London School of Science & Technology

ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET - RESIT
Unit Number and Title Assessment Title Course Title Assessment Code Hand Out Date Unit 15: Managing Business Activities to Achieve Results Managing Operational Activities to Achieve Business Results HND Business HND Bus-Unit 15/ MBAAR Feb 2013 RESIT 01st March 2013 Hand In Date 11th May 2013

Lecturer(s)

Anup Bista Adrian Gauci Dhaneswar Chooramun

Internal Verifier

Jonathan Cartmell

Course Notes / Slides / Activities / Handouts. 1. Recommended Learning Textbooks: BPP (2010) Management: Communication and Achieving Results – Business essentials – supporting HNC/HND and foundation degrees, BPP Learning Media: London Slack N., (2007) Operations Management,
Identify the two most important functions for business operations at BMW. • Establish the interrelationship between at least two chosen functions above and evaluate how each function operates, interacts and supports to each other in operation. • Bear in mind, your response should relate to the given company BMW in the scenario.
In answering this question, you will have covered the following assessment criterion: • 1.1 Evaluate the interrelationship between the different processes and functions of the organisation.

PASS CRITERIA 1.2 (Approx. 150 words) Recommended interim deadline 15th March Explain the adopted economic system approach (i.e. input – output model) including transformation process within BMW and evaluate the effectiveness of the used forms of transformation process to achieve operational objectives. Guidelines: In order to complete the above task, your answer should: • Provide evidence to demonstrate the adopted system approach such as input, output and method of transformation. Expand your thoughts into “the transformation process” of operations management including at least one example for each material, customer and information processing operations. • Describe the effectiveness of the used forms of transformation processes to the context of the operation to map processes for achieving operational objectives. • Bear in mind, your response should relate