Managing People

Managing People

Task One

Discuss how you would approach the task initially.

I would initially approach the task slowly and carefully. I would carefully read the brief for the task, underlining or highlighting the important parts of the brief that concern the jobs and roles performed by Mrs. Pane. I would also try to gather information about the tasks and roles she performed. The brief describes how Mrs. Pane performed the jobs of a Receptionist/Telephonist and also that of a personal assistant. After gathering information on these jobs I would then try to break down each different aspect of the job i.e. Receptionist- fluent in typing. After I have broke down each job aspect I could then start to write the person specification element of the assignment. To write the person specification properly I would have to decide what the aspects of the job were desirable and what aspects were essential to the job.

To successfully produce my own job advertisement I would need to look at job advertisements that are already in local newspapers and local job papers. I believe that the advertisement needs to contain all relevant information on the job vacancy but must also give a brief history of the company and maybe also an indication of how the company wants to grow or expand in the future. The advert could also include the mission statement of the company. Task four I would approach by considering what companies look for in potential employees i.e. personal qualities not just purely on qualifications. All the tasks have to be looked at carefully to make sure that no law or legislation is broken.

Task Four

Outline how you would select a candidate from the 27 applicants, including the main elements of documentation.

Before selecting a candidate, the applications would have to go through many different filtering and screening processes. I would have the applicants send their c.v’s to the company because a c.v can contain a lot more information about someone than an application form because of its limited questions. One of the first filters in my selection would be age. I believe that someone under thirty would not have the experience or the relevant knowledge to perform the job of personal assistant and receptionist. However I also believe that someone over fifty would struggle to keep on top of such a heavy workload. I believe that employing someone over fifty does not show that you are thinking long term about the future success of a company.