INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 2

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; On line class

ARTICLE REVIEW
Instruction: Maximum Marks: 20

 Download one article on any one of the topics:

o Total Quality Management

o Total productive maintenance

o Method study or work study

o Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

o Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

o Lean operations

o Agile Operations

 Review and prepare a report according to the following points listed in the table

 The report should be minimum 6 pages with its cover page with 12 fonts A4 size papers.

 Last date of submission: Sep 30 2022.

Article Review Cover Page

i Article Review headline  Title of the article
 Author (s)
 Publisher
 Place of Publication
 Date of Publication
 Number of pages

ii Name of Article Reviewer Reviewed By:

 Reviewer’s name
 Your ID No.
 Date and year of review
Set of Criteria’s to Be Used to Review the Selected Research Article
1. Research Title and Reporting Items For Discussion /Checklist
Format
 Appropriateness of the Research topic with
 respect to the content of the article
 The research report is written and organized
based on accepted format
2. Quality of Abstract Items For Discussion/Checklist

 A brief theme sentence to orient the reader

about the overall issues used,
 Clarity of objective
 Research methodology used,
 major findings of the study,
 Contribution of the study.
 Indication of future area of investigation
 identification of key words and the
 Is the number of words in the abstract
within acceptable range?
3. Problem Statement Items For Discussion/Checklist

 clarity of background & scope of the study

 clarity of the statement of the problem

/research gap to be bridged
 Clarity of Research questions articulated

4. Research Objectives Items For Discussion/Checklist

 General objectives

 Specific objectives

5. Propositions/Hypothesis of the study Items For Discussion/Checklist

(if any )
 Clarity of hypothesis formulated to be tested

 Background/ Theoretical support for the set

hypothesis
6. Review of Related Literature Items For Discussion/Checklist

 Critical evaluation of the theoretical

literature
 Critical evaluation of the empirical
literature
 Organization of the literature review -broad
to specific, logical division
 Conceptual /Theoretical frame work to
guide the study
 Overall Quality and relevance of reviewed
literature
7. Research Methodology Items For Discussion/Checklist

 Description of and justification of the chosen

research design, /approach
 population and sampling techniques/sample
size determination, sampling procedures
followed
 Quality of research instruments

 Reliability and validity issues

 Procedures followed for ensuring ethical

research.
8. Data Presentation, Analysis & Items For Discussion/Checklist
Interpretation
 Presentation of data analysis in line with the
research question/research problem
 Appropriateness of statistical tools used to
analyze the data
 Discussion of findings –reliability, limitation,
extent to which it is generalizable
 Discussion linked with prior research works for
possible consistency or inconsistency
 Overall Quality of analysis focus, accuracy,
interpretation inferences
9. Conclusion and Items For Discussion/Checklist
Recommendation
 A statement of Conclusion –quality and
relevancy
 Theoretical and practical Contribution

 Quality of recommendations-relevance,
practicality, importance
 Area of further investigation/research identified

10. Referencing Items For Discussion/Checklist

 Citation appropriateness & consistency

 Recency of citations

 Citation source mixes –journals, websites

and books