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Manager Capabilities
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Introduction
Dealing with the public and a large number of people in an organization is very critical to
any leader. Sometimes a leader requires making decisions that will affect the entire public or the
team he or she is working within the place of work. It is critical and crucial to realize that some
decisions may be agreed with by some members, while other members would totally disagree. It,
therefore, requires the leader to have high-level skills, starting from communication skills,
problem-solving skills as well as negotiation capabilities. Additionally, the leader should be
future-oriented, having the power to look into the problems or challenges that may arise and
construct possible solutions to those challenges (Alpander and Lee, 2015). Since many
organizations have big teams to work with, leaders should understand the various ways in which
they can keep their teams motivated and committed in order to achieve the intended goals and
objectives. Koper Resources Company (KRC) is a company with its headquarters in Australia
which deals with search and mining of underground resources. Following the request from New
Zealand government to explore its North Islands to explore the area and evaluate the quantities
of copper in it, assessing whether the amount is worth being invested in, I have identified two
critical issues that requires proper attention. This includes the local people, Iwi, who need to be
involved in the project and the National Park whose part of land needs to be used for this project.
Additionally, the relevant approaches that need to be put in place in order to manage the
organization's team will be discussed in this piece of work. Moreover, the values of the Maori
organizations that need to be practised, including possible challenges and their solutions will also
be discussed in this report.
Part A
Throughout my discussion with my group members, we were able to put across several

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ideas and evaluation concerning the topic at hand. The task at hand is very crucial and needs to
be evaluated with a high level of knowledge and keenness. In the Northern part of New Zealand,
there is a proposed guess of the availability of copper which can be mined in order to boost the
economic level of the country. however, the reliability of the reserves is not yet identified. There
is a great need to consider several factors which would affect the testing of the reserves. Firstly,
in our group discussion, we were able to highlight the fact that this is a profit-making project for
us as an organization. This project is not supported or managed by a Non-Governmental
Organization. This means that there was a need to consider the expenses that our organization
would incur in the entire project. Evaluation of the machines required, in accordance to types and
a number of workers needed to accomplish the testing. Other emergency situation also needs to
be covered. In case anyone in the site or in the processes and duties of the project, gets injured or
killed, there must be compenmsation. This was seen relevant since there was a need to identify
the insurance companies which are available in New Zealand as well as their terms and
conditions of compensation and payment of premiums. Additionally, there was a need to
understand the language of the stakeholders in order to ensure that a universal or a common
language is used for the purpose of ensuring good communication and understanding.
The group members suggested that there should be an advertisement made in order to
recruit new employees in the testing of the copper reserve. This would ensure that the number of
personnel is enough and that the work is completed in the shortest time possible. this would be
made after negotiating with the New Zealand government on the amount of pay to be given to
the company for copper reserve testing. However, I argued that there is a need to establish on the
number of personnel which is already present in the company, evaluating their qualifications and
effectiveness in order to ensure that no funds are wasted recruiting new personnel yet there is

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enough of them in the company. In addition, the group members argued that a good negotiation
needs to be incorporated in order to ensure that the pay is able to cater for all the expenditures
which are incurred in the company. This was a wise part since the main aim of the Koper
Resources Company was to make profits, implying that the amount of pay would be a key factor
to consider in order determining whether the company would accept to carry out the copper
reserve testing.
In dealing with the group members, we were supposed to have a common language,
which could be used for understanding each other. This is because the group members were not
native speakers of English. Their sentence construction even in an oral speech was a problem
and, therefore, there was a need to help them develop their language fluency and acquisition. The
main strategy in order to communicate with these Chinese people was to pay attention to
whatever they said since I knew a few of their words, combining this effort with observing their
body language in order to make sure that whatever they communicated I got it clearly. Their
experience in discussing issues relating to copper reserve test was imperative in making the right
decision or suggestion.
It was agreed that the project required a lot of time for it to be accomplished. This made
me think that there should be a well-planned schedule which should state the day of
commencement as well as the day of accomplishing the project completely. Additionally, the
schedule would also include the time the project would start and end on every day. The team in
the planned project needed to be well-prepared, motivated and guided on its daily activities if the
copper testing would be verified and given the go-ahead to make the project approved for the
mining of the copper. If any kind of conflict occurred, there was a need to understand the proper
and right legal procedures in order to ensure that there is a resolution brought out. There was also