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Operational Management of Operations

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MANAGING OPERATIONS INTRODUCTION 3 Critical review of relevant operations management theories 3 Analytic discussion and appropriate solutions of Operations Management6 CONCLUSION 8 REFERENCES 9 INTRODUCTION Operations is that area of an organization which involves the whole major functioning of the company. 1 Critical review of relevant operations management theories Like other fields of management, operations management also have similar theories that would be applied in their process of operations like in manufacturing of products and delivering the services that is been produced in the company.

Operational Management of Operations

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3Critical review of relevant operations management theories......................................................3Analytic discussion and appropriate solutions of Operations Management..............................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTIONOperations is that area of an organization which involves the whole major functioning ofthe company. The management of the operations department of any firm is much of an essentialtask to be maintained with utmost care and creativity. The operations management is a majorresponsibility involving the controlling and designing of every tasks concerned with process ofproduction and maintaining of other business operations to produce goods and services. Theactive role is of ensuring the efficient operations of the business by producing quality goodswithout wasting available resources and meeting the needs of the customers in order to satisfythem (Barratt, Choi and Li, 2011). A perfect operations manager would be an expert in managingthe processes that could convert the inputs in form of raw materials, labor and energy intooutputs in form of goods or services produced by the company. Critical review of relevant operations management theoriesLike other fields of management, operations management also have similar theories thatwould be applied in their process of operations like in manufacturing of products and deliveringthe services that is been produced in the company. Some of those theories that would beapplicable in the area of operations are: Contingency Theory: This theory states that decisions can be taken by managersdepending on the situation at hand rather than the one for all method. Managers can takeappropriate actions based on the situation and other important aspects at the moment. There areparticular approaches of management as in case of changing situations and the only dependingaspects of the organization.Systems Theory: Managers those who understand the system theory are those whorecognize how different systems could affect a worker and how a worker could change thesystems near them. A system is made up of extremely variable parts that works together toachieve an objective. Systems theory is understood as a vast perspective that permits themanagers to exam the events and other patterns at the workplace (Brown, Bessant and Lamming,2013). This theory was created by Ludwig von Bertalanffy.Scientific Theory: Theory of Scientific management by Frederick Taylor havedeveloped various techniques to improve the efficiency of the process of work. On the basis ofsystematic study of people, their work behaviour and tasks, theory by Taylor broke down the
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