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Significance of Employability Skills : Report

   

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................3TASK 1...............................................................................................................................31.1 Performance objective and set of responsibilities ...................................................31.2 Evaluation of own effectiveness against defined performance objectives .............41.3 Recommendations for making improvements in a specific business situation ......41.4 Use of motivational techniques for improving the quality of performance ..............5TASK 2 ..............................................................................................................................62.1 Identification of a work based problem and solution to resolving the problem .......62.2 Method of communicating the work based problem to the staff members..............62.3 Time management strategies that are used iun the organization ..........................7TASK 3 .............................................................................................................................83.1 Roles played by staff members at work place.........................................................83.2 Analysis of team dynamics at work place ...............................................................93.3 Alternative ways for completing a task for achieving the goals of entity ..............10TASK 4.............................................................................................................................104.1 Evaluation of a work based problem faced in Tesco ............................................104.2 Appropriate strategy for resolving the problem .....................................................11CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................122

INTRODUCTIONEmployability skills are defined as set of capabilities and competence that arerequired in a person for completing the assigned task in effective way. It is vital that staffmembers in organization should posses required knowledge and technical competenceso that they can support for growth and success of the company (Benson, Morgan andFilippaios, 2014). Present report describes about significance of employability skills foran organization. In addition to that evaluation of own effectiveness and performanceobjectives has been done in the report. Moreover, techniques of using motivationalmethods for improving quality of performance of employees in the enterprise has beenmentioned. TASK 11.1 Performance objective and set of responsibilities To work as a manager in Tesco organization I need to fulfil some responsibilitiesso that my job should be accomplished properly. Employability skills are most significantassets that supports staff members of an enterprise to accomplish their desired task ineffective and effectual manner. It is critical that performance objectives should be set sothat on the basis of that required work should be completed (Rao, 2014). To work asmanager of Tesco organization I have developed various performance objectives. Itsupports me in completing my work in effective and productive way. My responsibilitiesare as described :- I am accountable for assigning task and daily work to the staff members. Iproperly make a work schedule and on the basis of that I assign specific workand job responsibility to the staff members. I am responsible for making effective communication with my staff members andseniors.I am also responsible for making improvement in my own performing areas andmotivate my subordinates so that they can complete their assigned taskeffectively. 3

In addition to that I am responsible for reporting to the top management anddescribing them regarding all the operational activities that are performed in theenterprise.I am also responsible for monitoring and reviewing work performed by staffmembers. I am also accountable for motivating my subordinates so that their moraleenhances and they should complete their assigned task in more effectual way.I am responsible for being aware of code of conduct, policies and proceduresthat are needed to be followed in the entity. For example I need to know aboutpolicies that are related to mission statement of organization, occupational safetyand equal employment opportunities. I need to be aware about the employment rights and responsibilities and maincomponents that are needed to be included in contract of employment. I require understanding guidelines that are mentioned in Employment Rights Act1999 so that I can provide better working conditions for employees. I will develop my responsibilities by engaging in self learning and it will help me inacquiring new knowledge that is needed for accomplishing the responsibilities that areassociated with my job. Performance objectives for me are as mentioned :PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE – SPECIFIC I need to learn better time management skills so that I can complete my work onproper time and all the operational activities of entity gets completed on duetime. I need to acquire good listening skills so that I can listen to the problems andissue faced by my subordinates. I need to make significant improvements in my existing communication skills sothat I can make proper interaction with my seniors and subordinates.I need to learn good decision making skills so that I can handle complex andcritical business situations in effective way. MEASURABLE - I will prepare a check list and measure daily improvements inmy existing performances. Attainable- I will daily review objectives that are set by me and I will also setdaily timeline for accomplishing the desired work which I need to perform. All the4

objectives which have been set are easily attainable.Timely manner- I will make significant developments in my weak performingareas and try to achieve my goals in a time period of one month. Activities adopted for meeting the performance objectives is as follows :- Formaking improvements in my existing communication skills I will watch television showsand radio programs daily for one hour. In addition to that for making improvements inmy listening skills I will try to make interaction with staff members so that I can learnways for listening them. I will join seminars and conferences for making improvement inmy time management skills. I will read books and journals for learning about newmethods that can be adopted for taking effective decisions for the entity. 1.2 Evaluation of own effectiveness against defined performance objectives Working as a manager in Tesco organization I need to accomplish various tasksand responsibilities. I set performance objectives and on the basis of that I need tomeasure my own effectiveness against the set targets. I set performance targets andaccording to them I need to assign task and job responsibilities to all the staff members.I prepared a time schedule and work sheet in which I mentioned daily work which isneeded to be performed by all the employees. It supported me in assigning daily workand job responsibilities to the staff members. I have prepared a set of goals which Ineed to achieve in a timely bound manner. I have become successful in allotting work tostaff members and I also became successful in measuring work performance of staffmembers by making use of check list method. I have realized that I am weak in time management skills and decision makingskills. I have not taken proper initiates for making improvements in my timemanagement skills and activities adopted by me for managing my time were notcompleted by me properly. I need to make improvements in my listening skills also sothat I can listen to problems and issues that are faced by staff members. I have tried tomake improvements in my existing listening skills and for that I started to listen radioprograms, television shows so that my listening skills should improve. I need moreimprovements in my listening skills and I need to take part in some more activeness5

have set many performance objectives for myself and due to that it has become difficultfor me to complete all my objectives effectively. It is needed that I should spare moretime for meeting the performance objectives set by me. There are many ways throughwhich I can make significant improvements in my existing job performances. I will joinseminars and conferences for learning better and effective time management skills. Inaddition to that I need to learn better decision making skills and for that I will takeassistance from my seniors and learn effective decision making capabilities. I also needto acquire some more effective and advanced methods for measuring workperformance of employees. I have gained success in assessing weak performing areasof staff members and on the basis of that I have arranged training sessions so thatsignificant improvements can be made in their competence and capabilities. 1.3 Recommendations for making improvements in a specific business situationIt is vital that working manager of Tesco organization I should take effectivedecisions for handling critical and complex situations that occur in the company. Specific situation :- Staff members in my company were facing time managementrelated issues. It was difficult for completing the work on required time and due to thatefficiency of organization was affecting. Human resource are most significant resourceof organization that supports for achieving the objectives of enterprise in successful way(Spence and Hyams-Ssekasi, 2015). The situation is related to my performanceobjective that was set for making improvement in my time management skills andcommunication skills.Solutions for resolving the problem :- I need to make proper interaction with staff member and tell them about variousmeasures that can be taken for making improvement in their time management. I decided to resolve the situation by taking some effective measures and forimproving time management skill of employees. I can organize a training sessionfor making significant improvements in time management capabilities of staffmembers.6

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