Outcome 1, AC 1, 2, 3- table Complete all columns in the table below.
Functions/skills of management
Functions/skills of leadership
Differences between management and leadership
Planning
Identifying workloads, responsibilities, collective goals.
Delegating tasks and responsibility and ensuring employees work together to meet personal and workforce goals.
Planning Staffing requirements and rota’s
Recruitment, selection & placement.
Training & development.
Performance appraisal.
Supervision
Leadership
Communication
Ensuring employees are performing their roles to a high standard.
Taking disciplinary action if and when required
Ensuring legal obligations are met
Setting objectives for the team and the individual
Planning SMART objectives and making sure the team are aware of them and motivated to meet them.
Communicating and ensuring open channels of communication.
Team Building supporting team members to achieve the goal as a collective
Evaluating performance and using training to support team members to build on weaknesses.
Motivating members of the team through smaller goals, praise, and reinforcement.
Organising and ensuring that strengths and weaknesses of the team are accounted for.
Showing commitment and enthusiasm and working within the team to support its members to reach their objective.
Being a leader is a skill of a good manager however you can be a manager without being a leader.
Some managers can identify workloads, delegate and supervise but they do not inspire, motivate and lead effectively.
In some cases the lack of leadership can be negated by a strong and motivated team however in other cases it can cause a team to fracture and not succeed to meet their objective.
Unit 1
Outcome 2, AC 1– written question
Describe the methods of allocating work to others?
Why is planning and agreement of these important?
In order to allocate work to teams and individuals, you need to