Report on Implementing Zero Motors Operational Plan (Australia)

This report details the implementation of the operational plan for Zero Motorcycles, focusing on key areas such as recruiting, inducting, mentoring, and developing personnel from the Australian labor market. It outlines strategies for acquiring physical resources and services from local suppliers, including tires, ABS systems, and suspension components. The report emphasizes the importance of protecting intellectual property through registration with Intellectual Property Australia. Furthermore, it describes a comprehensive approach to monitoring and documenting performance based on manufacturing, production, sales volume, and customer satisfaction, along with strategies to address underperformance. The report also mentions on-job training, setting timelines for assignments and building a strong team to achieve better outcomes. The report is based on the operational plan of Zero Motorcycles and includes key elements like recruitment, resource acquisition, and intellectual property protection.

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Recruiting, Inducting, Mentoring and Developing Personnel
As noted in the operational plan, the Zero Motorcycles will acquire the majority of its employees
from the Australian labor market. The key employees will include engineers, technocrats, and marketers.
Zero Motors will recruit these employees and undertake them through induction process. The company
will rely on some of its employees in the home country to facilitate recruitment and induction process.
This will prepare new employees for the new roles ahead of them and facilitate effective integration of the
new staff into the organization (Vu, 2017). Once the new employees have been inducted, they will be
taken through the mentoring process by the old employees of the Zero Motorcycles in the home country.
Besides, they will be taken through continuous training and development to keep them in line with current
skills required in the motorcycle manufacturing industry (The State of Queensland, 2017).
Acquiring Physical Resources and Services
From the operational plan report, the Zero Motorcycles can acquire physical resources from
suppliers in Australia such as Pirelli tires, Surteco Australia or Air Brake Corporation for its ABS System,
J-Juan brakes or custom designed Showa suspension. The services required for the running of the
company can be sourced from the company employees as well as industry consultants in Australia.
Protection of Intellectual Property
Protection of the intellectual property encompasses safeguarding the organization inventions,
images, symbols and other literally and artistic work used in commerce. The Zero Motorcycle will come
with new motorcycle designs, inventions, patents, trademarks and copyrights that must be protected from
the competitors in the industry. To protect its intellectual property, the Zero Motors should register with
the Intellectual Property Australia (Department of Industry Science, Innovation, and Science, 2016).
Intellectual Property Australia is the Australian Government Agency that plays a role in administering
intellectual property rights as well as legislation (Australian Trade and Investment Commission, 2017).
Monitoring and Documenting Performance
The performance of Zero Motors will be based on manufacturing, production, sales volume and
mix, marketing strategies and customer satisfaction. The company will lay down strategies to monitor the
performance in these areas. The steps to be followed in this section will include comparing and
monitoring the actual performance against the planned performance. Secondly, documenting the
difference between the actual performance and the planned performance. Finally, the company will
identify the reasons for variances and come up with the strategies to correct the differences.

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Strategies to deal with Underperformance
Zero Motors can deal with underperformance on the key areas mentioned above by adopting the
following strategies;
 Asking the employees directly what went wrong.
 Providing step-by-step direction to help the employees conform to the process that will contribute
to planned performance.
 Providing on job training.
 Setting time frames for the completion of the assignments and then reviewing whether an
employee has performed in line with the company performance plans.
 Building a strong and firm team.

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References
Australian Trade and Investment Commission, 2017. Australian Intellectual Property Laws.
[Online]
Available at: https://www.austrade.gov.au/International/Invest/Guide-to-investing/Running-a-
business/Understanding-Australian-business-regulation/Australian-Intellectual-Property-laws
[Accessed 2 September 2017].
Department of Industry Science, Innovation and Science, 2016. Intellectual Property Protection.
[Online]
Available at:
https://industry.gov.au/industry/IndustrySectors/PharmaceuticalsandHealthTechnologies/
Pharmaceuticals/Pages/IntellectualPropertyProtection.aspx
[Accessed 2 September 2017].
The State of Queensland, 2017. Developing Staff through Mentoring. [Online]
Available at: https://www.business.qld.gov.au/running-business/employing/staff-development/
mentoring
[Accessed 2 September 2017].
Vu, Q., 2017. Recruitment and Induction Process Best-Practices. [Online]
Available at: https://www.employeeconnect.com/blog/recruitment-induction-process/
[Accessed 2 September 2017].