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    UESM 2105 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Page 1 of 5

    EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT


    (Administration & Operation)

    CLASS: UFA 118

    GROUP ASSIGNMENT
    (A) Learning Outcomes:

    This assignment requires you to draw on ALL areas of study within the module.

    (B) Assignment Requirement:

    You are required to read the following narrative. Then, you are required to answer the
    questions that follow:

    (B)(i) Narrative

    You are required to select ONE of the industry/ business sector as listed below. Then,
    identify an existing organization with the selected industry/business sector.
     Hyper Market
     Airlines
     Banking
     Hotel (5 star and above)
     Tourism
     Food & Beverages (Franchise)
     Agro-Base (Farming/Plantation)
     Manufacturing
     Logistics (Warehousing/Transportation)
     Hospital
     University
     Construction
     Airport
     Seaport

    Recently you have had a series of meetings with the senior management to discuss on the
    organization’s operational issues with need serious attention. The discussions were
    focused around some key areas as follows:
     Location for the business
     The layout plan for the business
     The work design.
     The process strategy.
     Capacity Management

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     The level of technology adoption in the process.


     The quality management system
     The inventory management system
     The supply chain management.

    (B)(ii) Required

    Write a 2000-2500 words-long report on how the businesses plan can be


    operationalised, incorporating all the key areas mentioned in the narrative by:

     Exploring the existing business operational structure


     Identify and analyse (How & Why) the challenges , issues and problems
     Recommendation and Preventive measures to overcome those challenges, issues
    and problems.
     Future direction on the organization growth.

    (C) Marking Guidelines

    Students are expected to include the various operations principles which they have
    learnt from Operations Management module, the challenges and practical solution/s as
    follows:
    (i)The various roles played by operation manager, such as manager of complexity,
    manager of cost centre etc.
    (ii)Process strategy decisions, such as product focus, process focus etc.
    (iii)Appropriate production technology, technology in related services etc.
    (iv)Location strategy based on one of the location analysis method, such as centre
    of gravity method etc.
    (v)Appropriate layout plan, such as process layout, product layout etc.
    (vi)Appropriate work design, such as work compensation, work measurement etc.
    (vii)Adoption of various principles of quality management, such as ISO 9001
    certification, TQM etc.
    (viii)Adoption of appropriate inventory control measures, such as EOQ, JIT etc.
    (ix)Appropriate Supply Chain Management adoption of the type of purchasing
    strategy etc.

    *Note:
    The awarding of marks depends on the appropriateness of the selection of the individual
    method/principle for each of the above-mentioned details, and the inter-relationship as
    well as the inter-dependence between each other.

    (C) Marking Scheme

    No Areas Allocated marks


    1 Layout plan (Layout diagram is compulsory) 20
    2 Roles played by key personnel 7 – 9 each

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    Process strategy decision


    Technology decision
    Location decision
    Work design
    Quality decision
    Inventory decision
    Supply chain management decision
    Others: Introduction, conclusion, references, citations,
    3 15
    page layout, grammar and vocabulary, word count etc.
    TOTAL 100 (30%)

    D) Assignment Structure

    When completing the assignment it should have the following general structure:

     Student’s cover page


     Marks sheet
     Table of contents
     Introduction
     (Your discussion)
     Conclusions
     References
     Appendix (Optional)

    E) Documentation Requirements

    The student’s cover page should contain information as stated below in order:

     UMCCed Logo
     Module Name and Code
     Assignment Title
     Assignment Description (Group Assignment).
     Your name and Matrix number
     Intake Number
     Hand Out and Hand in Dates.
     Lecturer’s Name

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    F) General Requirement

    Note: Each study group should consist of 4-5 members and selected category need to be
    analysed by identifying:
     Name of the organisation
     Nature of Business / Operations
     Organisation Chart
     Nature of Product / Services

    Report Format
    Font & Font Size: TIMES NEW ROMAN 12
    Spacing: Double Spacing

    Assessment Criteria:

    Group Report (30 %):

    A Written Group report of as per the requirement on B (i) & (ii).

    Group Presentation

    Approximate of 20 minutes will be allocated for each group to present your group report on
    PowerPoint format. Each group member MUST present their contribution towards their group
    report.

    Individual Presentation (10 marks): (10%)


     Quality of Presentation (slides, video clips etc.)          (5 marks)
     Clarity and Structure                  (5 marks)
     

    Individual Reflective Report (10 Marks) (10%)


      Understanding the model and concept (5 marks)
     Transforming theory into practice         (5 marks)

    Each group member MUST produce a written reflective report (2-3 pages) which
    consists of learning outcome of the module.
    (a) Benefits from the lecture /tutorial session, group work /activities and
    individual/personal research & learning.
    (b) Application of learning outcome in your present and future employment /
    business.

    Coursework submission and presentation:

    Week 6: 7 Feb 2021.

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