MME30001 Engineering Management I,
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Purpose:
The objective of the assignment is for students to develop an understanding of organisations’ internal and external environment as well as the challenges that modern organisations are facing/or will be facing in future. Students should apply this understanding to develop/present an informed analysis on how organisations should cope and be managed now and in future. There is no limitation on the type of the organisation that you choose. You might select a particular manufacturing organisation or a business organisation etc, however, you are advised to use only publicly available information in this assignment for your analysis.
Description:
Students are required to select an organisation and provide a reasonably detailed analysis of an organisation. They should highlight strengths/weaknesses of the organisation as well as threats and opportunities that they could relate to that organisation. A view on the efficiency and effectiveness of current management based on their investigation should be articulated. Moreover, students should demonstrate their working process via various activities in particular meeting minutes and feedback reports.
Process
Students are required to: • Form a group in teams of 3 people • Select an organisation in consultation with your tutor • [15%] Based on the unit’s recommended schedule, prepare and develop a wiki page that contains two main sections : o Research project to include: ▪ One wiki page: containing topic, introduction, summary motivation and objectives, conclusion ▪ Three/four wiki pages depending on the number of people in each group to provide content of the research The overall content should have an equivalent to 1000-1500 of words per member o Group management