University Assignment: Manage Personal Work Priorities and Development

This report, prepared by a student, examines the critical aspects of managing personal work priorities and professional development within the context of ABC Company. The report begins by outlining the responsibilities of a manager, emphasizing the allocation of tasks based on employee skills and the development of business plans, organizational policies, and structures. It details team and personal goals, aligning them with the company's objectives and the SMART principle. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are discussed, focusing on customer acquisition, customer relations, sales, and acquisition cost reduction, highlighting their role in performance evaluation. The report further explores strategies for enhancing personal skills, setting daily goals, fostering leadership, and utilizing technology for effective work management. It also addresses the importance of employee feedback and managing work overload to improve efficiency and employee well-being, alongside references to relevant literature.

Running head: MANAGE PERSONAL WORK PRIORITIES AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Manage personal work priorities and professional development
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Assignment-1 (Project Work)..........................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................7
Appendix 1 – Work plan............................................................................................................10

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Introduction
A proper management in an organization helps in maintaining and developing the
company in the market. An efficient manager in a business organization help in providing and
setting proper goals for the team and the management.
This report deals with the work of a manager of ABC Company for developing the
company in the market. This assignment contains two parts. In the first part, the basic duties of a
manager have been provided including business plans and goals of the organization. The
organization policies and procedures are mentioned in the assignment. Various KPIs o the
organization have been discussed in the report.
In the second part, maintenance and developing of the professional competence have
been described. Personal assessment and professional development plan have been developed in
this part. Different personal competencies including family members, friends, clients and
supervisors have been described in the report.
Assignment-1 (Project Work)
1. As a manager of ABC Company, I have various responsibilities and duties for the
development of the company in the market. My job is to maintain and manage my employees
and management of the company in order to complete goals and objectives of the company in the
market. The allocation of the job and tasks to the employees according to their skills and
knowledge is important (Vashchekina 2015). The business plan of the company surrounds the
components of the business. The business plan includes the description of products and services
of the company. The history of the business and the name of the stakeholders of the company.
Therefore, the business plan viruses the outline of the company in the market.

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The organization policies are as follows:
 The role of each employee and level of their responsibility has been defined in the policy.
 The personnel policy including the business hours, payment amount, method, and terms
of employment have been mentioned.
 The organizational structure with names at different positions has been acknowledged to
the employees.
 There have been equal opportunities provided to each employee of the company beyond
their dignity and posts (McGivern et al. 2015).
2. The goals of the team and on the personal basis are as follows:
 To enhance the quality of the team members in order to make it more efficient and
profitable in the market.
 To introduce leadership funnel in the company for the development of the leadership
quality among the team members.
 The requirement of the new employee in the company is important for enriching the
employee base of the company to provide maxi um productivity.
 The marketing team have to target their market for selling and advertising products and
services of the company.
 The personal goal focuses on maintaining a good relationship with the employees of the
company that might help in understanding the needs and problems of the workforce
(Groysberg and Abrahams 2014).
These goals are set depending on the objectives, business plans and policies of the company
in the market these objectives help in maintaining the focus towards the development of the

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company in the market. It helps in increasing the motivation of the manager and employees in
the work environment (Biggs, Brough and Barbour 2014). The use of the goals and objectives of
the company help in measuring SMART principle including specific, measurable, attainable,
relevant and timely. The goal-setting approach in a team helps in maintaining a proper bond in
the team for improving the efficiency and production of the company.
3. Key Performance Indicator or KPI is a metric that helps in indicating the current level of
performance by the company in the market. The use of the KOI helps in maintaining the
performance of the company in the market (Reynolds, Shoss and Jundt 2015). These indicators
help in acknowledging the fulfilment of goals and objectives of the company in the market, In
this case, as manager of the company, I have set some of the KPIs in the company that have been
described below:
 Increasing the Customers Acquisition
 Improvement in the Customer relation
 Increasing the sales
 Decreasing the acquisition cost
These KPIs help in maintaining sales of the company in the market. The use of the KPI helps
in maintaining the performance level of the company. As the value of the KPI increases, the
development and sales of the company (Phiri, Draper, Lambert and Kolbe-Alexander 2014).
The maintenance of performance under various contingencies is an important factor need
to be followed by the manager of the company. Setting up goal priority for personal development
helps in enhancing personal skills and knowledge regarding maintaining the whole team. The
goals of the team member need to be effective on a daily basis that might help in increasing the

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sales of the products and services of the company in the market (Galea, Houkes and De Rijk
2014). For example, I might set a goal of providing 50 sales of product by the need of the week
and provide the path to achieve this goal. Therefore, the team member might get motivated and
try to achieve the goal for the week. A reward might be provided to the team achieving the goal.
Therefore, the motivation of other teams can be enhanced by this way.
Leadership skill in the manager might be increased by following u the targeted goals of
the company. The manager might be taking steps to complete the goal of the company within the
deadline. This help in the progress of the company in the market. Initiatives are taken by the
manager in order to maintain own goal and priorities to facilitate competing demands in the
market. The use of technology for maintaining the record of the employee and other staffs helps
in keeping track of the work progress (Cottrell 2015). The feedbacks of the employees related to
the working environment of a company helps in understanding the gaps in the management of
the company.
The overload of work might increase the stress of the manager in the company.
Therefore, the manager might distribute the tasks to several employees capable of it. This might
help in reducing the work pressure from the manager. The manager might assign the suitable task
to the employees with the proper deadline and manage a holiday for few days for refreshment
(Campbell, Jardine and McGlynn 2016).

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Campbell, J.D., Jardine, A.K. and McGlynn, J. eds., 2016. Asset management excellence:
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Appendix 1 – Work plan
Work activity Description Goal/s KPIs Timeframe
Person
responsible
Motivation Managing and Promoting positive
learning attitude
To manage and
promote positive
learning attitude
Increasing the
Customers
Acquisition
1-6 days Manager
Training Applying fair methods for completing
assignments
To increase proper
response to the
work ethics
Increasing the
Customers
Acquisition
1-4 days Trainer
Leadership
funnel
It helps in creating new leaders among the
employees
To increase
leadership quality
Increasing the
sales
1-10 days Manager
Professional
role
Understanding professional and personal
role in the company
To identify
professional duties
Improvement
in the
Customer
relation
1-2 days Team leader
Team
management
Working together in a team for increasing
the production of the company
To initiate team
working role
among the team
members
Increasing the
sales
1-3 days Team leader
and Manager
Technological
advancement
Use of various technology in the
workplace for the benefit of the company
To provide
knowledge about
various
technological
development
Decreasing the
acquisition cost
1-7 days Research and
development
officer