integrative manner as indicated in the marking rubric, that is consistent with Anglia Ruskin University generic assessment criteria and marking standards Criteria / Grade 0-29%: Absent or deficient evidence of knowledge, Absent or deficient evidence of academic/ expressive/ professional skills. 30-39%: Little evidence of knowledge. Little evidence or use of scholarly conventions. 40-49%: Adequate knowledge, use of scholarly conventions inconsistent. Adequate academic/ expressive/ professional skills. 50-59%: Sound knowledge, use of scholarly conventions inconsistent. Sound academic/ expressive/ professional skills. 60-69%: Good analysis- consistent use of scholarly conventions. Good Academic/ Expressive/ Professional skills. 70-79%: Excellent analysis- high level of intellectual rigour and consistency. Excellent academic/ expressive/ professional skills 80-89%: Outstanding analysis-Work pushes the boundaries of the discipline. Outstanding Academic/ Expressive/ professional skills and creativity 90-100%: Exceptional analysis - Work pushes the boundaries of the discipline. Exceptional Academic/ Expressive/ professional skills and creativity Knowledge and Understanding Examine and critique the Operations Theories required related to topics There is deficient or no reference to the theories in operations issue . Deficient or no knowledge of operations management Limited reference to the operations frameworks and issue in the assignment. Limited knowledge of transformation process and other theories Adequate reference to the relevant theories and frameworks. Some adequate relation to the operations of the selected company Sound reference to the main operation theories. Sound knowledge of a operations functions and theories. Good reference to the main operations theories and good use of academic journals and other sources to explain the main theories. Excellent reference to the theories of operations from several sources with good examples and discussion. Outstanding management of learning resources and outstanding reference to the operations theories. Exceptional management of learning resources and exceptional reference to the operational theories shows high level of knowledge and understanding of such theories. 30 marks 0-8 9-11 12-14 15-17 18-20 21-23 24-26 27-30 Research and Application Give specific examples from company on the theories to show application. Deficient or no examples from the selected company and industry. Deficient or no application of the theories. Limited examples from the selected company and industry. Limited application of the theories. Adequate evidence of examples from the selected company and industry. Adequate application of the theories. Sound evidence of examples from the selected company and industry. Sound application of the theories. Good evidence of many examples from the selected company and industry. Good application of the theories. Evidence of excellent examples from the selected company and industry. Excellent application of the theories. Outstanding evidence of examples from the selected company and industry. Outstanding application of the theories. Exceptional evidence and examples from the selected company and industry. Exceptional application of the theories. 30 marks 0-8 9-11 12-14 15-17 18-20 21-23 24-26 27-30 Intellectual, practical and There is deficient or no creativity and evaluation for any Limited creativity and evaluation for recommendations or Adequate creativity and evaluation for recommendations or Sound creativity and evaluation for recommendations or Good creativity and evaluation for recommendations or Excellent and comprehensive reference to creativity Outstanding reference to creativity and Exceptional reference to original