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1 name three methods of system classification and typical examples answer1 volumevariety2 customer interactionlabour intensity3 bouldings
1 what are an operations managers responsibilities answer they design the operation they plan and control activities by 1 developing an
q are service operations different from manufacturing operations ans the immediate answer is yes however if we categorise operating systems by one
1 are there different types of operations systems ans yes characteristics show that manufacturing companies break down into categories as do
q what is operations management a operations management is the planning organising and control of systems which produce goods and services it is
ques on what basis do you think schmenner 1986 suggests that service managers who see themselves as unique may be left in the dustans schmenner 1986
1 reflecting on mcgroddys comments - what are the implications for the operations manageranswer the point to note here is that organisations resist
1 having considered the changes in agriculture and manufacturing sectors in the industrial era speculate what might happen to the service sector in
ques how can we make comparisons between the cost of a product in two different periods if salaries and cost of living may have changedans the
ques what do you think happened to the quality variety availability or cost of agricultural or manufactured products - or the level of competitionans
approaches to developing an operations strategyapproaches to developing an operations strategy specifically in service organisations 1 the
operation strategy in organisations1 there are three schools of thought in strategic thinking rationalist evolutionist and some combination of
edict - types of managerial tacticmanagers use an edict to direct change the change is released as an order and the expected behaviour and
persuasion - types of managerial tacticthe manager assigns the development of ideas to experts possibly external consultants or internal technical
participation - types of managerial tacticthe participative manager initiates the planning and strategic imperative and involves group participation
intervention - types of managerial tacticthis is where a manager is delegated authority to implement change current performance is measured against a
soft change initiatives - linking strategic1 team workinginvestors in people iip2 empowerment - understanding the value chain and the cycle of
hard change initiatives - linking strategic1 total quality management tqmiso 9000 2 enterprise resource planning erpmaterial requirements planning
linking strategic and operational change - operation strategyquinn 1988 criticises those who see strategy formulation and implementation as the
developing a service strategy - operations strategythe figure below gives an outline of the three steps of developing an operations strategy based on
observation of behaviour of company - service process matrixschmenner observes that many service industries seem to be adopting competitive stances
schmenners service-process matrix the service-process matrix was introduced earlier it is schmenners service industry equivalent of the
servqual model - consumption of service productsin later publications pzb having analysed their data using factor analysis reduced the original ten
tangibles - customer satisfaction and service qualityinclude the physical evidence of the service physical facilities appearance of personnel tools
understanding or knowing customer - customer satisfaction and service qualityinvolves making the effort to understand the customers needs it involves