Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

1. Drafting against the criteria
2. Tutor and peer feedback
3. Improving the final submission

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Explain why operations management is important for organisations.
• 1.2 Analyse the operations functions of a selected organisation.
• 1.3 Evaluate the operations management process of a selected organisation using relevant models.
• 2.1 Appraise the importance of the ‘Three Es’ to organisations.
• 2.2 Assess the impact of the tension between cost minimisation and quality maximisation.
• 2.3 Evaluate the significance of the five performance objectives that underpin operations management to organisation.
• 3.1 Assess the importance of process mapping and flowcharting.
• 3.2 Analyse the concept of lean operations and waste reduction
• 3.3 Analyse the concept and importance of process reengineering
• 4.1 Analyse the applicability of Total Quality Management (TQM) in a selected organisation.
• 4.2 Assess how quality management techniques are applied to improve operations in a selected organisation.
• 4.3 Create a plan to use emerging technologies (IoT, AI, blockchain) in TQM process.

Activity

Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Further resources

• Writing Guide, 3.5: Peer review and using feedback · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 92–94 · for registered students
• Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students