AMBA 640

AMBA 640 WEEK 10 EOCP Assignment EOCP Assignment Instructions Basic Instructions: Choose between two options: Working individually, the student will demonstrate additional competency in project, operations, and information systems management by preparing a succinct report that integrates project, operations, and information systems management to meet a student-selected managerial challenge at his or her enterprise or at the American Socie

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AMBA 640 WEEK 10 ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITY Week 10 - Technology Futures - Enrichment OpportunityInstructions Basic Instructions: Each student who chooses to learn more by doing this assignment is to Select one or more areas of technology Succinctly but including anexecutive summary: Forecast how the chosen area(s) of technology will develop in the next five years, supporting his or her work by the application of appropriate forecasting met

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AMBA 640 WEEK 8 Individual Assignment #3 Individual Assignment #3 (W8IA) Instructions Basic Instructions: Each student is to critically analyzethe provided information on Apple Computers. In particular, eachstudent updates the informationby additional research to include Apple’s newer product lines, its competitors,and recent events,and decides the lessons that have been learnedfor enterprise information systems managers, in a

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AMBA 640 WEEK 8 DISCUSSION ACTIVITY #4 DA #4 InstructionsDiscussion Activity in Teams: Preparing an International Information Systems Management PlanOverviewThe section, working as a team under the leadership of a student Acme CIO and Acme Assistant CIO, will demonstrate competency in information systems management by preparing a draft information systems managementplan for the Acme Mexico City store.The plan will be submitted in pdf format exce

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AMBA 640 WEEK 7 Learning Readiness Exercise 3 Learning Readiness Exercise 3 - Information Systems Management This voluntary information systems management (ISM) Learning Readiness Exercise (LRE) was developed by our then AMBA 640 / AMBA 640 Hybrid Teaching Assistants: Christine Bailey, Mike Blanford, Darrell Bratton (now Professor, TGS, UMUC), Gina DiMaggio, Phillip Foust, Ross Kooiman, Bill Lock, Bob Neumeister, Najam Hassan(now Professor, TUS

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AMBA 640 WEEK 7 DISCUSSION Discussion Activity #3 Instructions Basic Instructions: This week each student is to critically assess the mission, goals, and importance of information systems management (ISM) in the firm, using his or her own work organization as an example. Each studentis alsoto define the following terms associated with ISM: “business intelligence”, “enterprise resource planning (ERP)”, “customer

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AMBA 640 WEEK 5 TEAM ASSIGNMENT W6TA. Team Assignment: Planning/Assessing Production for Toyota North America Lexus RX 350, Successor in 2007 to the RX 330 – Together with Toyota, Lexus achieved top rating for reliability in Consumer Reports’ 2016 Annual Auto Issue Photo courtesy of Toyota Motor Company Overview In this assignment, student teams prepare a report to demonstrate their acquired knowledge of the Toyota Production

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AMBA 640 WEEK 5 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT W5IA. Individual Assignment: Employing Important Techniques Used in Operations Management Overview Working individually or optionally, with a partner, students will demonstrate competency in operations management by analyzing three operations management techniques and applying them to improve Acme Mexico City's operations in an integrated report. Two of the techniques are mandatory. They are:

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AMBA 640 WEEK 4 Learning Readiness Exercise #2 Learning Readiness Exercise #2 – Operations Management The purpose of this voluntary LRE is to assess your current knowledge of aspects of operations management and thus to determine who might benefit from extra help during the OM portions of the seminar. This LRE was developed by our thenAMBA 640 / AMBA 640 Hybrid Teaching Assistants: Christine Bailey, Bryan Berthot, Mike Blanford, Darrell

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AMBA 640 WEEK 4 Discussion Activity #2 Discussion Activity #2 Instructions Basic Instructions: This week each student first succinctly defines in his or her own words the terms “operations management”, “operational efficiency”, “operational effectiveness”, “operations strategy”,and “operational sustainability.” Next, each student critically discusses the process of operations manag

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