This workplace assignment has to be done over a period of a couple of weeks. You will have to attach proof of your activities in the form of: action plans, minutes of meetings, copies of your job description, task lists, etc.
You have to identify the responsibilities of a team leader in your organisation.
- Explain your role in the organisation is explained with reference to your job description
- Explain your responsibilities as a team leader
- Explain the concepts of authority, responsibility and accountability with reference to your own position in an organisation
- Explain how you have organised your team members in a team that is capable of meeting the objectives of the organisation
- What is the purpose of your team? Explain this to the team members during a meeting
- During the same meeting, identify the role and expected outputs of each member of the team in relation to the purpose of the team
- Discuss tasks, performance plans, targets and standards and agreed this with the team members
- Agree and allocate time lines for achieving individual and team objectives through a process of consultation, which must be proved by some form of documentation, e.g. minutes of meetings
- Implement these plans of action according to Standard Operating Procedures
- Together with the team, reflect on potential difficulties in achieving the plan
- Monitor team outputs against the agreed targets and time allocations
- Identify variances to required outputs and take corrective action where necessary
Reflection questions
- Think about how important your job is for your team/unit/section. How do you feel now that you know that your job is important?
- What would happen if you did not do your job correctly?
- How did this training change the way you approach working in a team?
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