M3.21 Organising and Delegating
M3.21 Organising and Delegating
Organising people to achieve objectives
Effective and efficient use of the team’s knowledge & skills while planning to achieve work objectives
Organizing is the managerial function of arranging people and resources to work towards a goal. In order to achieve objectives in an effective and efficient manner it is important to have a good knowledge of the team’s skills. Issues such as lack of motivation in the team, fearing of undervaluation or a poor attitude to work could fail the task and at the same time enthusiastic, motivated and given responsibility for their work team, can reach the targets and successful results. Overall objectives of the firm could be failed if the wrong person is chosen, therefore the individual goals of the employees have to be set in order to their respective skills. In other words a successful manager is one who selects the right people for the right jobs, and assigns them to tasks that are suitable with their skills and proficiencies. To do so five steps are required:
Break down the team’s goal into specific, individual tasks;
Rank activities by their dead lines, priorities & importance;
Analyse skills needed for each task;
Consider the competencies of each team member;
Match each individual to the respective task.
Schedule and allocate work to the team
An easy way of doing this would be to write down the competencies needed for each task on one note and to put all the competencies of each team member in the table or matrix. Then finally people can be easily matched to their respective roles. Most-likely in real life situations difficulties like overlaps and lots of gaps could occur, but this technique could be a great starting point in allocating work to the team. HR planning can be used to assure output & quality
However it is possible to minimise or even to avoid situations where overlaps and gaps occur in a team’s work allocation. To do so, a manager needs to oversee &
Organising people to achieve objectives
Effective and efficient use of the team’s knowledge & skills while planning to achieve work objectives
Organizing is the managerial function of arranging people and resources to work towards a goal. In order to achieve objectives in an effective and efficient manner it is important to have a good knowledge of the team’s skills. Issues such as lack of motivation in the team, fearing of undervaluation or a poor attitude to work could fail the task and at the same time enthusiastic, motivated and given responsibility for their work team, can reach the targets and successful results. Overall objectives of the firm could be failed if the wrong person is chosen, therefore the individual goals of the employees have to be set in order to their respective skills. In other words a successful manager is one who selects the right people for the right jobs, and assigns them to tasks that are suitable with their skills and proficiencies. To do so five steps are required:
Break down the team’s goal into specific, individual tasks;
Rank activities by their dead lines, priorities & importance;
Analyse skills needed for each task;
Consider the competencies of each team member;
Match each individual to the respective task.
Schedule and allocate work to the team
An easy way of doing this would be to write down the competencies needed for each task on one note and to put all the competencies of each team member in the table or matrix. Then finally people can be easily matched to their respective roles. Most-likely in real life situations difficulties like overlaps and lots of gaps could occur, but this technique could be a great starting point in allocating work to the team. HR planning can be used to assure output & quality
However it is possible to minimise or even to avoid situations where overlaps and gaps occur in a team’s work allocation. To do so, a manager needs to oversee &