Year-End Written Report:
Written reports are part of the requirements for this course. You will apply concepts to be taught through course work to a topic / project of your choosing. Each student will be required to prepare a report of major findings of their topic.
Project Objective:
The final written report is intended to provide an opportunity for further investigation of the course concepts.
Year-End Written Report:
The report will require a review or “position piece” on a specific area of Operations Management and the literature in that area. All areas of Operations Management in the textbook are fair game. Students are required to locate and use additional sources about their topic—this would be in the form of background reading in addition to the text book. Regurgitating or summarizing a Chapter in the book is considered average work and will be graded that way. Stretch your thinking and come up with something creative.
Project Report:
A minimum of 1700-word (no limit on maximum) written project report is due on or before May 6, 2024 11:59 pm.
Final Report:
Reports will be evaluated for such factors as:
– Clarity defining a problem/deficiency in selected subject with supporting data
– Providing case-originated, practical operations management recommendations
– Accuracy of discussion
– Comprehensiveness of the paper’s content and depth of analysis
– Clarity and mechanics of presentation such as organization, format, and grammar
Attributes and Definitions
Message/Content
Audience: It is clear that the writer understands and addresses the audience. This is shown by how the reader is engaged, the words chosen, etc. For example, a message written for a general audience will avoid discipline-specific jargon.
Purpose: All writing has a purpose/goal; the reader should be able to identify what the writer’s purpose/goal is.
Elaboration: The message is fully developed and remains focused on the topic throughout. The writer uses compelling content to convey the writer’s perspective.
Support: Examples, illustrations, and sources are used to clarify and persuade. The supporting information should be relevant, credible, and clearly related to the message and its subcomponents.
Closure: The writing provides some form of synthesis or a conclusion that ties together the previous sections or components of the message.
Language
Coherent and Fluid: Main ideas and meaning are easy to read, follow, and understand. Writing connects ideas in a fluid and comprehensible way. Writing uses language/vocabulary accurately and is understandable by the intended audience.
Efficient: Writing is concise and to-the-point.
Style: Writer uses appropriate voice (active or passive) and point of view (first, second, third person).
Mechanics: Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization abide by conventions of standard written English. Numbers (using words and numerals to represent numbers) abide by conventions of business writing.
Format
Formatting is professional, consistent, and easy to navigate.
Margins, line spacing, and font selection and format are appropriate for the type of writing.
The following apply as needed:
Headings are effectively used to help the reader navigate the document; they introduce and describe ideas contained in sections.
Bullet points and numbered lists are appropriately used to organize and present key ideas.
Cover page, table of contents, and page numbers abide by conventions of business writing.
Illustrations are appropriately formatted, numbered, and titled.
Sample reportLinks to an external site.format to guide you when submitting your Year-End Written Report in Word.
Citations and references abide by conventions of an accepted APA
