BUSI 650 Operations Management Sample Papers, Week by Week

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BUSI 650 introduces the concepts and analytic methods of operations management, from operations strategy and process design through lean production, quality, supply chain management, project management and forecasting. The samples follow one operations manager at a composite medical-device molding company through all four forums and every graded part of the Integrative Learning Project, ending with a 24-page operations portrait of the company as a successful organization.

CourseBUSI 650 Operations Management (BUSI650)
Credit hours3
ProgramMBA
Length8 Module/Weeks, online
Weeks with written work8 of 8
Samples on this site8 week sample papers
SourcesLiberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 650 course guide
UpdatedOctober 2026

What BUSI 650 covers

Meredith and Shafer's chapters are read in pairs with a review week after each pair, chapters 1 and 3 in Module/Weeks 1 and 2, 7 and 8 in Module/Weeks 3 and 4, 2 and 9 in Module/Weeks 5 and 6 and 4 and 6 in Module/Week 7, each module adding a presentation and two to four websites; open-book quizzes of 25 questions fall in Module/Weeks 1, 3, 6 and 7.

Each forum pairs a 70-point key topic thread in Module/Weeks 1, 3, 5 and 7 with 30 points of replies the following week, graded on content quality, interaction and professionalism rather than length; the Integrative Learning Project runs from a 75-point organizational setting in Module/Week 2 and a 75-point annotated bibliography in Module/Week 4 through a 50-point outline in Module/Week 5 to the 200-point final paper in Module/Week 8.

Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog describes BUSI 650 Operations Management this way:
This course provides graduate-level instruction regarding the concepts and analytic methods that are useful in understanding the management of a firm's operations. Special emphasis will be placed on familiarizing the student with the problems and issues confronting operations managers, and providing the student with language, concepts, insights and tools to deal with these issues in order to gain competitive advantage through operations. Because the course deals with the management of "processes," it applies to both for-profit and non-profit organizations, to both service and manufacturing organizations, and to virtually any functional area or industry. (Crosslisted with BMIS 650 )

BUSI 650 week by week, with the sample for each

WeekWritten work in the course guidePointsSample
Week 1DB Forum 1: Key Topic/Thread (Course Requirements Checklist, Class Introductions and Quiz 1 also due)70Read the Week 1 sample
Week 2ILP: Organizational Setting (DB Forum 1 Replies also due)75Read the Week 2 sample
Week 3DB Forum 2: Key Topic/Thread (Quiz 2 also due)70Read the Week 3 sample
Week 4ILP: Annotated Bibliography (DB Forum 2 Replies also due)75Read the Week 4 sample
Week 5DB Forum 3: Key Topic/Thread (ILP Outline also due)70Read the Week 5 sample
Week 6DB Forum 3: Replies (Quiz 3 also due)30Read the Week 6 sample
Week 7DB Forum 4: Key Topic/Thread (Quiz 4 also due)70Read the Week 7 sample
Week 8ILP: Final (DB Forum 4 Replies also due)200Read the Week 8 sample

Where BUSI 650 papers lose points

BUSI 650 work loses points when a forum post meets only the minimum, explaining a concept in the abstract with no company to test it on, when the annotated bibliography gathers loosely related sources that leave sections of the final paper unsupported and when the 24-page final paper pads its length with background and definitions instead of analyzing the organization's operations with data.

Using a BUSI 650 sample well

The samples draw on research about competitive priorities and trade-offs, management practices and firm performance, lean practice bundles, the meaning of pull and lean, success factors for lean implementation, Six Sigma's structure and the role of goals in improvement teams, supply chain disruptions and their severity, mitigation strategies for unreliable suppliers, megaproject overruns and judgmental forecast adjustments.

BUSI 650 questions, answered

What is the BUSI 650 Integrative Learning Project?

A researched paper of at least 24 pages in APA format that describes an organization's mission and uses the course readings to describe a successful organization comprehensively, submitted in four graded parts across the term.

How are BUSI 650 discussion forums graded?

On the quality of content, interaction with the professor and classmates and professional behavior, with correct English required; the guide warns that meeting only minimal requirements earns a minimal passing score.

What textbook does BUSI 650 use?

Meredith and Shafer's Operations and Supply Chain Management for MBAs, covering operations strategy, processes, quality, lean, supply chain management, projects and forecasting.

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