The purpose of guidelines and procedures is so that you know what has to be done and how it has to be done. Therefore there is less chance of making mistakes. For example at Shevington High School there are rules and guidelines for the daily and weekly banking. (See attached document)
The purpose of codes of practice is to establish clear and mutual expectations. This helps to minimise the risks and problems of personal difficulties, problems with supervision or bad performance.
Planning work can therefore be a vital part of your job. By making a plan you can consider all the tasks that need completing, make a rough estimate of how much time each of the tasks will take to complete, work out which tasks need completing before others, and what resources or help you will need to complete the task. By taking time to plan out your work may actually improve your productivity and efficiency levels, with this you can also …show more content…
Firstly it respects people’s time and allows people to be better prepared for work, mentally, physically and tools-wise. It is respectful of the other person’s time to give them a clear idea of what you can them to do, how you want them to do it and when they need to start. If these plans change you should inform others involved of these changes as soon as possible. For example if you have planned a day out with friends, but before you leave your boss calls and asks you to do something very important and it has to be done that day. You go to do the job but mentally you are out with friends, knowing you were going to be relaxing and enjoying yourself. Therefore physically you are fine for a day out, but not for work. You may need certain items to do the work, now you have to quickly find these items. Letting people know in good time makes work more efficient and respects the other person's time and