Hasasara Madurasinghe | | 30/11/2012 |
course supervisor-linton fernando
1. You have been a very successful civil engineer for ten years and your technical skills are excellent. However you have no management experience. You are being interviewed for a team leader position. The team consists of eight members of three different nationalities and has equal number of men and women. Explain what you would say to the selection panel in relation meeting the challenge of effectively managing a diverse team. My objective is to form a excellent team and how to manage the team successfully, to achieve our targets.
First I should identify the members of the team, their age,race,ethics,culture and communication skills and educational qualification. Specially I must concern their English knowledge because English is the common language to exchange ideas among the group. Then I have to inquire regarding work experience; where they have work before, whether they have earlier experience in relating to the current project.
Expect to group them in to two groups according to their English knowledge skills to consist two men and two women for each group. First I have to clarify the project which I have to complete. Then I have to divide the content of the project in to stages. According to their skills and knowledge I will appoint a leader to each group. The first group must have higher skills than the second group and second group must help to the first group.
After that I will inform them about the stages that I have plan according to the project. Then I will obtain their ideas toward my plan. To encourage them I will inform them about the benefits that they will be