MBA503- Operations Management and Decision-Making Models

Task

For this assessment you need to prepare a report using the most recent year’s bronze, silver or gold award winners of the Australasian Reporting Awards – Sustainability. The report should explain how your chosen company’s operational strategies, supply and logistics systems and strategic decisions have supported the company to achieve its desired business outcomes. 

Assessment Description

The Australasian Reporting Awards celebrate and acknowledge excellence in preparing annual reports. The awards are held annually with companies from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific area being eligible to apply. The company chosen by students must; have won either a bronze, silver or gold award in the sustainability section of the awards in the most recent year. Link to the relevant section.

The following learning outcomes are assessed in this assignment:

• LO1 Explain operational strategies and demonstrate the skills needed to build effective supply and logistics systems that support desired business outcomes.

• LO2: Analyse internal and external forces that impact business operations and utilise conceptual models to determine the ethical implications of day-to-day and strategic decisions;

– In this section students need to address the following concepts:

• Desired business outcomes – Provide information regarding the company’s sustainability related strategic directions and their links to the company’s operational imperatives.

• Internal and external factors – With the use of conceptual models, explain how the internal and external factors experienced by the company impacted on both their day-to-day and strategic decisions.

• Operational systems – Detail what and how the company ensured their operational systems, supply chain and logistic systems enabled them to addresses their sustainability priority.