manage operational plan
BSBMGT517 MANAGE OPERATIONAL PLAN
Assessment Task 3: Manage acquisition of resources
To do this task, the student should have access to and read the following documents:
• Equipment List
• Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures
• Purchasing Policy and Procedures
Submit A TOTAL OF 8 WRITTEN PIECES • Email to the CEO x 2
• Email to the Human Resources Manager x 2
• Email to the Administration Team
• Updated Operational Plan
• Induction Program
• Induction policy and Procedures.
BSBMGT517 MANAGE OPERATIONAL PLAN
1. Implement strategies for recruiting staff-Human Resources
Review the King Edward VII College Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures and implement the actions from your plan to ensure the required staff are recruited.
This will include liaising with the human resources department as set out in the Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures to ensure that the required staff are recruited.
This must include:
• Requesting approval of the positions required for the expansion as per the scenario information for the staff required (activity 2 below).
• Details of the required positions as per the Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures requirements (activity 3 below).
2. Send an email to the CEO (your assessor)-Written Submission.
The text of the email should be in grammatically correct English, written in an appropriate (polite, business-like) style.
It should request approval for the positions, as set out in the Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures.
3. Send an email to the Human Resources Manager (your assessor)- Written Submission.
The text of the email should be in grammatically correct English, written in an appropriate (polite, business-like) style.
It should request details of the new positions, as set out in the Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures.
It also needs to address the issue of intellectual property rights and responsibilities in relation to the new employees. The new trainers will be asked to develop some of the training and assessment content for the new courses and the College wants to own all the IP of any training resources developed by these new trainers. Do some research into how this should be handled and explain to the HR Manager what you would like them to do.
Develop and save the email text as a separate document before sending the email.
4. Develop and implement strategies for induction.
When you were reading the Recruitment and Selection Policy and Procedures, you noticed there was a reference to an Induction Program and an Induction Policy and Procedures. You have not seen these before. You speak to the Human Resources
BSBMGT517 MANAGE OPERATIONAL PLAN
Manager and they admit there is very little in the way of induction and the documentation is informal at best. They have been meaning to develop better documents but have been overwhelmed with other duties.
Develop a set of Induction Policy and Procedures(Written Submission) and an Induction Program (Written Submission) so that a quality induction system will be in place before the new staff start work at King Edward VII College.
When developing your induction documents, consider the things that new employees would need to know as part of starting a new job and those that they would be required to know to ensure that King Edward VII College is meeting their legal obligations. You might need to do some online research of induction documents but you are forbidden to simply copy and paste.
5. Send an email to the CEO (your assessor)- Written Submission.
The text of the email should be in grammatically correct English, written in an appropriate (polite, business-like) style.
It should request approval on your Induction Policy and Procedures and Induction Checklist.
6. Implement induction strategies- an email to the HR manager- Written Submission.
The text of the email should be in grammatically correct English, written in an appropriate (polite, business-like) style.
Attach your Induction Policy and Procedures and an Induction Program.
Using your own words, inform the Human Resources Manager of the following:
• the documents attached and their purpose
• approval has given
• all department/area managers must view them
• checklist must be given to all new employees from now on
• all current staff must complete induction
• managers can speak to you if they have any questions.
BSBMGT517 MANAGE OPERATIONAL PLAN
7. Implement strategies for purchasing equipment- Physical Resources.
Review the King Edward VII College Purchasing Policy and Procedures, which has just been developed due to the expansion of the College.
Also review the Equipment List. This shows what equipment needs to be purchased for each campus.
8. Send an email to the Administration Team (your assessor)- Written Submission.
The text of the email should be in grammatically correct English, written in an appropriate (polite, business-like) style.
It should ensure that the administration team procures the equipment required for the new campuses.
The email text (about 1 page) should, as a minimum, outline:
• The purpose of the purchasing policy and the need to ensure that all purchases are made accordingly. You should summarise the key messages of the policy as per the purchasing principles.
• The required information for purchase of equipment for new campuses as follows:
Description of equipment requirement and number and type to be made as per existing campus, which will include reference to the attachment.
Required timelines for the purchase of the equipment.
Requirement to receive and approve quotes as per purchasing policy – you should ensure you clearly refer to the procedure required as relevant to the budget for the equipment.
Attach the Equipment List to the email.
Develop and save the email text as a separate document before sending the email.
9. Update the Monitoring Actions section of your Operational Plan- Written Submission.
Update the Monitoring Actions section of your Operational Plan based on the actions you have implemented in this assessment task. Submit to your assessor.
In the Monitoring Actions section, the student can write like ‘I have emailed the HR manager’ or ‘I have emailed the administration team with approval for purchases’ etc.