Category: Essays

Post an analytical summary of the book.
Your summary should be at least 700 words in length and should:
•Summarize the content of your chosen source document.
•Analytically reflect on that content.
Although not required, you are encouraged to conduct some additional research to provide a broader perspective on your summary.

Also very important, must be grammatically correct and be in correct Chicago style.

Below is the skills gained during this Advanced Research class. You learned how to:
Examine the integration of theory and research, as applied in the discipline of nursing.
Formulate and analyze nursing and clinical problems related to nursing and other disciplines.
Synthesize for dissemination the research findings from nursing and related disciplines.
Compare and critique quantitative and qualitative designs and methodologies for research studies.
Analyze the ethical and legal principles of research and the function of an IRB.
Utilize the principles of evidence-based practice to propose interventions that can address health outcomes

i.Explains the issues in operations management that are discussed in the scenario(LO2).

ii.Discusses the problems and opportunities(Supply chain issues, lean issues, change management, multiple IT systems) the organisation faces, and explain how the Risk Matrix and the WBS below will underpin project success and thus help create a better customer experience(LO1,LO2)

iii.Develop a Risk Matrix for the project to provide a Customer Relationship Management module as part of an integrated IT system.(LO2)

iv.Create a Work Breakdown Structure(WBS) diagram for the project to implement Customer Relationship Management as part of an integrated IT system (LO2)

Your work should draw on the concepts, systems and tools covered in the module and show evidence of academic and commercial research, note there are suggested formats in this brief .

Scenario

5IB002 Assignment Scenario. “ Challinor’s” is a small manufacturing enterprise(SME) in the West Midlands which manufactures actuators for the aerospace industry. While they had suffered during the recession they did keep trading. Because they had a good reputation in the aerospace industry(where quality is a major safety issue) they have been offered a contract with a major automobile manufacturer within the region. If this works well it will mean a major increase in business and overall profit and it will mean that they are able to supply within a much broader market to reduce their dependence on just one sector.

Their existing premises are near Birmingham (near Edgbaston) and have some capacity to increase floor-loading but not a lot if they carry on working in the way they have traditionally worked. The CEO organised a directors’ meeting to look at the possible options for them. The Logistics Director suggested that they use one of his managers, who had just completed an MBA in a local university, to facilitate the meeting.

From the meeting a SWOT analysis was developed as figure 1 as a starting point for a follow up session to try and develop the company’s strategy.

Strengths

Produce a quality product.

Have a good workforce of experienced engineers

Centre of the country.

Have space to develop the new contract

Weaknesses

Only work within Aerospace at the moment.

May over engineer products

We do not have an operations management based IT system to manage work flow, we only have manual systems.

Existing IT systems are standalone, for Finance/Pay, and Inventory and Logistics

If the new automobile contract works well that will use up all existing space in the factory, and already there is sign of the aerospace market increasing.

Opportunities

The new I40 manufacturing and innovation site near Telford has good road access to our main aerospace customers and the new automobile manufacturer.

There is EU money available to develop businesses within the West Midlands

Threats

If we cannot make the contract work it would weaken the company.

Increased traffic around the existing site is extending our lead times and associated costs.

If we relocate we cannot be sure that our workforce will want to move .

If we do not expand the business someone else is likely to expand into the market for us.

We cannot be sure about our existing market.

If we take out large loan from the bank they could interfere with the business or call the loan in.

If there was a general election the government might move out of the EU and grants might no longer be available in the UK .

At the next meeting the CEO explained that the automobile manufacturer had agreed to provide training to develop lean skills in the workforce. The local development board agreed to provide background information and videos to explain what is going on in the region for the workforce. The HR Director agreed to use one of his IT staff to outline the information needs for an integrated IT system, starting with understanding of the Information needed for a CRM module, and to suggest options about more up to-date approaches such as RFID technology.

The Operations Director has agreed to get her transport co-ordinator to provide a brief about the supply chain issues around the existing site and the option for moving to Telford, this should include a view of supplier and customer issues. She said the information would be provided as a table, and asked if the MBA graduate could write the broader discussion piece around it She also thought it would be useful if the lean training was provided to all staff, not just operations.

The CEO decided that the MBA graduate provided such a useful report after the last meeting that they should continue and produce a draft report for the next meeting to cover : the use of lean concepts in manufacturing and administration(service); how the key tools were used: what the relevance was for the board of directors; and what are the quality standards. He also asked the MBA graduate to develop a work breakdown structure and a risk matrix for a project for a CRM module as part of a report to discuss the feasibility of the project, and highlight the pros and cons involved.

Note from the Transport coordinator – 3PL is contacted out from us to deliver to customers. Suppliers use own transport to deliver to us. Infrastructure for the existing factory (facilities management, catering, cleaning , maintenance etc) assume will be provided by new contracts if moved to Telford so costs will be broadly the same. Costings should be based on £100 per vehicle run per 10 miles with an expectation of 100 runs per year overall. Sources of all information must be referenced (distances, times)

the layout needs to be like this:

Main report – Operations and project management reports
Title page
Contents page
Introduction
Background
Operations management Issues
Lean Techniques
SCM
Multiple IT systems
Project management
CRM module as part of an integrated IT system
Conclusions/Recommendations
References
Appendices
WBS Diagram
Risk Matrix Table
Completed transport table
Others as required

Due during the week of April 18th (that is to say, due by April 22nd)

Hutchinson’s Nuer Dilemmas is in large part about the circulation of things, both tangible things like guns and cattle and less tangible substances like blood and pollution. Choose at least two things from the following list—money, cattle, blood, food, spears, and guns—and write a 2-to-4 page essay about their movement and meaning among the Nuer. Consider the following:

How does the circulation of objects affect relations among people (men vs. women, husbands vs. wives, young men vs. older men, killer vs. killed, and so forth)?
What meanings and values are attributed to these things?
How are things treated as equivalent or not equivalent by the Nuer? That is: can one thing (such as cash) be exchanged, completely or partially, for another or be converted into another (such as cattle)? Is one thing seen as (completely/partially) the same as another?
How have civil war, colonial rule, and other hardships and changes affected all of this?

There many ways to organize the essay, but one obvious way is to divide it into two sections, devoting each section to one thing and its relationship to people and other things. Alternatively, you could devote each section to a pair of things (money/cattle, blood/food, guns/spears). If you have enough to say and are willing to take the risk, you could devote the whole essay to one thing and its meanings and connections, or to one pair of things.

For both these essays you need to evaluate the information that you offer, in order to develop your points into a useful academic analysis. You will need to use clear examples and fully cited/referenced source materials to support your arguments within the areas you have chosen.

1. Make a full analysis of the title. This will help you to understand what you need to do and will ensure your outline answers the task effectively.

2. Hand in a clear outline for your essay. Your outline must be clearly organised into sections according to the demands of the essay title. Each section must have a clear heading, with notes indicating the kind of information you expect to put into each section, even though you have not carried out all of your research yet.

3. For your outline you should use at least 3 reputable and reliable sources to support the points you make (4 for Pre-Master’s). Remember to indicate which sources you will use for each section and to add a list of references (bibliography) at the end of your outline.

Once you have received feedback on your outline, you need to continue researching from both reputable and reliable web and paper-based sources. Find these source materials (a minimum of 6 for IFY/IY1 and a minimum of 10 for Pre-Masters) to support the points you wish to make. At least two of your chosen sources should be paper based books or journals.

4. Make sure you record the information you need from your reading for the list of references.

5. Write the assignment, making sure that all source material has been used safely and is appropriately referenced.

6. Your work should be word-processed and double-spaced. Please use “Arial” or “Times New Roman” font size 12. Use the word count facility on your PC, not including your title page or reference list.

The following advice will help you to produce a strong piece of work:
STRUCTURE:
Your work should be appropriately structured, with a clear introduction, well-organised main body and clear closing paragraph. When you have decided on the ideas you will use in your essay, consider very carefully the most logical order you will present them in. Clear ‘signposting’ should be used to make it easy for your reader to understand where you are and where you are going.
Do not use sub-titles: clear transitional language should lead your reader from one section to the next. The structure of the main body should follow the organisational statement (route map) you offer in your introduction.
TASK ACHIEVEMENT:
Your work must be complete and address all aspects of the title fully. You should show that you understand how to analyse the question in order to plan and develop a relevant and appropriate answer.
ACADEMIC CONTENT:
Remember that you are required to develop each point in an analytical/critical manner: engage your critical analysis and do not simply state facts. Also, the points YOU want to make must be supported with evidence from source materials wherever possible: this is academically researched work, not simple personal observation.
LANGUAGE:
The titles demand a range of language and structures associated with academic argument, perhaps associated with making useful comparisons, analysing causes and consequences, explaining change and development or expressing opinions and offering solutions.
You will need to check your work very carefully for academic style and sentence grammar, as well as word-form errors and use of appropriate sentence connectors. It must be easy to read your work without too many places where your meaning is unclear.
SOURCE MATERIAL:
Remember: sources should only be used to support the points that you make, and should not just be lifted and pasted into your work without clear connection with your points, or without appropriate acknowledgement. Use the formulae we study in class.
PRESENTATION:
Your work must be word-processed in “Arial” or “Times new Roman” size 12 font, double spaced and presented in a secure plastic folder (not a pocket), with the pages securely attached but NOT in individual pockets.
Your work must have a title page which contains the title in full, word count (not including the title page or list of references), date of submission, your name, course, and tutor’s name. Any graphs or tables should be included as appendices and NOT pasted into the main body of the text.