Hi Everyone,
Asummarisedversion of MGT603 Assessment Brief 3 is provided in thisAnnouncement.
All in all, for MGT603 Assessment 3, there is a “Hypothetical Problem” which an overview of it is provided in the following scenario:
Consider yourself as part of a team responsible for managing the operations of an emergency department of a public hospital. The emergency department has received feedback from patients suggesting that the patient wait times need to be improved. The value stream map of the current operations is shown in the attached diagram accessible via Blackboard, MGT603 Assessment 3webpage.
You have been tasked with improving patient turnaround time by reducing the current time to half. To complete the task you are required to identify the various System Archetypes that affect the operations of the hospital and the emergency department itself and based on the archetypes, develop a future State Value Stream Map of the emergency department.
In this assessment, you require to focus on the scenario and:
- Uncover the complexities in operations management generally
- Identify and critically analyze the “key themes” and “intended and unintended consequences”
- and Recommend/propose a holistic solution(s) that will optimize the operations of the emergency department without compromising the performance of other function of the hospital by using Systems Thinking lens.
In summary, in this assessment students will need to:Try solving "Practical Problem” by “using Systems Thinking Tools call System Archetypes” combined with “Value Stream Mapping”.
Key points to consider when developed and writing MGT603 Assessment 3:
Assessment 3shouldinclude the following sections and sub-sections:
Cover page(Subject Name and Code, Student Name and Surname, Student ID., Year and Trimester)
Executive Summary
Table of Contents
1. Introduction/Background
2.Identification and analysis of the System Archetypes that may impede performance
3. Analysis of the Current State Value Stream Map of the emergency department based on System Archetypes
4. Recommended new State Value Stream Map with thedesiredreduction in patient turnaround time
5. Discussion on intended and unintended consequences of the modified system
6. Conclusion
7. Recommendations
8. References
9. Appendices (e. g. Appendix A, Appendix B, ...) if any
- Assessment 3should be amaximum of 2000 words and needs to be submitted no later than11:59 PM (Brisbane Time) on Friday, 6 December 2019.
- Assessment 3should be written according to “academic writing guidelines”.
- You requireto make significant references to the subject material and substantial wider reading.A minimum 5 academic (books, peer-reviewed journal articles) and 2 other sources/references (newspaper articles, trade publications, websites, and etc.) must be used.
- All referencing should be in the APA Style Guide which also can be found as follows:
APA 6th ed Referencing Guide.pdf
References to “Wikipedia” or similar unsubstantiated sources will not be accepted.
- Pleasemake sure tocheck the Marking Rubricas it will provide you with a good understanding of the important elements and criteria in Assessment 3.