Using Leadership to Improve the Performance of Managers

   

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Working With and Leading People
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Table of ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................2Task 1 Using Recruitment, Selection and Retention Procedures.................................................................21.1 Documentation for Recruiting and Selecting New Staff Members....................................................21.2 Impact of Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Considerations in Recruitment and Selection Process.......41.3 & 1.4 Participating in Selection and Evaluating my own Contribution..............................................6Task 2 Understanding the Styles and Impact of Leadership........................................................................72.1 Managerial Skills and Attributes.......................................................................................................72.2 Differences between Leadership and Managerial Skills....................................................................82.3 & 2.4 Situational Leadership.................................................................................................................9Task 3 Working Effectively in a Team......................................................................................................113.1 Assessing Benefits of Teamwork.....................................................................................................113.2 Resolving Conflicts in Teamwork...................................................................................................123.3 Strategy for Improving the Effectiveness of the Team.....................................................................13Task 4 Assessing the Work and Development Needs of Individual..........................................................144.1 Factors for Assessing the Work Performance..................................................................................144.2 Planning and Delivering the Assessment of the Development Needs of the Employees.................144.3 Evaluating the Success of Assessment Process................................................................................15Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................15References.................................................................................................................................................161 | Page
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IntroductionBusiness organizations in the recent times have understood the importance of the people and sothey tend to value their employees and promote teamwork through effective leadership.Moreover, in this context, I have recently been appointed as the General Manager of Cloudreachthat is involved in facilitating its clients to become digital revolutionaries by facilitating themwith the platforms, tools and people (Cloudreach, 2016). The company is planning to develop acore team that can perform to the level of expectation of the company towards successfulachievement of its goals and objectives. The company is characterized with 25 members atpresent who are working on a regular basis and it is also planning future developments for whichthey need to recruit and develop some more staff members for proper operation and enrichingteamwork. So, it has been observed that the company needs to hire ten more staff members. So, taking into consideration the above aspects and plan of the company the report emphasizesupon being able to make an effective use of the recruitment, selection and retention proceduresthat are adopted by the company, gaining an understanding of the styles and impact ofleadership, working efficiently in team and assessing the work and development needs of theindividual. Task 1 Using Recruitment, Selection and Retention Procedures1.1 Documentation for Recruiting and Selecting New Staff MembersFrom the case study it is observed that Cloudreach is planning to recruit some new staff membersand so it is important for the HR Department of the company to prepare documentations for theinitiation of the recruitment and selection process. The following documentation need to be done:Recruitment approvalThe recruitment process would be initiated by approval from the concerned authority and thehead of the departments that require new staff members (Sparrow, 2006). The head of thedepartments would prepare a draft with proper designation, job description and person2 | Page
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specification in consultation with the top management and once approved moves to the HRdepartment for the initiation of the recruitment and selection.Position DescriptionIt is important that before publishing the advertisement for recruitment, the description of the jobposition for which the recruitment is being conducted need to be analyzed and it is importantbecause, the designation or job position cannot be changed once the advertisement is published(Currie and Horsfield, 2007). So, in this context the company plans to recruit staff members foradministrator position, operational trainer, management executive and customer executive.AdvertisementBefore publishing the advertisement for recruitment, the HR department of Cloudreach needs toget it approved by the executive director of the HR department. Moreover, appropriate mediashould also be selected for placing the advertisement i.e. taking decisions regarding whether thead should be published through electronic media, the print media or over website and theadvertisement should be clearly evaluated to analyze whether it contains the number of vacancy,the terms related to payment and the number of vacancy is clearly communicated and lawspertaining to advertisement of the vacancy is adequately followed.This can be illustrated with the help of an example as follows:Recruitment Advertisement: For the post of AdministratorStarting date for receiving applications: 25/11/2016Closing date for receiving applications: 5/12/2016Employment type: PermanentLocation: NewcastleWorking hours per week: 40Vacancy: 2Salary: £3000 p.a.3 | Page
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