Master of Business Administration International Programme OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT OCTOBER 2010 – SEPTEMBER 2011 Sections: Page 1 Course Overview 2 2 Assignment topics 4 3 Writing up your assignment (Individual or Group) 7 4 Guide to approaching case studies 12 Class title Operations Management Credits 10 Class aims Operations Management refers to those activities which are more or less directly
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Regardless of your major or intended career path, most of you will become managers one day. A manager has responsibility and control of selected parts of a company’s operations, or in some cases, multiple aspects of operations. Only those of you that happen to stay at the ‘bottom’ of a company, prefer never to get promoted, or never accept any responsibility for some aspect of a business, will miss the ‘management’ opportunity. Fortunately,
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Supply Chain Management: Challenges, Remedies and the Impact of change - Overview By Adawari Josiah Jumbo Student No.: 15522057 Submitted To Laureate Online Education & University of Liverpool – Online Masters Degree In Partial fulfillment for the award of Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree in Operations and Supply Chain
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Email: modifaya@gmail.com Supervisor: Daisy M Ireri Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 The Background of the Project 5 1.2 Problem Statement 5 1.3 Objective 6 1.4 Project Scope 6 1.5 Project Significance 7 Conclusion 7 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 8 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM 8 2.3 Facts and Findings 9 2.3.1 Domain 9 2.3.2 Existing Systems 9 2.3
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The objective of this project is to study the logistics and supply chain management of Esprit Holdings Limited (Esprit) in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Oversea. Firstly, we will introduce the background of Esprit and readers will have a brief understanding about the history, the competitors of Esprit in Hong Kong. Secondly, we will analyze and clarify operation feature of Esprit. Thirdly, we will analyze the marketing strategy - SWOT analysis/ the best practice and problems of Esprit. Finally
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INTF 355 International Technology Management Course Book: Paul Trott, Innovation Management and New Product Development, 5.th Ed Learning objectives and Some Discussion Questions for Mid Term Exam • Recognise the importance of innovation • Explain the meaning and nature of innovation management • Provide an introduction to a management approach to innovation • Appreciate the complex nature of the management of innovation within organisations • Describe the changing
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction Copyright ©2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Overview bro13556_ch01.indd 1 The primary objective of an experiential learning simulation game, such as FinGame Online 5.0 (FG), comes from learning how to plan, formulate strategies, and make sets of sound decisions sequentially through time. FG provides a decisionmaking setting similar in many respects to the financial management requirements of an actual company. The manager of an FG
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AM Page 21 CHAPTER 2 OPERATIONS, STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS STRATEGY INTRODUCTION An organization’s operations function is concerned with getting things done; producing goods and/or services for customers. Chapter 1 pointed out that operations management is important because it is responsible for managing most of the organization’s resources. However, many people think that operations management is only concerned with short-term, day-to-day, tactical issues. This chapter will seek to correct
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Chapter 15: Understanding Accounting and Financial Statements Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to identify some of the concepts of Understanding Accounting and Financial Statements in the business world. Learning objectives 1. Explain the functions of accounting, and identify the three basic activities involving accounting. 2. Describe he roles played by public, management, government, and not-for-profit accountants. 3. Identify the foundations of the accounting system
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION The corporate world today embraced corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their daily business operation and become important matters to ensure the sustainability of the business. Therefore, CSR initiatives become a self-motivated for companies to benefits themselves while also benefiting others like protecting the environment, care for wellbeing of society and take a full responsibility for the entire world affected by their business operation
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