Posted: September 13th, 2017

Management task analysis

Management task analysis

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Management Task Analysis
Write an analysis for this three companies following the next criteria and clarification

1. Formula 1 designs and custom builds high performance racing vehicles to be used in professional racing

2 Ferrari high-end luxury car maker

3 Ford Motors A modern automobile assembly plant producing a mid-priced family car

Write a 7 page paper in which you: (I would recommend that you go a little over this page limit, but do not exceed 7 pages in the body of the paper).

1. Discuss the key management tasks for each of the three organizations

My clarification:

“Management tasks” are the key tasks/actions/decisions that executives & managers should focus on doing well to achieve competitive advantage. For example, if you own and run a high-end gourmet restaurant, the key tasks you focus on doing well for competitive advantage will be very different when compared to that of a fast-food restaurant owner.

2. Discuss the general characteristics of each production process and the product (taking into consideration various categories like planning and control, labor skill, and material and inventory requirements).

My clarification:
Please utilize Figure 7.1 on page 272 (product variety-volume matrix) and Figure 7.2 on page 273 (Four Process Options), and Table 7.2 on page 276 of the material I provided.

For each company, discuss the characteristics in the context of the product- process matrix, and relevant process strategies and process types used (such as project, job shop, batch processing, line flows, continuous processing).
In discussing the characteristics, use the 10 strategic OM decisions as a framework (see Table 1.2 on page 8 and the example on page 43 contrasting two drug companies) to discuss how these decisions are different for each of the 3 companies.
A table showing the 10 OM decisions across the 3 companies will be a great way to summarize the comparison. Be accurate and descriptive in your entries!

3. Create a summary analysis of the competitive priorities for each of the three organizations

My clarification:
What should the company compete on? (differentiation, low cost, response, etc). What are the correct competitive priorities? See pages 34-37 in the textbook.
How are the selected competitive priorities deployed into operations strategy, process strategy, OM decisions? Why are they the right ones?
While it is useful and interesting to extract technological details from the respective car maker’s websites, please note grading is based on YOUR analysis using OM concepts and terminology as indicated above.