Operations Management SBS MBA Assignment – 2024 STUDENT ID UNIT TITLE: NAME (in Full): ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS • All assignments are to be https://lms.atmsstudentgateway.com/ • Any Assignment submission extension request must come to Azra Fatima (Head: Examination | Academic) afatima@atmsedu.org 5 days before the date of submission with a valid reason and supported documentary evidence. • APA 7th edition referencing guidelines needs to be followed. submitted on 14th March 2024 on • Similarity between student’s work is strictly not accepted, any student found with similar work will be graded Zero and fail for the course. However, Plagiarism is an academic offence and will not be tolerated. • Any revaluation request should come in 5 days of grade release. Any late request will not be obliged. (Form and other details shall be shared based on request) • Revaluation cannot be requested for plagiarized assignments as the assignment stands as an academic misconduct. • If a program participant submits the assignment late, but within 1 week after the submission date a 20% penalty will be applied • Re-evaluation request is NOT applicable for any failed courses provided the mark range from 59 to 69. Any grade which is below the range is however not applicable for this request. • Any rescheduling request can be fulfilled within one week after the actual date of the assessment. Any late request will not be obliged. • Assignment once submitted to exam board is final for marking. • Second extension cannot be provided without supporting documentary evidence. • Program participants are strongly advised to keep a copy of their work in case the submitted copy should go astray. PS. Kindly note to adhere to all the above instructions. Failing to read this, ATMS will not be responsible for any actions taken. Total Marks / 90 PLAGIARISM Plagiarism is defined as providing material from an uncredited source, or without the acknowledgement of the original author. For longer submissions and reports, students are required to provide an Assignment Cover Sheet, which states that submission is their original work, and has not been submitted for another assignment, either in that course, or another Plagiarism may have many forms including but not limited to: o o o o o o o o o o Outright copying another author’s work without acknowledgement Cut and paste without the correct citation and acknowledgement. Copying key words but changing the sentence structure without crediting the original source Copying the sentence structure but changing some words without crediting the original source Following the structure or organization of another author’s work, or order of presentation of ideas Submitting work that was created by an unacknowledged third party (i.e., writing service, or another student) Copying from published authorities without acknowledgement Failure to correctly use quotation marks when expressing another author’s idea Incorrect or improper use of in-text citation and referencing Missing or incorrectly presented bibliography or reference list o o o Pretending ownership of another author’s ideas Making work available to another person for copying Falsifying results The plagiarism tolerance for MBA is 8 %. In cases where the plagiarism percentage exceeds the tolerance, students are given a second chance to rework on their assignments and submit. However, if the percentage continues to exceed the tolerance percentage the student will be awarded one grade lower than the original grade achieved. Operations Management (Total Marks 90) Answer all the following questions: Part 1- Referring to the study by Panigrahi et al. (2023), Answer the following questions: (Maximum 1500 words) 1- What are some of the lean issues with respect to organizational objectives, and performance? 2- In the eyes of the authors, how can performance be managed with lean manufacturing? 3- What is lean manufacturing? 4- What are the challenges of implementing lean methodology? 5- Discuss the critical factors Of Lean manufacturing practices on performance. 6- Which LM dimensions were found in the study to have a statistically significant positive effect on the performance? 7- Which of LM dimensions were not found to have a statically positive effect on performance? 8- What were the authors recommendations at the end of the study? Part 2- (Maximum 1500 words) 1- What are the operational wastes in any organization? Give examples of each. Propose ways to address them. 2- What are the stages of PDCA? Describe each stage in detail. 3- What are the principles of Just in Time approach?