Question

Everyday, the Local Harvest Grocery Store general manager reviews employee work schedules. This includes the late night stock crew, the cashiers, the deli, produce, and meat department crews, and the management office personnel. He coordinates work schedules with shipments, as well as the information he collects from point-of-sale terminals that indicates the busiest hours at the store, and then he communicates any exceptions to his department managers. These daily tasks are part of _________.A) operations management.
B) promotions management.
C) distributive management.
D) marketing management.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) operations management.

Explanation:

In this case, operations management refers to managing day-to-day operations. When we are referring to the corporate level, operations management refers to managing strategic processes. But when we talk about operations management for front-line managers (store managers), we are referring to common day-to-day activities like organizing work schedules, checking proper delivery of the goods, etc.

Answer 2

Answer: Operations Management-A

Explanation:

Operations management is the management that uses best business practices to create the highest level of efficiency possible in an organization by converting materials and labor into goods and services in an efficient way to maximize the profit of an organization.

This management handles strategic issues, including determining of process, procedures and implementation in operational issues such as management of inventory levels, raw materials acquisition, quality control, materials handling, and maintenance policies, etc

It is necessary for an operation management to understand the processes that are essential to company and ensure they work together effortless. This involves ensuring the business processes follow an efficient way.