Working with and Leading People

WORKING WITH AND LEADING PEOPLE

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Documentation for selecting and recruiting new member to staff............................................3
1.2 The impact of regulatory, legal and ethical aspects to the selection and recruitment procedure
.........................................................................................................................................................5
1.3 Taking part in the method of selection......................................................................................5
1.4 The possible reasons for unfair and ineffective recruitment practices in recruitment and
selection...........................................................................................................................................6
Scenario 2........................................................................................................................................7
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Explanation of the important attributes and skills needed for leadership..................................7
2.2 The difference between leadership and management................................................................8
2.3 Comparison of leadership styles for different situations...........................................................9
2.4 The ways to motivate staff to achieve objectives....................................................................10
Scenario 3......................................................................................................................................11
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................11
3.1 The benefits of team working for Skechers.............................................................................11
3.3 The effectiveness of the team at Skechers...............................................................................11
4.1 The aspects that are involved in planning the monitoring and assessment of work
performance...................................................................................................................................12
4.2 Assessment of the development needs for the store manager of Skechers..............................12
4.3 The success of the assessment process....................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13
Reference List................................................................................................................................15
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Introduction
Working with and leading people presents various functions of the concerned company Skechers
based at UK. The company is a global company and is involved in the development, design,
marketing and distribution of various footwear for women, men and children. Besides this, the
company operates in the performance and lifestyle product categories that involve different
brands a product lines such as Skechers Sport, BOBS from Skechers, Skecher kids and some
other. At present time, the company is going through an effective restructuring process in this
way it would be effective for the company y to make an effective move and move the work as
per the needs of the customers (Breaugh, 2017). For this purpose, the study focuses on the
preparation of documentation so that, the company will be able to select and recruit new staff for
store manager. Along with this, various leadership styles and theories will be presented in this
study as the manager requires leadership styles to lead and manage the staffs in the stores. Aside
from this, the study will focus in the factors to monitor and assess the performance work of the
managers and the leaders in the concerned company.
Task 1
1.1 Documentation for selecting and recruiting new member to staff
Recruitment is the method of attracting a number of candidates for the available vacancy in the
company. According to the viewpoint of Breaugh (2013), the human resource department
generally performs the part of the work. This process generally called as the positive method as it
attracts many candidates towards the vacant position. On the other hand, selection is the process
to shortlist appropriate candidates from the all applicants. However, it can be mentioned as the
negative process as it involves with rejection process. It is worth noting that, the selection
process is followed by recruitment process. The study is going to prepare a document before
conducting the process of selection and recruitment so that, it will be helpful to support the
process of selection and recruitment.
Job Description
Job Title Store Manager
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Reporting to General Manager
Roles and Responsibilities Roles and effective responsibilities of store
manager includes managing all the staffs
of the new store, which would be allocated
through various effective works,
maintaining all the records of the staff
attendance, tackle day to day operations,
meet targets and leading other staffs
properly.
Job Specification
Qualification Graduate or Post graduate in the
department of management in sales along
with marketing as the specialization
Skills Training skills
Communication skills
Pleasant appearance
Leadership skills
Experience 1 year experience in the field of sales from
the fashion or Footwear industry
Age 25 to 30
Working condition 7 hours/shift
Recruitment methods: Advertising
The recruitment methods that have been utilized to advertise about the vacancy is the internet
and print media. Along with this, the advertisement has been posted in all newspapers and in job
portals and online sites as well.
Selection Process
Selection process involves face to face interview of the applicants. For this purpose, questions
are as follows
Questionnaire
Tell me something about yourself?
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