MBA503: Presentation Commentary on Decision-Making Models

This discussion board post provides a detailed evaluation of two presentations focused on decision-making models and operational management. The first presentation analyzes Woolworth's business strategy, critiquing its slide design and content density while acknowledging its factual information a...Read More

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Evaluation of Woolworth’s PowerPoint Presentation
The presentation on Woolworth was focused on the decision-making and the business strategy of
Woolworth’s. It can be critiqued that there were significant content written on the several slides.
It reduced legibility of the slides for most of the students. However, the design of the
presentation was attractive and layout assisted in improving the background of the presentation.
There were some unnecessary information such as “the operational strategy of the organization
is obvious”. The students tried to fill a large amount of content in the limited number of slides.
There were several slides with the title, continue, which indicates that there was detailed
discussion on a few topics. However, it is important to provide unique slide titles for each and
every slide.
The presentation of the slide is very good as the students have included several facts and figures.
It makes the discussion more interesting. The students have also been successful in
demonstrating the importance of the information to the audience. The information provided to
the student is authentic. The major issue, identified in the presentation is that the claims made in
the presentation are not supported by appropriate evidence. Although a reference list is added in
the end of the presentation, in-text citations have not been added in the presentation. Moreover,
the facts, and the graphs added in the presentation does not include the citation. It makes the
claims of the author weaker. The speaker has made the presentation precisely, as the slides does
not include any spelling or grammatical mistakes. The presentation increased my knowledge of
the slides. I gained a significant amount of knowledge regarding the company, its operations and
operational strategy.
Critical Analysis of the Presentation made on David Jones: Operational Management and
Decision-making Models
The students have tried to make an interesting presentation on the company. The layout, and the
content of the presentation is interesting which binds the attention of the audience. The title page
of the presentation is very attractive, with an attention-grabbing image. The presentation also has
a slide for the table of contents. It clearly communicate to the audience, what content will be
covered in the upcoming slides. Along with it, the design or the layout of the table of content
slide was different, which made the slide quite unique. The presentation has covered in detail the
operational strategy and decision-making models of the organization. The presentation also
includes several graphs. The graphs are linked with the content, written on the presentation of the
slides. There are also several graphs in the file, which are appropriately cited in the text. The
citations and the references have includes the authenticity of the presentation. The text is written
in a clear and simple language. It creates the interest of the students. It can be critiqued that the
presentation includes the thorough research of the subject. It includes organization description,
operations strategy, process design, planning and control, value chain, and the quality control of
the organization. There are several changes in the layout and the color of the slides. These subtle
changes grabs the attention of the viewer and keeps his interest focused on the presentation. The
content of the presentation is also powerful, as the presentation has included graphs and figures

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and then explained with the help of theoretical models. The presentation made a powerful impact
on me. I had a strong impression regarding the strategies and approaches used by the
organization. Other than that, I also learnt that the changes in the layout of the presentation
affects the interest of the audience. I also learnt that figures, and arts are important in
presentations.