...ILM Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership M4.03 Planning and Leading a Complex Team Activity Assignment Task: Planning And Leading A Complex Team Activity 1.1 Define the purpose, aims and objectives of the activity When my training began with Wrightbus to become a first line manager in total there were six people setting out on the journey to lead teams on the production floor. As part of the ten week training programme the operations director handed us a group project where he wanted us as a group to introduce a new system to manage and maintain small tools owned by the company throughout the factory. This would obviously test our skills as team players and was obviously a massive challenge as the issues with tools not being managed correctly had been an ongoing problem within the company for a number of years. We quickly made an office known as the operations room our base and our first instinct was to have a brainstorming session together to gather thoughts on the task ahead so we all had an understanding of what lay ahead for us. The purpose, aims and objectives of the activity would need to be defined appropriately with the use of SMART objectives with the view that our goals and targets should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. The main objectives of the project were as follows: * Identify the tools required for every Wrightbus job. * Identify the current inventory of tools being used on the shop floor. * Carry...
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...Ramadan is the Month of Work, not slack! All Muslims around the globe and of course all Muslims in Oman are celebrating the once-a-year Holy month of Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is a month of fasting and praying. Fasting is meant to educate us about spirituality, humility and patience. During Ramadan, Muslims who are fasting only eat and drink after sunset until sunrise. Ramadan is a month of fasting and worshiping, as well as that of work and production. Why slacking during Ramadan?! During the blessed month of Ramadan, unfortunately, you will see some Muslims slack off, show up late at work (or not showing up at all), sleeping on the job, procrastinating, and doing the least possible at the workplace. These types of behaviors are inconsistent with the very spirit of this holy month. Islam does not advocate a special working mode during this month, whereby many people turn it into a month of eating, watching TV and staying up late. In fact, these behaviors affect any workplace, and are not permissible in Islam. Negligence in performing duties during Ramadan is not permissible and is against its teachings. Ramadan Working Hours In the Sultanate, the Government and the Ministry of Manpower has reduced the working hours to five hours/day for Ministries and Governmental establishments, while six hours/day for private sector companies. Muslims need to rethink the concept of work, especially during the month of Ramadan. Tips for Muslim...
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...monitoring thereof. To contribute to the achievement of the Divisional and Trust strategic and operational objectives. Development of robust business cases, working with the finance and performance business partners, making use of income and expenditure information to support service strategy. Supporting the development of the annual business plan for the Clinical Service Centre. Project management of service improvement and process improvement initiatives. Key Dimension a. Capital and Revenue Budgets – Responsible for the monitoring and contribution to the financial initiatives and budgets setting in the CSC for a budget of approximately £23million. b. Staff Numbers – Professional leadership and line management of admin teams (circa 35 WTE employees) and operational management functions within the CSC. c....
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...Schermerhorn (2007), managers must realize when there is a performance problem and also realize when opportunities arise. They must make decisions wisely, and take action when it is appropriate. All of these actions are performed through a process known as management. There are four processes in management which is organizing, planning, controlling any resources, and leading which is meant to accomplish performance goals (Lombardi & Schermerhorn, 2007). * Each function is important and has a purpose to ensure that the facility is running as smoothly as possible. Organizing is the process of coming up with plans, allocating resources, coordinating all activities, and defining jobs. Planning is the process of planning and making important decisions. Controlling is the process of controlling the work environment to ensure everything is run smoothly. Leading is the process of leading the organization successfully. All managers regardless of what level they are on must ensure that all of these functions are being carried out. Although all of these functions are important leading is a very important responsibility. Managers are responsible for leading their team and encouraging them to work hard. Managers...
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...PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Project Management is the leading a project team and ensuring that a project is completed on schedule, within budget, and meets its goals. (Bagranoff et al.2002). Trevor L. Young (1999), Defines project managements as the dynamic process utilizing the appropriate resources of the organization in a controlled and structured manner, employed to achieve a change clearly defined with specific objectives identified as strategic needs. The process is always associated with some specific characteristics: 1. Objective oriented - Without these you have no outcomes 2. Change oriented – Creating something you need but do not have 3. Multi-disciplined – Needs a wide range of skills to achieve success 4. Opportunistic – You must seek to take shortcuts and bypass old norms 5. Performance oriented – Setting appropriate standards and quality of outputs 6. Control oriented – Carefully designed controls to maintain the schedule 7. Questions tradition – Avoid getting trapped by the old ways of doing things On the surface, it seems a waste of time to teach accountants the essentials of project management. Could it be that project management is an essential skill set to contemporary accountant? Is it possible that accountants who acquire such knowledge are increasing the value of their intellectual capital? The answer to these questions is definite yes. The very nature of work in accounting is project-centric and accountants who...
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...instructor Afsana Akhtar who believed that we could complete this term paper on time. Her moral guidelines, endless effort, joyful encouragement and her nice cooperation made us successful to develop this paper. We also thank to the corporate sales executive of Hatil Complex LTD Md. Imran Khan of his great collaboration. Without his helping hand it was too hard for us to collect all the information which we needed to develop it. We are also thankful to our classmates and friends for their help and support. At last, we thank our parents and other family members for inspiring us and motivating us to do better. Above all, we convey our gratitude to Almighty ALLAH, who aided us with His strength, courage and gave us wisdom and patience to complete this term paper. Table of contents Content Page number Title page 1 Later of transmitted 2 Acknowledgement 3 Executive summary 5 Message from chairman 5 Introduction 6 Products 7 Designator, job responsibilities, planning 8 Organization structure 9 Level of management 12 Projects 14 Leading strategies 15 Controlling strategies 17 CSR 19 Appendix 21 Bibliography 22 Executive summery Hatil complex limited is an ISO 9001-2008 Certified leading doors and furniture manufacturer company in Bangladesh. This organization has been established in 1989 following the footsteps of H.A. Timber Industries Ltd. - a company running from 1966 with a reputation in timber processing sector. Now the business of this organization...
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...Roles and Responsibilities Teaching Service Last updated 1 January 2015 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TEACHING SERVICE CONTENTS PAGE OVERVIEW 2 PRINCIPALS 2 ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS 2 LEADING TEACHERS 4 CLASSROOM TEACHERS 5 PARAPROFESSIONALS 7 EDUCATION SUPPORT CLASS 7 Roles and Responsibilities – Teaching Service Page 1 OVERVIEW The roles and responsibilities that can be expected of employees at the various classification levels, including the principal class, is set out below and incorporates Schedule 2 of the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2013. PRINCIPALS The role of the principal is to lead and manage the planning, delivery, evaluation and improvement of the education of all students in a community through the strategic deployment of resources provided by the Department and the school community. A key component of this role is to increase the knowledge base of teachers within their school about student learning and quality teacher practice. At the same time, the principal, as executive officer of the school council, must ensure that adequate and appropriate advice is provided to the council on educational and other matters; that the decisions of the council are implemented; and that adequate support and resources are provided for the conduct of council meetings. Principals have a clear set of accountabilities, which distinguish their work from other employees in the Teaching Service and the education community and are set out in detail in the contract...
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...Republic of the Philippines Cebu Normal University Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City Philippines 6000 Subject: Social Science Major 11 – Economic Planning and Strategies Course: Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Social Science Professor: Dr. Gary B. Lapiz THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS Management is defined in different ways. It is the process of designing or maintaining an environment in which individuals, working together in groups, efficiently accomplish selected aims, Weihrich, (1993). According to Mahony (1961), “It is the unifying and coordinating activity which combines the actions of individuals into meaningful and purposeful group endeavor”. Terry (1982) defined management as a “distinct process consisting of planning, or organizing, actuating, and controlling performed to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources”. For Massie (1964), it is a “process by which a cooperative group directs action toward common goals”. Drucker views management as a discipline and a field of study that denotes a social position and authority involving people and their functions. Koontz considers management “to accomplish desired objectives by establishing an environment favorable to performance by people operating in organized groups”. Other scholars define management as an act of handling, directing, or exercising control and supervision on the functions of the organization. It is in the process of designing and maintaining an environment in which...
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...Business and program manager with an accomplished career, demonstrating expertise in pursuing new business opportunities and effective team building. Strong management and leadership skills, experienced working with cross-functional teams in complex environments. Creative and innovative problem solving skills and clear decision-making abilities in pressured situations. Accomplished in the successful presentation and negotiation of complex, high value, concepts at senior level. Proven track record in strategy, business planning, budgeting and performance management. Over thirty years in the Information Technology and Communications industry with extensive international business experience. CORE COMPETENCies Leadership: One of thirteen...
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...Leading and managing change in organizations: Importance of human resource capacity building Term Paper (Individual Assignment) MCP 2135 – Leading and Managing Change in Organizations MBA in Human Resource Management Semester II – 2010/2012 Course Director : Prof. Sudatta Ranasinghe Professor of Management Name of the Student : Gamini Hettiarachchi Student Registration No. : 110046980 Date Submitted :16.05.2011 Word Count : 1662 words, 5 single side A4 pages Leading and managing change in organizations: Importance of human resource capacity building Term Paper (Individual Assignment) Abstract This term paper addresses human resource capacity building as a strategic instrument in leading and managing change in organizations. After describing the process and the basic steps in leading and managing change, the article has taken an effort to identify the role of leaders and the managers to derive a conceptual frame of reference to develop arguments in strategic importance of human resource capacity building in the process of leading and managing change in organization. To meet the challenges, negative as well as positive, HR capacity building is needed in most of the steps and stages in the process of leading and managing change in organizations. Further, developing human capacities has highlighted as one of the major roles and core functionalities of leaders and managers. Viewing human resources as human capital and beyond, the term paper argues that without...
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...ARTICLE IN PRESS Long Range Planning -- (2010) ---e--- http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lrp Complex Business Models: Managing Strategic Paradoxes Simultaneously Wendy K. Smith, Andy Binns and Michael L. Tushman As our world becomes more global, fast paced and hypercompetitive, competitive advantage may increasingly depend on success in managing paradoxical strategies strategies associated with contradictory, yet integrated tensions. We identify several types of complex business models organizations will need to adopt if they are to host such paradoxical strategies. Managing complex business models effectively depends on leadership that can make dynamic decisions, build commitment to both overarching visions and agenda specific goals, learn actively at multiple levels, and engage conflict. Leaders can engage these functions through team-centric or leader-centric structures. Ó 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Introduction By the late 1990’s, USA Today was the highest circulating national newspaper in the United States.1 CEO Tom Curley and his senior executive team had created a new category of newspapers by negotiating distribution deals with hotels and businesses to provide national news to educated and high-income business travelers, a demographic that yielded excellent advertising revenues. When widening access to the Internet and the emergence of novel news content channels such as Yahoo! and AOL promised to put the newspaper’s position under...
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...APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT (SUMMARY) 1. CLASSICAL MANAGEMENT APPROACH In response to complex problems, managers develop and test solutions focusing on finding efficient ways to perform and manage tasks, thus the classical approach of management. 1.1 Classical scientific The approach studies in detail the best way to perform a job. Founder Frederick W Taylor attempted to systematise the way a job was done, which is now seen in many modern businesses. 1.2 Classical bureaucratic This approach was pioneered by Max Weber and Henri Fayol, where bureaucracy was seen as the most efficient form of organisation. i) Planning Planning is preparing a predetermined course of action for a business. A. Strategic plans, example whereby business alliances with accountants and solicitors increase the number of clients and increasing the business profile in the long term. B. Tactical plans, example where these alliances are formed at the exclusion of other businesses allowing fulfilment of its goals. This is usually a medium-term plan C. Operational plans are short term where day to day business functions are organised to run smoothly. ii) Organising The business determines what is being done, by whom and how, thus plans translate into actions. A. Determining work activities. B. Classifying and grouping these parts then a specialised individual completes sections similar to their specialisation. C. Assigning work and delegating authority determines who is responsible for the enquiry...
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...PA212- MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL PROF. DIMAAMPAO “A COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE” SAFIAH U. MASACAL, CPA C. ACCOUNTANT CDA-COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY-ARMM TITLE: A COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE RATIONALE/BACKGROUND: Managers have to perform many roles in an organization and how they handle various situations will depend on their style of management. A management style is an overall method of leadership used by a manager. As a manager, how you handle different situations in your business will depend on the style of management you use. Being a good manager involves more than just telling people what to do - it also involves choosing the right approach and management style to suit the situation. Managers play a pivotal role in getting things done by motivating, inspiring and leading others at work. Employees who feel valued in the workplace tend to be more committed to their work. This results in higher levels of performance, reduced absenteeism and more competitive businesses. According to the theorist Henri Fayol, the key functions of managers are to: * make forecasts and plans * organize work * command the people under them by giving instructions * co-ordinate the resources (money, people, time) for which they are responsible * control activities and people by measuring and correcting them to enable performance to fit the plans Leadership on other hand is the art or process of influencing people to perform assigned tasks willingly...
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...way to manage and that to be effective, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling must be tailored to the particular circumstances faced by an organization. Managers have always asked questions such as "What is the right thing to do”? Discuss three (3) best practices for managing teams faced with significant unk-unks Planning and Triggering Contingencies Murphy’s Law says it all, “If anything can go wrong it will, no matter how great a project may be going. Because of Murphy’s Law there should always be a contingency plan put in place even when there is a lot of unk-unks taking place. A contingency plan is usually done at the beginning, but may happen in the middle of the project. When contingency planning is done right a Project Manager and team can identify certain things: such as critical activities, triggers, alternatives, roles and responsibilities. After brainstorming and the team has identified the critical activities and milestones, they will need to specify the contingency trigger. What will trigger the Project manager and team to go into plan B and implement the contingency plan that is in place? It should always have a measureable or observable component, tied to a specific time line. The trigger is an indicator that the activity is not going to be completed as planned. The action a Project manager takes at that point will either implement an alternate plan or a significant action designed to bring the activity back on track. Selectionism Selectionism...
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