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Operations Management

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to examine the degrees to which institutions have established discrete measures for evaluating the effectiveness of their administrators. For this discussion questions please explore some of these measures and articulate the degree to which these measures can have an impact on the overall effectiveness of the institution.

Discussion Question:
Please provide at least a 250-word response, utilizing references from the text and/or supplemental reading.
In this learning module, you had the opportunity to explore once again, different measures for pursuing higher levels of administrative effectiveness through measurement and evaluation. For this discussion, evaluate the degree to which these processes have an impact on the administrators themselves. How are administrators shaped by these efforts? How do they improve as a result of this work? What is the impact on their work if there is a strong system for evaluation?

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You have just been hired as the facility manager for Manchester Coliseum, a new 47,000-seat stadium that will be the new home of the expansion Manchester Marauders football club. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Coliseum wants you to create an operations manual that will help the building run efficiently while making your job easier to perform. The following is a list of priorities given to you by the CEO of the Coliseum:

Operations Management: The CEO wants you to describe and diagram the optimal organizational structure and position descriptions with projected salaries.
Risk Management: The CEO is very concerned with this area. Describe the overall function of risk management within the facility for both football games and other potential events.
Marketing: The CEO wants a marketing plan developed for the facility that will attract clients and customers.
Event Management: Describe this process in your facility, including a chain of command for personnel (e.g., parking, security, ticket takers, ushers, etc.).
Concessions/Food Service: Describe the function of concessions (food service and merchandising) in your facility. Give reasons why you would or would not own the concessions, have an agreement to get a percentage of concessions, or simply lease the space for concessions.
Where would you start with this operations manual? Identify the steps you will take to create a comprehensive, functional operation manual.

Operations Management

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Question: Identify a global financial institution that has been successful in the provision and
delivery of banking, insurance and other financial services to customers across different
countries/regions.
What are the corporate strategic decisions that account for the success of this organization?
Can other similar businesses be as successful by implementing such corporate strategies or
are there other factors too that need to be taken care of? Explain.

Operations Management

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Managers often play a dual role, they have to manage people and also oversee processes. There are some very critical process areas that managers oversee in order to make sure the company functions effectively. Some of these process areas include operations and supply chain management. Please review the following articles on operations management:
Then, with your fellow classmates, reflect on what you have learned in your program and the information from the article, and discuss the following:

What are the most important functional management principles to you when building a company’s success?
How does operations management help to design process and manufacturing processes?
What are some of the advantages of Lean supply chain processes?

 

Operations Management

Posted on | by admin3

 

Managers often play a dual role, they have to manage people and also oversee processes. There are some very critical process areas that managers oversee in order to make sure the company functions effectively. Some of these process areas include operations and supply chain management. Please review the following articles on operations management:
Then, with your fellow classmates, reflect on what you have learned in your program and the information from the article, and discuss the following:

What are the most important functional management principles to you when building a company’s success?
How does operations management help to design process and manufacturing processes?
What are some of the advantages of Lean supply chain processes?