Interrelation Between Project Management And Operation Management

Question :

This assessment will cover following questions:

• Unilever is the largest producer of soap in the world. Discuss and analyse the effectiveness of operations management principles.
• Use the concept of continuous improvement in an operational context.
• Provide the Project Life Cycle (PLC) to a given context.
• Describe and evaluate the application of the PLC used in a given project.

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INTRODUCTION

Operation management deals with the day to day activities of the organisation and issues related to the strategies of the organisation in a systematic manner. With the help of this it is ensured that requirements of the customers are met by delivering quality products with minimum and efficient use of the resources. While project management is related with planning, organising, managing the resources of the organisation in an effective way so that the specific goals can be achieved. It focusses upon utilising the skills, tools, knowledge in managing the activities of the project. For this report, Unilever is chosen which is a consumer goods company. In this report the importance of operation management principles, continuous improvement plan, lean principles are taken into consideration. Apart from this the project life cycle is discussed which includes various methodologies, tools and styles of leadership which is to be implemented at different stages.