Operations Management

Assignment 02

Course Instructor: B. Dayal(PhD)

Instruction: Maximum Marks: 25

● 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.

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

● Submissions should be made on your LMS only.

● File name should contain your name and your ID No.
● For any Questions about the assignment, you can use this link and forward me
your questions via message.

B Dayal: Public profile (yic.edu.et)