Global Operations Management

Assignment OverviewUnit 5 - Individual Project

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTIONDeliverable Length: 

4–5-page APA-formatted paper

OBJECTIVES

You will create this assignment following the Assignment Detail instructions below.

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Assignment Details

Write a 4–5-page APA-formatted paper on international project management within the context of planning, controlling, and improving global operations management projects.

For this project, select a well-known, global manufacturer or provider of services. Examine the methods and systems with which this organization plans, controls, and improves global operations management projects. Be sure to include concepts from any or all of the units in this course.

The following are some project ideas:

• Section One: Planning topics that include the following:
  • Global business environment 
  • Barriers to trade
  • Culture
  • Organizational structures
  • Strategy
• Section Two: Controlling topics that include the following:
  • Operations management
  • Decision-making methods
  • Capacity planning
• Section Three: Improving topics that include the following:
  • Quality control
  • Supply chain management
  • Enterprise resource management