In your PART A – Reflective Analysis please make sure to address the following: – At the beginning of the module you have identified ONE personal skill that you aimed to develop and improve throughout the module. Your Reflective Analysis will detail WHAT YOU DID to improve that skill and HOW EFFECTIVE your efforts have been. Make sure that you will manage to establish clear evidence of the importance of the skill’ improvement in relation to the areas where you are most affected by the use of that skill. Finally, and MOST important while discussing the skill which affects certain fields (i.e. productivity) please REMEMBER to include THE METHODS that you have used to improve that skill and discuss HOW EFFECTIVE your efforts have been. It is important to support your ASSERTIONS with appropriate theoretical information especially while linking the skill in certain areas or influences.
In your PART B – Report please make sure to address the following: – For the Part B – Report, it is required to examine a Job Description for an Operation Manager’s position. You are required to select an advert for an Operation Manager’s role: you may select an advert from any online recruitment agency. You MUST include the job advert as an Appendix to your Report.
Summative Guidance – Template
This assessment comprises TWO parts. BOTH parts of the assessment are INDIVIDUAL pieces of
work. BOTH parts will be submitted as a SINGLE document. (You will submit ONE piece of work to
Turnitin containing Part A and Part B).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE SUMMATIVE:
1) Create a cover page outlining the name of the university, name of the program and module,
name of the tutor, and the name of the student.
2) In a separate page followed by the cover page, start the PART A – Reflective Analysis (2500-
3000 words in length) that counts of 50% of the overall grade.
In your PART A – Reflective Analysis please make sure to address the following:
– At the beginning of the module you have identified ONE personal skill that you aimed to develop and
improve throughout the module. Your Reflective Analysis will detail WHAT YOU DID to improve that
skill and HOW EFFECTIVE your efforts have been. Therefore:
➢ Create a titled Introduction that outlines the importance of the selected skill. In the
introduction you are also advised to describe the general nature of the skill with certain
theoretical justification i.e. text-citations/references as well as provide proofs for the
necessity of the skill’ improvement (maybe by adding additional information from your
work environment which may have influenced your skill’ selection and need for
improvement).
Finally, your introduction may be concluded/ end with the purpose of the Part A i.e.
‘Finally, this paper seeks to provide information from a reflective nature of the skill….. etc.’.
The introduction may be approximately 400 words limit.
➢ The main body of your Part A – Reflective Analysis (approximately 2300 words limit) could be divided
into sub-chapters while exploring the role of the skill into different fields of study i.e.
‘The importance of time management skill towards productivity’. Make sure that you will
manage to establish a clear evidence of the importance of the skill’ improvement in
relation to the areas where you are most affected by the use of that skill. Finally, and MOST
important while discussing the skill which affects certain fields (i.e. productivity) please
REMEMBER to include THE METHODS that you have used to improve that skill and discuss
HOW EFFECTIVE your efforts have been. It is important to support your ASSERTIONS with
appropriate theoretical information especially while linking the skill in certain areas or
influences.
➢ Conclude your PART A – Reflective Analysis with a conclusion of approximately 300 words.
➢ In a separate page after your conclusion please include the reference list of ALL the
resources used and text-cited in the PART A – Reflective Analysis. Your references do
not count in the word limit of the PART A.
3) In a separate page followed by the completed part A, please start the PART B – Report (2500-3000
words in length) that counts of 50% of the overall grade.
In your PART B – Report please make sure to address the following:
– For the Part B – Report, it is required to examine a Job Description for an Operation Manager’s
position. You are required to select an advert for an Operation Manager’s role: you may select an advert
from any online recruitment agency. You MUST include the job advert as an Appendix to your Report.
– Using appropriate theory, literature, techniques and approaches that you have encountered in
the module, discuss the following:
• What are likely to be the operational challenges that the successful candidate would face?
(20%)
• How would you address the main issues? (80%)
An advisable structure for Part B – Report is the following:
➢ Create a titled Introduction that outlines the nature of Operation Management with
specific use of theoretical frameworks/ resources. Finally, your introduction may be
concluded/ end with the purpose of the Part B i.e. ‘Finally, this paper seeks to identify
possible operational challenges of the operational manager of the advert XYZ…. etc.’. The
introduction may be approximately 400 words limit.
➢ The main body of your Part B – Report (approximately 2300 words limit) could be divided
into sub-chapters while exploring the operational challenges that the successful candidate
would face as well as identify and explain how would you address the main issues. Please
REMEMBER to support your ASSERTIONS with appropriate theoretical information
especially while identifying possible challenges as well as recommend ways in which you
could have addressed the main issues. Finally, feel free to utilize appropriate theory,
literature, techniques and approaches that you have encountered in the module i.e. JIT/lean,
quality planning and control agile strategies etc.
➢ Conclude your PART B – Report with a conclusion of approximately 300 words.
➢ In a separate page after your conclusion please include the reference list of ALL the
resources used and text-cited in the PART B – Report. Your references do not count in
the word limit of the PART B.
➢ Appendices (REMEMBER TO INCLUDE THE advert for an Operation Manager’s role)
NOTE 1: Please bear in mind that you have the opportunity to upload a draft of your assignment in
the VLE prior of the deadline to check similarity percentage and avoid the risk of committing academic
misconduct.
NOTE 2: Further specifications for the summative assignment’ submission are provided in the
document ‘Summative Assessment Brief and Marking Scheme’.
GOOD LUCK!!!
Learning Outcomes from Summative Assignment: (LO1, LO2)
– Demonstrate a broad knowledge of the range of activities that comprise contemporary
strategic operations management within a variety of contexts and situations. (LO1)
– Develop personal skills to be able to critically evaluate and improve the performance of
processes within both the operations field and also the wider organizational environment. (LO2)
PS4S26 Assessment Brief
This assignment will be marked out of 100%
This assignment contributes to 100% of the total module marks.
Learning Outcomes to be assessed
As specified in the validated module descriptor available at:
https://icis.southwales.ac.uk/studentmodules/11659/studentmodulespecifications
Learning outcome 1
Demonstrate a broad knowledge of the range of activities that comprise contemporary strategic
operations management within a variety of contexts and situations
Learning outcome 2
Develop personal skills to be able to critically evaluate and improve the performance of processes within
both the operations field and also the wider organisational environment
Grading Criteria
Please see School’s marking criteria for undergraduate/post graduate assessments on the module VLE.
Any additional grading/marking guidance will be posted with assessment task below.
Assignment
This assessment comprises TWO parts.
PART A – Reflective Analysis (50% of marks)
– The Reflective Analysis shall be 2500-3000 words in length.
– At the beginning of the module you will identify ONE personal skill that you aim to develop
and improve.
– Your Reflective Analysis will detail WHAT YOU DID to improve that skill and HOW
EFFECTIVE your efforts have been.
PART B – Report (50% of marks)
– The Report shall be 2500-3000 words in length.
– It will require you to examine the Job Description for an Operation Manager’s position.
You are required to select an advert for an Operation Manager’s role: you may select an
advert from any online recruitment agency.
– You MUST include the job advert as an Appendix to your Report.
– Using appropriate theory, literature, techniques and approaches that you have
encountered in the module, discuss the following:
• What are likely to be the operational challenges that the successful candidate
would face? (20%)
• How would you address the main issues?
(80%)
Specifications:
BOTH parts of the assessment are INDIVIDUAL pieces of work.
BOTH parts will be submitted as a SINGLE document.
(You will submit ONE piece of work to Turnitin containing Part A and Part B)
Do not include the reference lists in the word count.
Font, Arial size 12.
Harvard referencing used throughout.
Refer to the University guidelines on academic conduct – https://unilife.southwales.ac.uk/pages/3168-
referencing-plagiarism-and-good-academic-practice
The report must draw upon a range of contemporary literature from credible academic journals and
textbooks.
Diagrams may be used and should be numbered and labelled.
Hand-in requirements and dates:
Please see the VLE
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE EVEN ONE MINUTE LATE UPLOADING YOUR FILE THIS WILL
COUNT AS A LATE SUBMISSION AND THE APPROPRIATE PENALTY WILL APPLY.
University of South Wales (USW)
For completing this assignment successfully, you must read carefully the assignment brief to ensure that you
address all of the requirements of the assignment.
A strong assignment submission must include the following:
Relevance
Good Portion of Knowledge
Consistent Analysis
Argument Structure
Critical Evaluation
Good Presentation
Reference to Literature
In order to complete this activity you need to consider the following:
(1) Utilise academic research using literature from journals, books, Google Scholar, etc. – Do not use
unreliable sources such as Wikipedia, Investopedia, blogs or other non-professional or non-refereed
articles. At this level of study it is expected that you use a wide-range of sources to support your
discussion and analysis.
(2) Undertake a critical evaluation making effective use of evidence and sources
(3) Present findings in an appropriate format (ensure that Harvard referencing is used)
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