professional skills appropriate to your current or future job

TaskChoose a topic that in" rel="nofollow">interests you from one of the ten to be covered from week 3 to week 12 (see the course schedule in" rel="nofollow">in the Course Profile). Write a brief description of your understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of what the topic is about, and how formal study of this topic will help you develop professional skills appropriate to your current or future job. (Hin" rel="nofollow">int, choose a topic that is not too familiar to you but you thin" rel="nofollow">ink will be useful). No research or references are required for this assessment item as it is designed to encourage you to reflect on the course and what you thin" rel="nofollow">ink will be of value to you. You may wish to refer to the course learnin" rel="nofollow">ing outcomes to provide some structure to your discussion. course name: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TOPICS ARE: 1. developin" rel="nofollow">ing customer value through 'operations' 2.operations and competitive strategy 3.process plannin" rel="nofollow">ing and design 4.controllin" rel="nofollow">ing processes 5.managin" rel="nofollow">ing projects 6.usin" rel="nofollow">ing six sigma to improve processes 7.usin" rel="nofollow">ing 'Lean' prin" rel="nofollow">inciples to improve processes 8.managin" rel="nofollow">ing the supply chain" rel="nofollow">in 9.managin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">inventory 10location and capacity strategies 11. forcastin" rel="nofollow">ing and managin" rel="nofollow">ing demand 12. developments and trends in" rel="nofollow">in OM