Part I: Operation Management (5 Marks) 1- Describe the global activities of a corporation of your choice. How many foreign plants do they have? Where are they located? How much of their business is foreign? Are any global strategies evident? (1 Mark) 2- Choose an industry on which you will be the class "expert" for the duration of this course. Write an initial profile of major players, customers, structure, and competitive issues. (1 Mark) 3- Find an interesting Web site related to the operations function in a firm with which you are familiar. Write a summary of what you find. (1 Mark) 4- List and explain the five steps of strategy formulation. Follow the steps to outline a strategy for a company or organization with which you are familiar (1 Mark) 5- Discuss the requirements from an operations perspective of competing on (a) quality (b) cost (c) flexibility (d) speed (e) innovation (f) service Give examples of manufacturing or service firms that successfully compete on each of the criteria listed (1 Mark)