Assessment 1 Research Operations Report

Each student is to choose a topic from the syllabus. Weekly topics or parts
of a topic are suitable examples. Each student must prepare an
explanation of the topic, working independently. This explanation
communicates the topic to a manager, makes clear important areas of
theory and states why the topic would be important to the operations
management of particular types of businesses. The report should be
written in your own words (dont copy/quote from journal articles) using
key references in the body of the text to back up your statements or
arguments. It should be written in good essay style with all relevant
references at the end (provide at least 10 good journal references)
formatted in Harvard style (Refer VU Library link for the referencing style).
This Research Operations Assignment (ROA) requires students to find out
the state of knowledge in a concept area and apply it to a business
situation.
The aims of the assignments are:
A. To review what is known about the topic, using latest knowledge from
international journal papers.
B. To summarise the most important knowledge about the topic.
C. To apply that knowledge to a chosen company in Australia or overseas.
For example, if the topic was planning and managing capacity, this could
be applied to a white goods manufacturer or to a restaurant.
2,500 words maximum plus diagrams, tables and references.