Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing
4. Academic Writing Referencing and Citation Part 1

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Critically explain the significance of effective supply chain and operational management in achieving organisational objectives.
• 1.2 Explain the relationship of supply chain management with other business functions in an organisation.
• 1.3 Critically analyse the key success factors that aid in developing an integrated supply chain strategy in an organisation.
• 2.1 Critically evaluate factors and strategies that drive organisations to maintain supplier relationships.
• 2.2 Assess the use of information technology to create strategies to develop effective supplier relationships.
• 2.3 Recommend supplier relations systems to maintain relationships with suppliers.
• 3.1 Justify the importance and use of logistics in supply chain management in an organisation.
• 3.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of procurement strategies and procedures in an organisation.
• 3.3 Critically analyse factors that may improve logistics and procurement strategies in an organisation.
• 4.1 Design effective and economic order quantity for procurements in an organisation.
• 4.2 Critically evaluate the role of the principles of LIFO and FIFO in inventory control.
• 4.3 Evaluate the just in time systems of managing inventory.
• 5.1 Analyse factors involved in developing a strategy to improve an organisation's supply chain.
• 5.2 Plan various supply chain strategies to improve an organisation's supply chain.
• 5.3 Justify the choice of a supply chain strategy according to its suitability, feasibility, acceptability and overall performance benefits in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

• Academic Writing Referencing and Citation Part 1 · YouTube · SWYAM INFLIBNET · 9 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students