Operations Management- Goal Write-Up

JWI 550: Operations Management

Academic Submissions and Evaluations

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Assignment 3: Goal Write-up Due Week 7, Day 7 (Weight: 17.5%)

A number of years have passed since the writing of The Goal. Since then, developments in both

technology and operations-management theory have changed the toolset that is available to a plant

manager like Alex Rogo (e.g., lean, six sigma, the internet, etc.).

Write a 3-5 page paper in which you do the following:

1. Discuss how the availability of newer tools might have affected the choices and priorities on

which Alex focused.

2. Determine if Alex’s goal would have been the same in light of these new tools.

3. Discuss what Alex would bring to the challenges he faced that are absent in the Goldratt &

Cox text.

4. Determine where he might have applied new ideas and/or what ideas he might have

discarded.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 Be typed and double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12) with one-inch margins

on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor

for any additional instructions.

 Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the

professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are

not included in the required page length.

The following are specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment:

 Identify operational strategies and the importance of plant ownership.

 Use technology and information resources to research issues in operations management.

 Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and

language and writing skills, using the following grading criteria.

JWI 550: Operations Management

Academic Submissions and Evaluations

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Weight: 17.5% Assignment 3: Goal Write-up

Criteria Unsatisfactory Low Pass Pass High Pass Honors

1. Discuss how the availability of newer tools might have affected the choices and priorities on which Alex focused.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely discussed how the availability of newer tools might have affected the choices and priorities on which Alex focused.

Partially discussed how the availability of newer tools might have affected the choices and priorities on which Alex focused.

Satisfactorily discussed how the availability of newer tools might have affected the choices and priorities on which Alex focused.

Completely discussed how the availability of newer tools might have affected the choices and priorities on which Alex focused.

Exemplarily discussed how the availability of newer tools might have affected the choices and priorities on which Alex focused.

2. Determine if Alex’s goal would have been the same in light of these new tools.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely determined if Alex’s goal would have been the same in light of these new tools.

Partially determined if Alex’s goal would have been the same in light of these new tools.

Satisfactorily determined if Alex’s goal would have been the same in light of these new tools.

Completely determined if Alex’s goal would have been the same in light of these new tools.

Exemplarily determined if Alex’s goal would have been the same in light of these new tools.

3. Discuss what Alex would bring to the challenges he faced that is absent in the Goldratt & Cox text.

Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely discussed what Alex would bring to the challenges he faced that is absent in the Goldratt & Cox text.

Partially discussed what Alex would bring to the challenges he faced that is absent in the Goldratt & Cox text.

Satisfactorily discussed what Alex would bring to the challenges he faced that is absent in the Goldratt & Cox text.

Completely discussed what Alex would bring to the challenges he faced that is absent in the Goldratt & Cox text.

Exemplarily discussed what Alex would bring to the challenges he faced that is absent in the Goldratt & Cox text.

4. Determine where he might have applied new ideas and/or what ideas he might have discarded.

Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely determined where he might have applied new ideas and/or what ideas he might have discarded.

Partially determined where he might have applied new ideas and/or what ideas he might have discarded.

Satisfactorily determined where he might have applied new ideas and/or what ideas he might have discarded.

Completely determined where he might have applied new ideas and/or what ideas he might have discarded.

Exemplarily determined where he might have applied new ideas and/or what ideas he might have discarded

5. Clarity, logic, and writing mechanics. Weight: 10%

Multiple mechanical errors or much of the text is difficult to understand and fails to follow formatting instructions. The text does not flow.

Several mechanical errors make parts of the text difficult for the reader to understand; the text does not flow or the discussion fails to justify conclusions and assertions.

More than a few mechanical errors; text flows but lacks conciseness or clarity; assertions and conclusions are generally justified and explained.

Few mechanical errors; text flows and concisely and clearly expresses the student’s position in a manner that rationally and logically develops the topics.

No mechanical errors; text flows and concisely and clearly expresses the student’s position in an exemplary manner that rationally and logically develops the topics.