BS206 L7 Management of Business Operations Assessment Brief October 2025 | UoL

BS206 MBO Learning Outcomes:

Critically evaluate the effects of the growing influence of a global economy on the operations management of multinational companies
Critically appraise ways in which the operations and information systems functions contribute to an organisation’s competitiveness, strategic direction and change management.
Critically assess organisations both from a systems, operations and business process perspective as well as an organisational behavioural perspective and redesign business operations vis-à-vis needed quality criteria.
Understand and design operations that enable collaboration, teamwork and learning on individual, team and organisational levels.
Design and deploy problem-solving exercises and conduct research projects about the management of business operations.

Assessment Details

Individual presentation with explanatory notes, 100% (equivalent to 2,500 words)

Referencing

Students are expected to use Harvard Referencing throughout their assignments where required. Please follow the Harvard Referencing Handbook for all your assignments at the ULBS.

Submission Method

Turnitin – Your work will be put through Turnitin. All submissions will be electronically checked for plagiarism and the use of AI

You have the option to upload your work ahead of the deadline, more than once. ULBS will be reviewing your last submission only. You can only upload one file. For example, if your work contains a Word document and PowerPoint slides/Excel spreadsheet, you will need to copy your slides/spreadsheet into the Word document.

Note: Keep in mind that self-plagiarism (when you reuse your specific wording and ideas from work that you have previously submitted without referencing yourself) is also a form of plagiarism and is not allowed.

BS206 Assignment Details

Select a global organisation of your choice and assume the role of the Head of Operations. As part of the collaboration day, you have been asked to prepare a presentation accompanied by explanatory notes, using academic referencing and citations as appropriate, in which you will

Referencing theories and models covered in the workshops, critically evaluate the effects of the growing influence of a global economy and rapid advancement of technology on operations management of your chosen organisation, supported by specific examples. Analyse in which way operations and Information Systems (IS) have given your chosen organisation a competitive edge and influenced its strategic direction. (LO1 and LO2)
Using theories such as Total Quality Management and Six Sigma (not limited to these two examples), apply your judgement and assess how you can redesign business operations for your chosen organisation. You are to choose 3 areas to focus on that could be improved within your organisation. Consider quality, systems, operations, business processes and organisational behavioural perspectives. You must also present an implementation plan that considers resource requirements and timescales as well as specification of accountabilities for actions (LO3 and LO5)
Based on your understanding of your chosen organisation, you will conclude your presentation by offering a minimum of two valid recommendations supported by rationale as to how your chosen organisation can improve the operations, enabling collaboration, knowledge management and focusing on individual competencies. (LO4 and LO5)

Slides should be worked as PowerPoint presentation slides with suggested minimum font size (can vary upwards on a slide /across slides) of 16. The explanatory notes should have a minimum font size of 12, Arial.

(Please submit one PDF file, in PowerPoint Notes Page layout. Go to File – Print – Settings – in Printer, choose Microsoft Print to PDF; then, in Print Layout, choose Notes Pages; then, click Print, to save the PDF file to a folder of your choice.

Note that students do not have to deliver their presentations verbally.

You should refer to academic concepts, theories, and practices in a critical and informed way, about key texts and academic articles, as well as by referring to examples from your selected organisation.

Please do follow Harvard referencing guidelines to cite in text and to develop your reference list (this list of references is excluded from the word count).

Please refer to the marking criteria (below) for a breakdown of how the tasks will be marked.