Review and Critique of Operational Management Principles in an Organisation

Operations and
Project
Management

ssTable of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Review and critique of the implementation of operational management principles in an
organisation.................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P2 Continuous improvement plan and principles of operation management.............................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
P3 Application of each stage of PLC to the project and production of necessary information
with supporting documents such as business case, project plan and WBS.................................7
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
P4 Review and critique of the effectiveness of PLC applications............................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Operations management is one of the administration practices which helps in performing
various activities of business in order to ensure highest efficiency of business operations.
Operations management helps in concerting raw material in to finished products in one of the
most productive manner in order to enhance business efficiency. All the process helps in
generating high amount of profits for business organisations. Project management is used to
conduct a project with well defined plan and activities like controlling, measuring and guiding
takes place to achieve the project in best suitable manner (Al-Nady, Al-Hawary and Alolayyan,
2016). To understand the concept of operations and project management Associated British
Foods organisation is considered. It is founded in the year 1935 and deals in retailing industry.
Headquarter of the organisation is situated in London, United Kingdom where operations are
managed through Micheal McLintock and George G. Weston.
This project report involves implementation of operations management principles,
continuous improvement plan. Concept of project life cycle is discussed with review and its
effectiveness in the application of a particular project.
TASK 1
P1 Review and critique of the implementation of operational management principles in an
organisation
Company Overview
Associated British Foods is a multi-national company which has its operations all around
the world. It basically has a work of food-processing and produces emulsifiers, enzymes and
lactose. The organisation aims to provide healthy and nutritious food items to its customers
which are also affordable for them (Arriagada, and et.al., 2016).
Operations and Operations Management
Operations in simple terms defined as an activity through which different types of raw
material are converted into finished goods so that level of earning can be improved (What is
Operations Management?. 2019). On the other hand, operations management ensures that all the
available resources are utilised in such manner that level of productivity can be improved.