Resource Management
(Unit 5004)
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Appendix 2 – Reflective Statement Template
Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership
Unit – 5004 Resource Management
Reflective Statement of: Martin Scott
Describe the values and experience of this unit and how the knowledge gained may help in your managerial techniques in the future. (Around 300 words)
1. Be able to identify and plan resources needed to meet objectives
1.1 Identify those resources required to achieve objectives.
Resources are an integral component of any successful organisation and a method of informing demand could be classified using a push or pull system. A push system would create a demand for its resource where as a pull system would create resources as a result of a demand, an example of a push system may be a car manufacturer creating a number of cars to a waiting list, where sales would influence the demand the product and resource needed as opposed to a pull system that would see sales driven by the amount of cars produced. The resource that can be identified in the organisation of this researcher, which is notably a further education learning establishment, can be described as a pull system where the curriculum offer is developed according to the number of learners interested and the demand of the local community.
Resources are integral to the performance of the organisation and although can be said to differ from other business areas such a manufacturing company; however the resources can be deemed equally essential. The objectives can be identified as providing a high level
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