QUESTION:
Analyse the service delivery process or the manufacturing process identifying what should be done to improve the processes and discuss why the case study company is successful (or not successful). (max. 1500)
Further details:
Please follow the points below:
You need to start by defining what service delivery is and its importance. A book called Terry Hill (Operation Management) basically has everything including the service delivery process mention it and its importance and what is said about it in literature. Mention what makes service delivery successful.
Brief background about the state of the contemporary situation of BA…. What’s happening?
Mention the order winners(could be their customised quality of service-putting people first) and order qualifiers(price maybe im not sure) of the company- go back to theory and literature the book has a list of what could be used as an order winner and order qualifier…mention them use theory and relate to the case what you find to be order winner and qualifier need to be relevant and true… from what you read in the case….talk about their order winner and order qualifies as you go along the case as well.
VIP-Mention their delivery process and process design and choice of the company – go back to the book (terry hill ops mgmt)and literature there are key aspects of service delivery process such as the bullet points below : elaborate on each and discuss what literature says about service delivery being successful it should satisfy these area and mention how the company utilizes them some “NOT ALL”of the service delivery process is mentioned below…which needs to be analysed and used to explain in the case how these are shown to be …look at textbooks and the slides I attached as well.
• Volume of service-what type of volume the company produces for its products/services
• Complexity of service
• Service package
• Others, include more as there are other aspects
Discuss the process choice as well, research about it and im sure its mentioned in the book I suggested and slides attached
• Project
• Butch
• Jobbing
• line
Discuss how the service delivery process could be improved and how the order winners they have can be better enhanced-online check in? include short term as well as long term recommendations (Future of BA) And use theory as well to support your recommendations.
Mention if the company ends up being successful or not successful for British Airways there is a lot of elements that can be used to prove its success.
Assessment criteria:
Clarity of expression
Content development and relevance
Understanding of issues
Analysis and synthesis of information from a variety of sources
Relevant and correct citations
Novelty and new insights
INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Module textbook
The following book is an essential reading:
Hill, T (2005) Operations Management Strategic Context and Managerial Analysis. Second Edition, Palgrave
It is recommended that you supplement the text with reading from the following:
Books
Many other books cover the material in the lecture programme. Some of these books may prove useful if you wish to cover a topic in more depth or understand it from a different perspective. The following is a small selection of references for further reading.
Balegun, J et al. (2003) Exploring Strategic Change FT Prentice Hall
Johnson, R and Clark, G (2005) Service Operations Management (Improving Service Delivery).
2nd ed. FT Prentice Hall
Lowson RH (2002) Strategic Operations Management The New Competitive Advantage. Routledge.
Porter, ME (2004) Competitive Strategies : Techniques for Analysing Industries and Competitors. Free Press
Scholes, K (2004) Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases FT Prentice Hall
Scholes, K, Johnson, G and Barney JB (2005) Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text Cases : With Onekey Coursecompass Access Card And Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage 2nd Revised ed. FT Prentice Hall
Slack, N, Chambers, S and Johnson, R (2004) Operations Management 4th ed. FT Prentice Hall
Slack, N and Lewis, M (2002) Operations Strategy. FT Prentice Hall
Journals
the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of perations Management.
There are several newspapers and magazines that deal with general business and management issues. Most broadsheet newspapers will have a business section, the Financial Times is a dedicated business paper and the Economist magazine has a strong business focus.