An organization is a unitary entity with each separate subsystem element and individual member of the organization committed to the organizations goals and purposes. All members of the organization are driven only by the needs and priorities of the organization as a whole which are entirely clear and understood. The information on which decisions are made is clear, unambiguous, objective and freely available throughout the organization.
Operation management is the term which is used for the activities, decisions and responsibilities of operations managers.
The transformation process model can also be used within operations. Look inside most operations and they will made up of several units or departments which themselves act as smaller versions of the whole operation of which they form a part. For example, a television programmed and video production company has inputs of production, technical and and administrative staff,cameras,lighting, sound and recording equipment, studio space,props,video tape, and so on. It transforms these into finished programmers and promotional videos. Within this overall operation, however, there are many smaller operations. A firm gains competitive advantage by performing the value chain activities better or cheaper than competitors. A firms value chain may differ in competitive scope from that of competitors .other factors are also important for competitive advantage: widening or narrowing the geographic markets served, the extent of integration, interrelationships with other industries, coalitions or joint ventures. A firm's value chain is composed of 9 generic activities of primary and support activities which are linked in some ways to each other and to the activities of its suppliers, channels, and buyers. These linkages affec ...