Plan and Manage Resource Acquisition for e-Commerce Resourcing

Task 2 Plan and Manage Resource Acquisition
Read “Scenario – e-Commerce resourcing” page 29 of this document
Plan and implement physical resourcing
● Review the physical resourcing activities in the action plan you developed in
Assessment Task 1.
● Elaborate on your plan by including all steps and strategies to acquire resources in
accordance with organisational requirements.
● Explain the risk management strategy needed to protect the organisation’s IP and/or
ensure the organisation does not breach third-party IP.
Physical Resources Action Plan
Physical Resources Steps and strategies to
acquire resources
Risk management strategy to
protect the organisation’s IP
and/or ensure the
organisation does not breach
third-party IP
Physical resourcing: Develop
e-commerce website
Identify the budget
Get three quote
Present the quotation to the
finance
department/management
for approval
Get the approval
Allocate the task to approved
company or third party
Register the website
Get the domain name
Make sure all the content in
the website is authentic
Follow patent portfolio
Physical resourcing: Purchase
new plant equipment i.e.
forklifts and delivery trucks
Identify the budget
Get three quote from
suppliers
Present the quotation to the
Not relevant

finance
department/management
for approval
Proceed to the purchase of
the resources
Put them in action on-time
Physical resourcing:
Warehouse and office
reconfiguration
Get the budget approval
Collect the quotation from
different builder.
Get it approved from the
management
Give the project to the
right candidate
The naming protocol need
to be followed

Plan and implement human resourcing
● Review the human resourcing activities in the action plan you developed in
Assessment Task 1.
● Elaborate on your plan by including all steps and strategies to recruit people in
accordance with organisational requirements.
● Incorporate IP requirements for human resource acquisition to ensure trade secrets
and confidential information is protected from theft, misuse and unauthorised
distribution.
Human resources Action Plan
Human Resources Steps and strategies to
recruit people
IP Requirements to ensure
trade secrets and confidential
information is protected from
theft, misuse and
unauthorised distribution
Warehouse workers
Online sales workers
Truck drivers
Create job description
Get approval
Go for advertisement
Screening the application
Select candidate to interview
Conduct the interview
Select appropriate candidate
for the job
Do the induction
Ask all the candidate to sign a
confidentiality document

Conduct a role-play interview two recruits (could be online customer service persons or
warehouse workers. Please choose only ONE position)
Interview planning: Candidate 1
Interview Planning Candidate 1
Position: Choose only ONE position from the list below and delete the rest
 Warehouse worker
Planning aspect Description
Type of interview Face to face interview
Objectives Hire a suitable warehouse worker
Approach and style Planned or Structured Interviews - We are going to give
scores to each candidate depending on the answers and
who gets the maximum score is the preferred
candidate.
Schedule Monday at 2.30pm in the interview room 1
Topics and questions
Create minimum six questions
Work experience
How long have you been working in the previous job?