BUS515 Week 1 Discussion 1 and 2

BUS515 Week 1 Discussion 1

"Understanding OM" Please respond to the following:

Compare and contrast an existing organization’s three major functions (i.e., finance, marketing, and operations), and then justify the interdependence that operations have to finance and marketing. Provide examples to support your rationale.

Analyze the role of an operations manager, and then determine three challenges that an operations manager will respond to differently within a manufacturing industry as opposed to a service industry.

BUS515 Week 1 Discussion 2

"Development of OM" Please respond to the following:

Evaluate three historical developments in OM, focusing on one major movement in history. Next, assess the significance that each of the three selected developments had during the corresponding time period.

Support the argument that customers’ demands have impacted today’s OM environment. Provide examples to support your rationale.