Assignment Outline:
This is an exercise in recognizing the role/effect of Operations Management/Strategy in the business environment. As a trigger for your investigation you could use articles/ reports from newspapers/magazines/reports about a company or companies in an industry sector. Your investigation should focus on events in 2014-16.

This is an individual assignment, to be an original piece of work, written in your own words.

Use Operations Strategy /Operations Management concepts which have been discussed in the Operations Management modules to provide a framework for your analysis of the operations management issues relating to the examples you have chosen.

Write a report (maximum 3000 words) in which you discuss:
• The theoretical basis of your analysis
• Show how it applies to your chosen examples
• Include copies of your articles in the appendices.

The report should include appropriate referencing. See next page for detailed outline of requirements for the report.

Deadline: 10:00 Friday 06th May 2016.

The report should contain the following components:
Assignment Report Format/ Content Value:

10% Introduction
Choice of Film Company or Film Industry
Issues/situation affecting the Film Company or Film Industry
The issues which will be addressed in the report.
Choice of Analytical concepts/models/tools proposed for the analysis

10% Description of Issues/Situation under analysis
Such as:
Which,
What,
Why,
When,
How,
Who, as appropriate, showing how they affect the Film Company or Film Industry

40% Analysis
Apply appropriate concepts/models/tools to the issues being considered, and report the information derived from the analysis.

30% Evaluation
Has the company/ industry been successful or unsuccessful in addressing the issues?
You may consider:
Has it or did it choose the right approach to dealing with the issues being faced?
How well the solution/approach meets the needs of the future?

10% Quality of the report
Including: (reporting structure, ease of accessibility, and appropriate referencing).