2023/2024-N1078E-Operations Management Individual Essay
Attached are two essay questions please choose one and write an essay answering this chosen question following the instructions and gudinace provided and also in using the marking criteria to aim for a full mark.
attached also two supporting documents each support one of the essay questions to be used.
The individual essay will be assessed on the basis of five criteria:
Structure, presentation of essay and clarity of expression – A clear, professional, well presented and structured essay (20% of total mark)
Statement of the Operations Problem/Opportunity – A Clear demonstration of a well-developed, critical and comprehensive understanding of key operations process, management and performance issues (10% of total mark)
Analysis of the Operations Problem/Opportunity- A demonstrated degree of competence in the application of the tools and techniques of operations management to the pertinent problem/opportunity (50% of total mark)
Recommendations for improvement – a demonstrated degree of competence in providing clear and workable recommendations with explanations of relative merits, tradeoffs and constraints (20% of total mark).
Harvard referencing style should be used including author and date of the source (Handfield et al. 2003) in the body of your discussion and in a reference section whenever specific ideas, arguments, models, and/or information are used in your discussion. All quotations should be clearly acknowledged and sourced including page references. Full details of all source material should also be included in the Reference List. An excellent resource for correct referencing is Study Success at Sussex (S3) http://www.sussex.ac.uk/s3/?id=37
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