1. Final Project You will be asked to perform an analysis of the operation of a company with which you have actual experience as an employee, customer, or interviewer (the analysis is not to be based upon articles or something you have read in the literature). Consult the chapters in the textbook as a reference and integrate any other material (from this course) that you feel is relevant for the issue. You should specifically identify a problem, analyse the problem with some tool learned in this course, make recommendations, and discuss possible benefits. You will make an oral presentation of this analysis on the last day of class. The presentation should be made on PowerPoint. You will be graded on both the oral and written components. The expected outline for the project presentations & reports are discussed below: The project report should not be a detailed description of everything you have done but a specific set of observations and recommendations. It should begin with an executive summary no longer than 250 words. All details are to be put in an appendix in the form of exhibits, tables etc. The general guidelines for the project are as follows: Executive summary 2 Define the process and the context (business unit) in which it operates. What is the strategy/market of the business unit? What does this imply in terms of the operations management you are studying? What must this process be able to do particularly well in terms of cost, time, quality, and flexibility? The headings mentioned here are broad. You are expected to identify specific dimensions along which the process is expected to do particularly well. 5 Describe the current process structure in terms of what we have seen in classe.g. information, inventory. transportation, location, etc... 6 Discuss the process capabilities, given the current structure, in terms of the specific dimensions identified by you in 4 7. Discuss existing problems and weaknesses in the current process. What additional capabilities does the process need to develop How should the process be restructured to develop these capabilities? Discuss why the changes suggested by you will have the desired effect along the key dimensions identified by you 9. Discuss how the suggested changes should be implemented with a time line. Explain any resistance you may face in implementing the changes. Please note that these are general guidelines. I am not looking for a project report where you have one slide per points in the sequence listed above. Thave listed the points that I feel are 3. 4. 8. MGT 511 Course Syllabus DISCLAIMER: This syllabus is subject to changes without any price fiction American University of Science & Technology - Faculty of Business & Eccomics 2020-2021 + important in most reports. Please feel free to add to or alter the above list as best fits your project The project is to be made in group. The length should be 4.500-5,000 words excluding the executive abstract, outline, and appendices (Times New Roman or Book antiqua : 12: Double spaced) 1. Final Project You will be asked to perform an analysis of the operation of a company with which you have actual experience as an employee, customer, or interviewer (the analysis is not to be based upon articles or something you have read in the literature). Consult the chapters in the textbook as a reference and integrate any other material (from this course) that you feel is relevant for the issue. You should specifically identify a problem, analyse the problem with some tool learned in this course, make recommendations, and discuss possible benefits. You will make an oral presentation of this analysis on the last day of class. The presentation should be made on PowerPoint. You will be graded on both the oral and written components. The expected outline for the project presentations & reports are discussed below: The project report should not be a detailed description of everything you have done but a specific set of observations and recommendations. It should begin with an executive summary no longer than 250 words. All details are to be put in an appendix in the form of exhibits, tables etc. The general guidelines for the project are as follows: Executive summary 2 Define the process and the context (business unit) in which it operates. What is the strategy/market of the business unit? What does this imply in terms of the operations management you are studying? What must this process be able to do particularly well in terms of cost, time, quality, and flexibility? The headings mentioned here are broad. You are expected to identify specific dimensions along which the process is expected to do particularly well. 5 Describe the current process structure in terms of what we have seen in classe.g. information, inventory. transportation, location, etc... 6 Discuss the process capabilities, given the current structure, in terms of the specific dimensions identified by you in 4 7. Discuss existing problems and weaknesses in the current process. What additional capabilities does the process need to develop How should the process be restructured to develop these capabilities? Discuss why the changes suggested by you will have the desired effect along the key dimensions identified by you 9. Discuss how the suggested changes should be implemented with a time line. Explain any resistance you may face in implementing the changes. Please note that these are general guidelines. I am not looking for a project report where you have one slide per points in the sequence listed above. Thave listed the points that I feel are 3. 4. 8. MGT 511 Course Syllabus DISCLAIMER: This syllabus is subject to changes without any price fiction American University of Science & Technology - Faculty of Business & Eccomics 2020-2021 + important in most reports. Please feel free to add to or alter the above list as best fits your project The project is to be made in group. The length should be 4.500-5,000 words excluding the executive abstract, outline, and appendices (Times New Roman or Book antiqua : 12: Double spaced)