This week’s topics
Final assessment and submission
- Final coursework submission
- Assessment against all criteria
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
Final assessment week: submission of the unit assignment.
Study materials
The teaching notes, exercises and videos of this week are in the student portal. Your portal is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance, so you can open them before the semester starts.
