HONI POKE /MANAGEMENT REPORT
ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
Select any one organisation from the below industries:
Food & Beverage Industry. e.g. Supermarkets, Restaurants, Food Delivery.
Manufacturing Industry. e.g. Automotive, Construction, Pharma, Textile.
Retail Industry. e.g. Online stores, Groceries, Clothing, Discount, Corner shops
Hospitality & Tourism e.g. Hotels, Airlines, Resorts, Agencies, Events, Transport,
Healthcare & Social Care e.g. Hospital, Dentists, Pharmacy, child care
The selected organisation could be the same one you selected for you first
coursework.
For this assignment, imagine you are a newly recruited junior consultant at this organisation and you are required to prepare a comprehensive consultancy management report of 2,500 words to your operations manager fulfilling both
tasks below.
TASK 1.
Critically evaluate any two of the below operations areas by discussing the main
theories / concepts / frameworks in each area and then apply them by discussing real and complex examples from your selected organisation:
A. Supply Chain Management – (Slack, Chapter 12)
B. Quality Management – (Slack, Chapter 17)
C. Capacity & Inventory Management – (Slack, Chapters 11 & 13)
TASK 2.
Your new line manager asked you to include an investigative section in your
consultancy report so to evaluate how your organisation’s operations department
interacts / interrelate with any one other department from within your
organisation from the below:
Human Resources Management Department – (Slack, Chapter 9)
Marketing & Sales Department
Accounting & Finance Department.
Thus, this consultancy report will illustrate your understanding of the role of the
operations department in creating competitive advantage at your selected
organisation (LO1). It will also show to your new line manager the
interdependence of the operations department on other functions within the
company (LO2).
The suggested standard report format should include the following sections:
A cover page
An executive summary – 1 page, with brief overview of report content.
A contents page – 1 page, showing all relevant sections and sub–sections
An introduction – 300 words about your selected organisation
Findings section – 2000 words as main body with four subsections as guided.
A Conclusion section – 200 words – as overall conclusion
A reference list – minimum of 8 to 10 academic sources in Harvard system.
Appendix – optional
