Phil Daniels

Assignment Brief As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit an Operations and Supply Chain Management audit report. Please refer to your Student  Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.  After completing the module, you should be able to:  1. Evaluate how operations management delivers products and services that meet a firm’s objectives. 2. A...

Module summaryModule summaryMastering project management is crucial to organisations in the 21st century. Recognising the importance of both tools and techniques as well as human and organisational factors in achieving project success, the module enables students to learn the ‘hard’ science essential for project managers today, but with the crucial emphasis on the soft skills involved in managing people and change in order to help achieve delivery of succes...

Main Objective of the AssessmentImportant Notice: You should note that this assignment is learning-outcome based. This means that in order to pass this assignment you should demonstrate the accomplishment of all 3 learning outcomes for this module in the essay. The reflective essay aims to test the accomplishment of the learning outcomes at an individual level. 1. Describe and discuss the state-of-the-art in digital business improvement and change. 2. Demonstrate practical skills relat...

General Assignment RequirementsThis assignment must be completed individually. You must use the Harvard referencing system. Your work must indicate the number of words you have used. Written assignments must not exceed the specified maximum number of words. When a written assignment is marked, the excessive use of words beyond the word limit is reflected in the academic judgement of the piece of work which results in a lower mark being awarded for the piece of work Assignment submissions ar...

Selected Topic and Its RelevanceThis is a formal piece of work covering all LOs in the Module Descriptor. You are a newly recruited information security expert at Napier Partners LLC, an international firmof consultants with offices across the world. Existing and prospective clients include commercial companies, public sector organisations and the third sector. In the light of the recent high profile of poorly-handled information security incidents, You have been asked to write a 3000-white ...

Module Learning Outcomes to be AssessedModule learning outcomes to be assessed: To establish your ability to: 1. Evaluate the strategic importance of purchasing in the supply chain. 2. Critically assess the management of the procurement function within an organisation considering the legal framework and ethical implications. 3. Appraise the appropriate use of procurement principles to meet business and customer needs. This module has 2 assessments: • An individual assignm...

Task: Assignment task Tasks Select an appropriate technological topic from the lecture series and write a 2,000-word report review on the themes, trends and arguments emerging about that topic. The topic is to be agreed with lecturer before detailed research on it has begun. This means a) needs to be completed and agreed first.  The report should include: a. Why you deem this topic to be of importance. b. How this has topic has developed c. A detailed description of the technolog...

BackgroundAs a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Age UK is facing a number of challenges delivering many of its services and acknowledge that there is a need for transformation of some of these services to a digital delivery format.  In groups of 4 or 5, you will be required to undertake appropriate research and present your initial findings for Formative Assessment 1. For Formative Assessment 2 you will need to provide an outline of the report structure giving a good indication of wha...

Concept: ScenarioYou have been commissioned by a project management professional body to write a 3,000 word report which critically analyses a project case study of your choice to help develop organisational understanding about the value of project management and project planning. We often think of project management as a technical discipline where we use project tools to ensure projects are planned and implemented well. However, although these are important management issues, it can be ...

Task: Based on the above data sources and literature review insights, analyse how TOC would apply to the air transport services, and how it would help improve performance in this context. More specifically, you should:  1. Identify up to two important problems facing airports and /or the aviation industry that could be tackled through application of TOC. You must justify your selection of these problems drawing on the data sources above, and briefly explain why TOC would be appropriate fo...