Managing Design Teams and Member Roles

This assignment focuses on the process of forming and managing design teams. It emphasizes the crucial steps of selecting team members based on their abilities and talents, assigning specific roles to each member, and ensuring the chosen individuals possess the necessary skills for successful project completion. The author reflects on their experience in assembling a design team, expressing uncertainty about the effectiveness of their selection process.

Managing People and Careers

Table of Contents
COVER LETTER............................................................................................................................1
COMPETENCY BASED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS..................................................................2
Competency based question: Organisational Ability..................................................................2
Competency based question: Interpersonal Skills.......................................................................3
Competency based question: Problem solving...........................................................................3
Competency based question: Judgement....................................................................................4
Competency based question: Innovative Thinking.....................................................................4
CURRICULUM VITAE..................................................................................................................5
REFLECTION FORM IN SEMINAR INTERVIEW PRACTICE.................................................7
REFLECTION FROM IN SEMINAR ASSESSMENT CENTRE EXERCISE PRACTICE.........8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

COVER LETTER
COVER LETTER
1

Graduate Cover Letter Template
NOTE: BEFORE STARTING, OPEN THE COVER-LETTER MASTERCLASS AND
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
LOE House 159 Broadhurst Gardens London United Kingdom
Date- 17 December 2017
First Floor Unit 330, Centennial Park Avenue London United Kingdom
Dear Calvin,
Detail to the System engineer graduate is recently advertised for the vacant position with
your engineering firm for a Mechanical engineer job which is presented on company website
www.astonmartin.com. Please find my Attached CV for your further consideration for Job role.
Right now I am bound up for my job responsibilities with the Toyota to develop a
successfully career with engineering leading firm and I am very much ardent for starting my
better career with Aston Martina leading Motor company. The System engineer graduates really
attracts and develops a keen interests because this involves development of new skills
competencies in my actions to work for various job roles like to work for cutting edge with
utilising including autonomous driving in cars, developing design and systems for
electrification and the connectivity systems which are incorporate into Aston martin car
designs and develops international relations competencies, customer-oriented skills and
working in motivative team environment. This will provide my career to a great hike in order to
start a successful career and these job roles also matches to the requirement of technical and
leadership skills set in my actions and working on which I am already started to working on it.
I am right now studying in Swansea university for the degree of BA mechanical
engineering and will complete my graduation in June. There are major reason for which I am
trying it up to excel the job responsibility with Aston martin System engineer graduate position.
 Exceptional- I have developed an exceptionally high level of appropriate with relation to
technology which can be demonstrated through my performances in the practical
knowledge and assignment during my graduate degree programmes. This can be also
evidenced through my successfully work experience with the Toyota.
 Natural- Leadership skills and competencies are naturally present with my behaviour as
I am always advent to take new leads whenever and wherever possible and always
engaged in strain out best out of all the related team members in a group which can be
experienced through a position of club caption I achieved in hockey club through my
natural and inherited leadership skills.
 Effective- I am very much effective and efficient in solving different problems and
which can be demonstrated through when I developed a nitrogen widget for can of beer.
I am also having good knowledge about the electrification and connectivity system and
new technologies used in recent car designs. This will largely help me to accomplish my job
responsibilities more appropriately and work for success of the company Aston Martin.
2

Please refer me to make further discussion on my application or to arrange my
interview. I am looking forward for your positive response via mobile phone
(XXXXXXXXXX) or through email ([e-mail])
Yours sincerely,
Calvin
+XXXXXXXXXXXX/
[e-mail]
REMEMBER: ALWAYS FOLLOW UP YOUR APPLICATION WITH A PHONE
CALL
COMPETENCY BASED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Competency based question: Organisational Ability
Tell me about the point where you were engaged in producing something at higher
level of standards within defined limiters of time.
Situation: In my final year of BA engineer graduation I have to develop a motor design
with some specification to accomplish needs of customers. This design related with a
undergraduate engineer design grant from attaining my design more responsibly and attain my
goals effectively.
Task: With this situation am having responsibility of completing my research design
within the limited funds available and carry out effective researches in order to achieve higher
grades in the assessment by teacher. I aim to gain about 70% grades in this task and along with
this I have to manage the part time job and volunteer activities. So, the deadline provided for the
task is about 3 months which I have to manage effective in order to achieve high standards of
objectives.
Action: In order achieve the gaols more effectively and gain 70% of grades in my
assessment I choose to go for the research design training in order to develop higher skills to
competence my motor design with higher level of effectiveness.
Result: Following a respective action plan I achieved 76% grades in my project and
research design of motor. Also my work was published in The Guardian engineer student
magazine. I also received an offer of 2 weeks paid internship with the automotive company.
3

Competency based question: Interpersonal Skills
Tell me about your actions and decision when you are given with responsibility of
resolving a conflict between two co-worker in order to increase their performance
efficiency.
Situation: On the working floor I evidenced with a conflicting situation between the two
workers claiming that one of them copied their design. The price at which design sold is belong
to original developer of car part design in Toyota. While conflicting to this situation is have to be
responsive and actively involved in resolving conflict or issue between people more accurately.
Action: From the making private meeting with the different person involved in
conflicting situation are talked differently in order to get idea about the design and their
knowledge about the developed design. Also I go for CCTV footage to get an idea about who is
the responsible person for development of design. This will helps in coming up with effective
results and providing the conflicting situation more responsibly.
Result: From the evidenced this is responsibly that they both were working in integration
in the starting of the design due to which their basic structure of design matches. But the concept
and final design of the people are different fork each other. So the selected research design of
automotive part is given credited to the commission over the sale of design to company. This
will result in producing the conflicting situation and harmonising relations between co workers.
Competency based question: Problem solving
Tell me about a one experienced problem by you while working for which the initial
cause of problem or issue was not clear.
Situation: Recent analysis or research carried out by their management of company and
the design developers suggested that Toyota is going through huge loses because of design being
copied in external markets. This largely decrease the sales of the car and also negatively affects
the brand image.
Task: I was given responsibly to identify the reason for this leakage in information and
the data outside the company from inner working environment.
Action: I come up with an effective solution to this problem and starts develop a effective
software design which interacts with the sharing of external and internal data within the
important information system by developing a firewall.
4

Result: This finally results in increasing security of data and not cases of such leakage of
information is not seen recent days. The company also terminated the involved person in sharing
confidential information of business firm with competitors. This results in increasing the original
sales figure within in one month and also developed good brand image in marketplace again by
securing the information system of Toyota responsibly.
Competency based question: Judgement
Share a situation when you were involved in making logically and rational decision
for profitability of firm as well as better successful career.
Situation: I am also engaged in making judgemental decision with that of the design
developed by team members. I faced a problem that my team, members are involved in
observing many problem in reach design. These defines are not effective and creating huge
problem in implementing these develop design in practice and effective working of car.
Action: I developed an system for the design optimisation and rectify the design
wherever required. I develop an effective team with the control action to make significant
changes in the design developed by team member and provide them effective trainings to
develop efficient research design for automotive parts of car.
Result: This helps in developing effective logical and rational decision with relation the
selection of they effective design and also for maintaining effective optimisation in the design.
This result in increasing the design optimisation in the working practices of Toyota.
Competency based question: Innovative Thinking
Describe a situation where your innovative idea was ignored.
Situation: When I was in last eyer of the graduation I was assigned with developing a
research design for motor part of car. This is the condition in which my teacher provide a
deadline of 3 moths to complete the task appropriately within the limits of the funds.
Action: I develop a innovative idea to manage the cost and time as well in order to come
you with most effective motor design which issue lower amount of energy and reach high speed
in car. But this designed was rejected by the teacher as this is having heat related issue as this
create high amount of heat which is risky for a Car.
Result: Initially my design was rejected. But after makings some correction in the
original design after getting feedback from the teacher I come up with most effective motor
design and also my work was published in The Guardian engineer student magazine.
5

CURRICULUM VITAE
CURRICULUM VITAE
6

CALVINAddress: LOE House 159 Broadhurst Gardens London United Kingdom
Email: [e-mail]
Tel: +XXXXXXXXXXX
PERSONAL PROFILE
I am mechanical engineer graduate now working with the Toyota as software developer.
I am system engineer graduate thriving for new technical skills and knowledge related to the my
career goals. I always wanted to work with automotive firm and so very much happy ton
complete my BA engineer course as mechanical engineer. I love to enjoy altering with the
system designs and troubleshooting of product in order to add new specification and convert
them into efficient working tools. I am articulated with the hard working abilities and I am
having effective of skills relationship manager to contribute in my job responsibilities more
responsibly. I am looking forward to be part of the leading automotive firm Aston Martin as
system engineer graduate to employee my better professional career.
I will enjoy working with the developing new procedures in the designs of cars in order
to supply good quality work for the firm for which I am working for. I a good leader and
effective problem solver in finding new solution to various problems and naturally leads people
ton work as per the requirement and come up with bet output for success of firm as well as my
career.
MOST SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
I was given a responsibility of President in association of complete student in year 2014-2015
I revitalised with my art work as Lay out artist of system development in The Guardian Student
Magazine.
I am coordinated as president in the seminar of College of engineering and industrial
technology in year of 2014- 2015.
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
 Physical presence and appearance- punctual and dependable and reliable nature of
working
 Work Ethic- Responsive in taking ownership of my work
 Communication- Good verbal, written and body language to communicate my view
with others
 Team work- Respectful with others and interacts appropriately with peers.
7

 Leadership- I am motivating to team and influence other action
 Character Development- I am loyal with my job roles and to with that of firm also.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Toyota Motors Dates- 24 April 2017 to till now
This is an multinational Japanese company delivering its offerings of automotive manufacturing
to global markets.
Responsibilities
 I am engaged in developing various designs for the assembly in assembling line of car
parts in Toyota.
 I am given with responsibility to design for the electrification parts in Car design.
 Coordinating and managing tasks of team members.
 Ensure the design optimisation in whole process of manufacturing automotive vehicle in
Toyota.
 Engaged in organising weekly design review and arranging control meetings for design
optimisation.
Achievements
 I achieved features of exceeded continuity monthly designed numbers of design
development of Car parts contributing in better performance of teams and attaining
targets of company with effectiveness.
 I successful in launching new design with higher level of optimisation in my design as
per the requirement of company cars to increase sales of firm.
 I minimised the risk of failure of design in the market through directing my team in right
direction and controlling over the design aspects.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
 2017 BA engineer graduate, computer science and research design in Swansea
university
 2013 3 A Levels: Maths (C), English (D), Chemistry (E), The American School in
London East Hill School, Manchester.
 2010 8 GCSEs, including English, Maths, French, History, Chemistry, Physics, PE, Art
from The American School in London
INTERESTS
Developing in design ad playing with design and shapes and structures, drawing.
8

REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Dr Thomas (Teacher)
During graduation
Swansea university
Tel. YYYYYYYYYYY
Calvin
+xxxxxxxxxxx
[e-mail]
REFLECTION FORM IN SEMINAR INTERVIEW PRACTICE
With the time of interview imitate it had been required that we should always act in
response to the interviewer of the Aston martin. With such reasonably observe I even have
attained voluminous edges and come up with bound considerations that are described below.
 After completing successfully interview, I even have come to understand that
there are bound various primal attributes on that basis interviewers of Aston
Martin were judged and that they assure that through this they'll ready to know
my temperament from varied angles.
 This can be observed, I even have achieved data concerning about my personal
competence and skill set that I even have. This is given me various ways in which will be
followed by me in behaviour. So I can provide higher level performance standards in
upcoming growth opportunities or rounds of interviews.
 I will develop that I used to be feel high anxiety throughout the interview
process however currently I even have come up with self-worth that you simply do not
have to stress if you show the proper angle.
REFLECTION FROM IN SEMINAR ASSESSMENT CENTRE EXERCISE
PRACTICE
This is wherever you embody your consideration from participating the
seminar cluster assessment simulation through centre exercise practices. In the method of
team observe I used to be asked for handling team responsibilities and confirming that at the side
of my members of group will check out the standard of the merchandise returning within the
9

workplace and standards of design of software and car parts. When making any discussion we
have a tendency to come to the choice that however we are going to doing with the
issue solution and what roles ought to allotted to every members of designing team.
After forming the team, I supported was hardly concerning the abilities and talents of
the employees that created Maine confused about the actual fact that whether or not the
choice are effective or not.
10

REFERENCES
Books and Journal
Butler, M.J. and Gheorghiu, L., 2010. Evaluating the skills strategy through a Graduate
Certificate in Management: An experiential learning theory approach. Education+
Training. 52(6/7). pp.450-462.
Clegg, S.R., Kornberger, M. and Pitsis, T., 2015. Managing and organizations: An introduction
to theory and practice. Sage.
Francis, H., Holbeche, L. and Reddington, M., 2012. People and Organisational Development: A
new agenda for organisational effectiveness. Kogan Page Publishers.
Francis, H., Parkes, C. and Reddington, M., 2014. E-HR and international HRM: A critical
perspective on the discursive framing of e-HR. The International Journal of Human
Resource Management. 25(10). pp.1327-1350.
Glover, C., 2012. Inspiring the future. Seced, 2012(7).
Lu, S.L. and Sexton, M., 2010. Career journeys and turning points of senior female managers in
small construction firms. Construction Management and Economics. 28(2). pp.125-139.
Mayor, S., 2015. Half of UK hospitals lack essential services for managing acute GI bleeds,
inquiry finds.
McNamara, P., 2016. Interview. Engineering & Technology. 11(9). pp.72-75.
Parry, E. and Tyson, S., 2013. Managing People in a Contemporary Context. Routledge.
Point, S. and Dickmann, M., 2012. Branding international careers: An analysis of multinational
corporations’ official wording. European Management Journal. 30(1). pp.18-31.
Theodorakopoulos, N., Shipton, H. and Sarmento, E., 2012, January. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AS A CAREER FOR DISABLED PEOPLE: COMBINING THE THREE FORMS OF
CAPITAL WITH THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE. In ICSB World Conference
Proceedings (Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 1). International Council for Small business (ICSB).
Online
WORKING AT ASTON MARTIN. 2017. [Online]. Available through:
<http://www.astonmartin.com/careers>.
11