This book sets out new approaches, formulas, and software needed to enÂable any HR function or organization to forecast trends and to use existÂing retrospective data to their organization's advantage, which, in short, is to maximize efficiency and productivity. The reader will encounter new formulas to use and new approaches that will add value. Readers will also learn that most of the existing 52 formulas available don't work in today's environment. There is new software that will enable you to do forecasts with certainty and you can use a new mathematical model to rightsize any organization. Are you using an outdated organizational model? Do you have pro-cesses that don't work any more? These are areas that are major inhibiÂtors to productivity and can be significantly improved. Most important of all, this book will help you to create imÂmense added value in any organization.
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Some questions for Fresh Graduates/College leavers
Management Qualities—Criteria Sign Posts
Sign Post—Questions on Leadership
Score out of 10
1. Describe an example of a time when you had to coordinate the work of other people.
• What were you trying to achieve?
• How did you go about organizing the work?
• What feedback did you have about your style of coordinating tasks?
2. Tell me about a time when your input motivated others to reach a team goal.
• Why was this necessary?
• What did you do to motivate the team?
• Why did this work?
3. Give me an example of a time when you successfully helped someone to carry out a task independently.
• How did you enable them to carry out the work?
• How did you follow this up?
• What was the outcome?
4. Tell me about a situation when you found it difficult to focus the work of a team on an objective.
• What made this work difficult?
• How did you try to overcome these difficulties?
• How could you improve upon this?
5. What opportunities have you had to identify development opportunities for others?
• What action did you take?
• Why was this important?
• What impact did this have?
6. We all have times when we find it difficult to control the activities of others. Give me an example of when you faced this type of situation.
• Why did you find the situation challenging?
• How did you overcome the difficulties you faced?
Sign Post—Questions on Planning and Organizing
1. Tell me about how you normally cope with a lot of work.
• Where do you start?
• What do you do to ensure it all gets done?
• What prevents you from getting it all done?
2. Give me an example of when you had to organize a piece of work, project, or an event.
• How did you prepare and plan for it?
• What time scales did you set?
• How well did it go?
3. Give me an example of when you had to work to an important deadline.
• How manageable were your timescales?
• What did you do to ensure that the deadline was met?
• What did you learn?
4. Describe the last time you missed a deadline.
• Why did this happen?
• How responsible were you for this?
• What did you do to try to overcome the problem?
5. Describe a time when you had to organize the implementation of a plan.
• On what basis did you determine your priorities?
• How did this work out in practice?
6. Even the most organized individuals may find that they overlook some of the activities required in planning an initiative. Tell me about a time when this happened to you.
