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ECM62BUS: Organisational Behaviour and HRM
Report Title: Managing a dispersed team[
Word Length3000 Words
Assessment Criteria! Appreciate the complexities involved in the
management of home-
based, office-based and field-based workers. "#$%&2!
Evaluate both the positive and negative aspects of working from
home.
"#$%! Identify strategies that can be implemented in
organisations to
effectively address these different working practices.
"#$%&'! Ability to present information in a logical and
coherent manner,
including correct use of referencing. "$%&
Managing a dispersed teamThe situation
Keen to secure employment after recently being made redundant,
you see
the following advert on a recruitment website.
Head of Business Development (IT Services Division) Home
Based
Job ef! "##$%&
Salar'! #$***+%**** Basic , -ommission a -ompan' -ar .hone /
0ap+
top.
A new opportunity has arisen for a proven sales professional to
lead a team of
staff responsible for outsourcing IT solutions. Working within a
rapidly growing
outsourcing organisation based in the West Midlands, this is an
eciting
opportunity for a successful sales professional looking to take
on additional
managerial responsibility. !eporting to the Managing "irector
you will be
primarily accountable for the generation and successful
development of new
business opportunities within your team. !esponsibilities will
include# generating
sales, creating new business opportunities, researching $
reporting on market
trends and changes in buying habits, maintaining records of all
customercontacts $ tender activity and managing a team of %&
geographical dispersed
staff. 'ased at home you will manage staff who are either office
based, home(
based or field based using hot(desking facilities. "ue to the
compleities of the
staff profile, it is essential that the successful candidate is
familiar with and
prepared to con)uer the challenges of these differing work
locations. This new
position has lots of scope for progression within an
entrepreneurial and
ambitious company.
*bviously keen to secure alternative employment, you apply and
are fairly
positive owing to your background in this area. +owever, you are
a little
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cautious due to the fact that this new role will re)uire you to
work from
home on a permanent basis. In addition to this, if successful,
all your
team will consist of home(based workers, office(based workers
and sales
professionals working out on the road with the use of
hotdesking
facilities.
ou have also been advised that the report you will submit to
-hould
include the following#(
. What managerial difficulties, if any, you may encounter in
the
management of home(based, office(based and field(based
workers.
/. What difficulties, if any, you may eperience in working from
home.
%. What strategies you may adopt to overcome any difficulties
in
working from home whilst trying to manage a geographically
dispersed team.
The maimum word length for your report is 1***words.
ou must provide an accurate word count at the end of your
assignment.
ou must also include a full bibliography and reference
section.
The following are my own notes from class on the requirements
that
will raise the mark I will get:
oints fr report.
This is the Assignment required, the instructor emphasized
on:
