Assignment Task 1: Operations Security
Practical connection Assignment
At UC, it is a priority that students are provided with strong educational programs and courses that allow them to be servant-leaders in their disciplines and communities, linking research with practice and knowledge with ethical decision-making. This assignment is a written assignment where students will demonstrate how this course research has connected and put into practice within their own career.
Assignment:
Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study.
Assignment Task 2:
Part 1:
Q1. What does the term business process mean?
Q2. What are three examples of business process from a job you have had or an organization you have observed?
Q3. What is the value in documenting a business process?
Q4. What is an ERP system? How does an ERP system enforce best practices for an organization?
Q5. What is one of the criticisms of ERP systems?
Q6. What is business process re-engineering? How is it different from incrementally improving a process?
Q7. Why did BPR get a bad name?
Q8. List the guidelines for redesigning a business process.
Q9. What is business process management? What role does it play in allowing a company to differentiate itself?
Q10. What does ISO certification signify?
Part 2:
Q1. Think of a business process that you have had to perform in the past. How would you document this process? Would a diagram make more sense than a checklist? Document the process both as a checklist and as a diagram.
Q2. Review the return policies at your favorite retailer, then answer this question. What information systems do you think would need to be in place to support their return policy?
Q3. If you were implementing an ERP system, in which cases would you be more inclined to modify the ERP to match your business processes? What are the drawbacks of doing this?
Assignment task 3: Org Leader and Decision Making
Q1. What other topics would you have liked to have covered in this course?
Q2. What reading did you find most interesting and why?
Q3. How has this course changed your perspective or outlook moving forward?
Q4. Any other topic of interest that you would like to add.