BScHons Business Management WK 8 Revision Assignment A
BSc(Hons) Business Management WK 8 Revision (Assignment A 2) Operations Management - Essay (– LO 2, 3 and 4 )
Essay– assignment 2 • Assignment • Word 2 (Essay): count: 3000 words +/- 10% • Intended Learning Outcome: 2, 3 and 4 • Weightage: 75% • Submission deadline 16/12/2020 -4 PM • Turnitin submission before deadline
Suggested structure • Read the assignment brief several times to understand the key issues to be addressed • Assignment 2 (Essay): • Write a comprehensive essay that carefully shows how operations scheduling techniques have been used to formulate a plan when organising work, clearly explaining how knowledge of layout planning and work system processes within a business organisation have been applied. The importance of inventory management policies for controlling production costs must equally be evidenced.
Completing the tasks • To complete the tasks, you will need to research different information sources such as textbooks, journals, articles and the internet. • You are also required to develop skills in the analysis of information. Analysis requires you to critically examine different aspects of a topic and identify important issues. • Make use of information on assignment preparation and command verb usage in your Moodle Platform. •
Assignment guide • • A clear understanding of operational management plan, scheduling, processes when organising work and workforce/respect for people. • • Demonstration of its application in specific contexts within an organisation that a student has previously or currently employed or with any example. • • Evidence of a definition of justifiable the approach upheld and how it is related to operational management models. • • An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of such approach in relation to their proposed context should be provided. • • Some applications of a knowledge of layout planning and work system processes within a business organisation of choice • • It demonstrates the importance of inventory management policies for controlling production costs.
Assignment guide • • Answer shows a more in-depth understanding of operational management plan, scheduling, processes when organising work and workforce/respect for people. • • It demonstrates its application in specific contexts within an organisation that a student has previously or currently employed/ some examples. • • It provides evidence of an analytical definition of justifiable evidence of the approach upheld and how it is related to operational management models. • • Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of such approach in relation to their proposed context should be provided. • • Answers may also include some applications of a knowledge of layout planning and work system processes within a business organisation of choice • • It demonstrates the importance of inventory management policies for controlling production costs. • • Answer demonstrates highly relevant examples and evaluate different models, theories and concepts.
Essay What is an essay? • An essay is a continuous piece of writing, set out in paragraphs, responding to a question or a title • It is usually an academic piece of writing. It leads from an introduction, through a series of arguments and debates to some conclusions • An essay does not normally use headings within the work, although it will have a main heading, usually setting out the title or question given 7
Essay Format • An essay has a simple and straightforward format: Introduction Main body – discussion Conclusions List of sources (the Reference List) • Another way to describe the structure of an essay is: Tell them what you’re going to tell them Tell them what you’ve told them (and what was significant about it all) 8
Starting the essay • Use map to create essay structure form • Work out the major divisions which your essay will discuss 9
Introduction (Introductory Paragraph) • Introduces the general topic of the essay. Puts it in context by giving brief background information • Outline the structure of the essay – in other words what is going to be discussed 10
Main Body • Your paragraphs should flow naturally into one another and connections should be made • Paragraphs 7 -8 sentences Each should be topic specific, preferably with an introductory sentence Each sentence state the content/context and then some supporting example which is where the references come in The last sentence concludes the paragraph and moves to the next 11
Main Body • Joining words Also, and, again, etc • Comparing words Also, in comparison • Contracting words Although, but, conversely, despite, even though, however • Positioning words Above, adjacent to, below • Situation words Before, briefly, consequently, finally, first • See Connecting words (https: //www. oxfordinternationalenglish. com/connectingwords-and-phrases-in-english/) 12
Conclusion • It signals the end of the essay • It reminds the reader of your main subtopics • Do not introduce anything new • Draw • Give in the introduction the essay a sense of completeness • Leave a final impression 13
Top tips • Check spelling and grammar • Leave it for a day or two • Read with a fresh eye - you will be surprised at what you will find to change • Use a thesaurus to find alternatives to words you use too often • Keep sentences fairly short to aid clarity. There should be one idea per sentence. • Use your own words. When you draw upon the ideas you have come across in your course-reformulate the words that the original authors wrote, still acknowledge the source. • Support your arguments 14
List the references • Reference –List the references –Use Microsoft Word References or a • website such as http: //www. citethisforme. com on Harvard style
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