TASK 1
A Report on Operations Management and the role managers and leaders play
To: xx
From: xx
Date: xx
Subject: An evaluation of the application of operations management and factors that impact on the wider business environment.
Executive Summary:
(small paragraph is fine)
1.0 Role leaders and managers play in the operations function of an organisation
Introduction
(Define and
iefly explain operations management)
2.1Key approaches to Operations Management
(Clearly explain the key approaches below)
Six Sigma
(Define and explain Six Sigma. Phases of Six Sigma, How can Six Sigma improve operations? Importance/advantages
enefits.
Please refer to the notes which explains 6 Sigma, Lean and TQM approach
Lean production
(Define and explain Lean Production. Features and principles of Lean Production. How can Lean Production improve operations? Importance/advantages
enefits)
Total Quality Management (TQM)
(Define and explain TQM. Objective of TQM.State the principles of TQM. How can Total Quality Management improve operations? Importance/advantages
enefits)
2.2The role that leaders and managers play in operations management.
(Explain and critically evaluate the part leaders and manager play in the success of management operations in achievement of organisational objectives)
3.0 The importance and value of operations management in achieving business objectives.
Business objectives
(Briefly explain what business objective are – give examples)
Importance and Values of operations management in achieving business objectives
(Clearly explain how operations managements contribute to the achievement of organisational objectives)
Key decisions taken by operations managers
(Briefly state with examples some of the key decisions operations managers make)
.
4.0 Factors within the business environment that impact upon operational management and decision-making by leaders and managers
(Assess and analyse how these factors impact upon operational management and decision-making by leaders and managers and wider community)
Corporate Culture
Corporate Values
Corporate Ethics
Corporate social responsibility
Expectations of stakeholders
5.0 Evaluate how leaders and managers can improve efficiencies of operational Management to successfully meet business objectives
6.0 Evaluate the application of operations management and factors that impact on the wider environment.
Conclusion
Recommendations
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GUIDELINES ASSIGNMENT AK 025/05/18
NOTE
There are other students at my college who have submitted the same task on your website.
Please note that this report cannot be an exact copy of another similar report as I will need
to submit it via a plagiarism checker called Turnitin which means that this report should not
match another student’s report. The good thing is that all material to write this report has
een provided when I submitted this assignment on your website ?.
Submission format
The report should be written in a concise, formal business style using font Arial 12. Use
headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate. Don not write in a very academical
language, just very simple understandable language.
All work should be supported with the Harvard referencing system and please provide
ibliography as per example (https:
libweb.anglia.ac.uk
eferencing/harvard.htm.
Recommended word limit is 2000 – 2,500.
Please also read additional material provided:
-Operations Management.
-Six Sigma, LEAN and TQM
-Culture values and Ethic Responsibilities
Many Thanks.
https:
libweb.anglia.ac.uk
eferencing/harvard.htm
Slide 1
BENISESS & BENISESS ENVIROMENT
(BBE)
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
WEEK SEVEN
LO4 Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship
etween leadership and management in a
contemporary business environment
Culture – Values – Ethic
Social Responsibility
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The learner should be able:
To assess the factors within the business environment
that impact upon operational management and
decision-making by leaders and managers
To do the analysis and evaluate the different factors
that affect the business environment and wide
community
TASK in the ASSIGNMENT WORKSHEET
4.0 Factors within the business environment that impact upon
operational management and decision-making by leaders and
managers
(Assess and analyse how these factors impact upon operational management and
decision-making by leaders and managers and wider community)
Corporate Culture
Corporate Values
Corporate Ethics
Corporate social responsibility
Expectations of stakeholders
(Identify the stakeholders of Fruitapeel and state their expectations)
Dimensions of contemporary
usiness environment:
The relationship that leadership and management
have in the context of corporate social responsibility;
culture, values, ethics and sustainability.
The relationship with stakeholders and meeting
stakeholder expectations in the context of
encouraging, developing and sustaining
entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.
Dimensions of contemporary
usiness environment:
BASIS FOR
COMPARISON
ENTREPRENEUR INTRAPRENEUR
Meaning Entrepreneur refers to a person who
set up his own business with a new idea
or concept.
Intrapreneur refers to an employee of
the organization who is in charge of
undertaking innovations in product,
service, process etc.
Approach Intuitive Restorative
Resources Uses own resources. Use resources provided by the
company.
Capital Raised by him. Financed by the company.
Enterprise Newly established An existing one
Dependency Independent Dependent
Risk Borne by the entrepreneur himself. Taken by the company.
Works for Creating a leading position in the
market.
Change and renew the existing
organizational system and culture.
Leadership and management in Contemporary Business
Environment
In today’s global environment, organisations need to
e increasingly receptive to change, responsive, more
flexible and less structured.
The organisations are always dependent on the skills
of the senior management to get the right plan and
directions to act accordingly.
‘the job of leading company has never been more demanding,
and it will only become more challenging amidst the global
dynamism businesses face today’
(also cited in Bertocci, 2009:3).
Operations and Business Environment
Culture
Values
Ethics
Social responsibility
Corporate
CORPORATE CULTURE
is a fundamental part of a company and represent the character of a
company (Schrader and Self, 2003).
The values, beliefs, assumptions, ideologies and ways of doing
things are in essence when corporate culture is defined
(Linnenluecke and Griffiths, 2010).
Naturally, companies represent their own distinct corporate
cultures that vary according to, for instance, country context, the
age or history, size and industry of a company.
Video:
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gficoigz1xs
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO2vNyBroco
CORPORATE CULTURE
As organizational culture defines the proclivity and ability of a company
to conduct business operations either responsibly or i
esponsibly.
Organizational culture is described by Ro
ins & Coulter as the shared
values, beliefs, or perceptions held by employees within an organization
or organizational unit.
Because organizational culture reflects the values, beliefs and behavioral
norms that are used by employees in an organization to give meaning to
the situations that they encounter, it can influence the attitudes and
ehavior of the staff.
Understanding the organization's core values can prevent possible
internal conflict
CORPORATE CULTURE
Core values are what
support the vision,
shape the culture and
eflect what the
company values. They
are the essence of the
company’s identity – the
principles, beliefs or
philosophy of values.
Video:
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWtrNFovjzE
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3LtljP9WsA
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWtrNFovjzE
Many companies focus mostly on the technical competencies but often forget what are the
underlying competencies that make their companies run smoothly — core values.
Establishing strong core values provides both internal and external advantages to the
company:
help companies in the decision-making processes. For example, if one of
your core values is to stand behind the quality of your products, any products not
eaching the satisfactory standard are automatically eliminated.
educate clients and potential customers about what the company is
about and clarify the identity of the company. Especially in this competitive
world, having a set of specific core values that speak to the public is definitely a
competitive advantage.
are becoming primary recruiting and retention tools. With the ease of
esearching companies, job seekers are doing their homework on the identities of
the companies they are applying for and weighing whether or not these companies
hold the values that the job seekers consider as important.
Importance of the Values
Provide understanding of the attitudes, motivation,
and behaviors
Influence our perception of the world around us
Represent interpretations of “right” and “wrong”
Imply that some behaviors or outcomes are
prefe
ed over others
EXAMPLES
ACCOUNTABILITY – Acknowledging and assuming responsibility
for actions, products, decisions, and policies. It can be applied to both
individual accountability on the part of employees and accountability of
the company as a whole.
BALANCE – Taking a proactive stand to create and maintain a healthy
work-life balance for workers.
COMMITMENT – Committing to great product, service, and othe
initiatives that impact lives within and outside the organization.
COMMUNITY –Contributing to society and demonstrating corporate
social responsibility.
DIVERSITY – respecting the diversity and giving the best of
composition. Establishing an employee equity program.
EMPOWERMENT – Encouraging employees to take initiative and give
the best. Adopting an e
or-em
acing environment to empower
employees to lead and make decisions.
INNOVATION – Pursuing new creative ideas that have the potential to
change the world.
INTEGRITY – Acting with honesty and honour without compromising
the truth
OWNERSHIP – Taking care of the company and customers as they
were one’s own.
SAFETY – ensuring the health and safety of employees and going
eyond the legal requirements to provide an accident-free workplace
EXAMPLES
a set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified
group, field, or form of conduct.
Corporate Ethics (Moral Code)
What is Ethic ?
Corporate ethics (also known as business ethics) is a form of applied
ethics or professional ethics, that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical
problems that can arise in a business environment.
It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of
individuals and entire organizations.
These ethics originate from individuals, organizational statements or from the
legal system.
These norms, values, ethical, and unethical practices are what is used to guide
usiness. They help those businesses maintain a better connection with their stakeholders.
What is Corporate Ethic ?
Video:
https:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUxMpMTT28
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmVu66Fpd9U
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA8ye0S38Ik
Corporate Ethics (Moral Code)
The
oad area dealing with the way in which a company
ehaves towards, and conducts business with, its internal and
external STAKEHOLDERS, including employees, investors,
creditors, customers, and regulators. In certain national
systems minimum standards are required or recommended
in order to eliminate potential conflicts of interest or
client/employee mistreatment
Examples of ethical dilemmas
Leave work early under pretext of meeting a
client or start work late.
Taking undue credit for a work done well when
it was actually performed by other colleagues
When working with clients, employees giving
misleading information to get their custom.
CORPORATE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
“CSR is the continuing commitment by business to
ehave ethically and contribute to economic development
while improving