Management information system

Web-Based Research Paper: Each student will write a brief paper using web-based research on a company of their choice (i.e., any company with a website [i.e., public, private, for/non-profit, etc.]).

The paper should be one-page, single spaced with 12 point Times New Roman font (papers longer or shorter than one page will be penalized). The paper must be well written in paragraph format and should be both spell-checked and “clarity-checked”.

The paper must include the name of the company, description of the business, primary goods/services, location of headquarters, the internet address and why you selected this particular company

The paper must also address at least two (2) Operations Management topics as listed in the course outline. Some examples are listed below:

What are the competitive dimensions that form the competitive position of the company?

What type of production and/or service processes does the company utilize?

What are the company’s order qualifier(s) and order winner(s)?

What is the company’s approach to social responsibility?

What is the company’s approach to outsourcing and/or offshoring?

What is the company’s approach to sustainability?

Other???

You must also include three (3) questions that you would ask if you had an interview with the company

Each student must submit both a hardcopy of the paper no later than the due date and a softcopy through the TurnItIn feature of Blackboard to check for plagiarism. Failure to submit the project in both forms will result in a zero on the assignment. You may turn in the assignment anytime during the semester, but no later than the last day of class, 5/7/14.

You do not need to have a “Works Cited” page unless you reference any source other than the website or the class text.