Begin this assignment by introducing yourself to classmates—giving your name, current occupation, and areas of interest that might be covered by this course. Next, share your ideas, observations, and experiences regarding operations management. Share your reasons for taking an operations management course. How does this course fit into your career plans, and how do you believe it offers you a competitive advantage in the workplace? Describe an operational challenge you have either experienced or witnessed. This can come either from the workplace or your own experience as a consumer or customer. Include the following in your response: In which areas did you find breakdowns or opportunities in the system? How would you have improved the process? Beginning Thursday, November 13, 2014 , post your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area . Continue to get to know your fellow classmates and contribute to our discussion on operations management. Through Saturday, November 15, 2014 , review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation Do the following when responding to your peers: Read your peers’ answers. Provide substantive comments by contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources; building on the remarks or questions of others; or sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas. Make sure your writing is clear, concise, and organized; demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. This assignment is required but ungraded. .

1. Begin this assignment by introducing yourself to classmates—
giving your name, current occupation, and areas of interest that
might be covered by this course.
Next, share your ideas, observations, and experiences regarding
operations management.
Share your reasons for taking an operations management course.
How does this course fit into your career plans, and how do you
believe it offers you a competitive advantage in the workplace?
Describe an operational challenge you have either experienced
or witnessed. This can come either from the workplace or your
own experience as a consumer or customer. Include the
following in your response:
In which areas did you find breakdowns or opportunities in the
system?
How would you have improved the process?
Beginning
Thursday, November 13, 2014
, post your responses to the appropriate
Discussion Area
. Continue to get to know your fellow classmates and contribute
to our discussion on operations management. Through
Saturday, November 15, 2014
, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.
Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response
should be thorough and address all components of the
discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources,
where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate
accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Do the following when responding to your peers:
Read your peers’ answers.
Provide substantive comments by
contributing new, relevant information from course readings,
Web sites, or other sources;
building on the remarks or questions of others; or
sharing practical examples of key concepts from your

2. professional or personal experiences
Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to
other students on their ideas.
Make sure your writing
is clear, concise, and organized;
demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and
attribution of sources; and
displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
This assignment is required but ungraded.