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Outline Assignment Task:
Focusing on an organisation which you are familiar with and through the application of continuous improvement concepts, models and theories, decision making models and information knowledge; either:
• Evaluate the service and make recommendations on how the service could be improved
• Evaluate current improvement activities, critiquing the improvement activity and making recommendations on how, in future the improvement activities could be handled better.
• Evaluate a recent but completed improvement project, critiquing the improvement activity and making recommendations on how, future improvement projects could be handled better.
This assignment takes the form of a 5,000 word management report. You should assume the role of an external consultant how has been employed to advise the strategic management team on how they can overcome and/or improve the operational aspects/issues and their approach to decision making and the use of information systems.
Guidelines
You must to apply continuous improvement theories, concepts and tools/techniques, decision making concepts/models and information systems concepts.
Diagrams and personalised figures and data analysis are encouraged.
Some organisational behaviour theories/concepts may be useful around the area of culture and leadership but should not constitute a significant part of your report. This assessment is to measure primarily the learning outcomes relating to continuous improvement concepts/theories, decision making models/theory and management information systems.
The written submission must be word processed using a standard font (eg Arial, Times New Roman, min size 12) to a word length of 5,000 words. It should be written in a formalised report style, suitably structured providing a Title Page, Executive Summary, Introduction, Main Body, Recommendations, References, Appendices (if appropriate)
Assessment criteria
• Demonstrate wide reading and source referencing consistent with that of a Masters level programme;
• Critically evaluate data drawn from a variety of sources in order to draw conclusions and make recommendations to improve system performance;
• Structure, efficiency, fluency and well constructed written communication.
Please note that the assignment should be submitted as a single electronic document via the Turnitin system.