What employers want
My objective
how I’ll do this
Help/resources
needed
How I’ll know I’ve
achieved it
Completed by
Crimson publishing ltd 2017.supporting for what employees want the employability skills handbook
LUTTS AND MIPPS REACTION FORM
1. How did the item approach the sharing of information? (what techniques were used?)
2. a.whose participation was most helpful in the accomplishment of the task?
b. What particular behaviours were helpful?
3. a.whose participation seemed to hinder the accomplishment of the task?
b.what particular behaviours seemed to be hindrance?
4.what feelings did you experience while the team was working on the problem?
5.what role9(s) did you play in the team?
6.a. who assumed leadership roles during the problem solving task?
b. how would you describe the leadership behaviours that emerged?
c. what were the effects of these behaviours on the completion of the task?
d.how would your characteristic the team member’s response to the leadership behaviour
that emerged?
7.a. what have you learned about your personal approach to problem solving?
b.what have you learned about the team’s approach?
c.how can you use what you have learned when the team works on real problems?
Management roles
Planning,organising,controlling,leading
Student worksheet
Initiate prior learning
1. Describe the activities undertaken in each of the following management functional areas.
a) Finance
b) Human resources
c) Operations
D) Marketing
e) Research and development
Management roles
planning, organising,controlling,leading
Active viewing guide
Management roles: overview
1.What does the acronym POLC stand for?
2. list the five key management functional areas.
3. The marketing function focuses on the four ps? What are the four ‘p’s?
4.human resources now views people as assets rather than instruments for getting work
done. Explain what you understand by this statement
Management roles: planning
5. a. identify the three levels of planning
Management roles
Planning, organising,leading,controllling
b)what is the time frame for each level of planning?
6) List the five steps of the planning process.
7) Explain what is meant by a SWOT analysis.
8) Explain why strengths and weakness tend to come from the internal environment
whereas opportunities and threats tend to come from the external environment
Management roles: Organising
9. Define the key management role of ‘organising’.
Management roles
Planning,organising,leading,cntrolling
10.Why is it important for a manager to know what resources are available first. Before they
decided how to allocate these resources?
Management roles. Leading
11. what are the tools a transactional leader uses to motivate employees?
12. Contrast the style of a transactional leader with a transformational leader.
13. There is an old saying that refers to the ‘carrot and stick’ approach to management.
Discuss what type of leader would use this approach.
Employability worksheets for students
Which of your
school/college subjects
have you found least
interesting?
What else do you do at
school/college (i.e. extra-
curricular activities)?
What positions of
responsibility have you
held (eg.on school
council,sports team,clubs
etc.,)
What do you do in spare
time (eg. Activities that
are not related to
school/college)?
What do you most enjoy
doing (be honest-if your
favourite pastime is
sleeping.admit it)?
Where are you now?
Who are you and what can you do?
Answer the following questions to help you establish where you are in your life at this
moment in time. Use your response to give you a starting point for planning. Future actions
and applying for jobs.
You-now!
Your name
Where do you live
and with whom?
Describe your
education to date.
Where you want
went to
school/college, and
what qualifications
you gained
Which of your
school/college
subjects have you
found most
interesting?
Identify activities that you’re good at and the things that you need to improve on
All about you!
If your friends were describing
you, what would they say where
your three most likeable
personal qualities (e.g. sense of
humour, good listener, reliable,
etc.,)
If your teacher were describing
you, what would they say were
your three best personal qualities
(e.g. cnslentiousstudent helps
other students, finishes work on
time)?
If your friends were describing
you, what would they say were
your three most annoying
personal (e.g. talks too much,
always late, loud laugh, etc.,)
If your teacher were describing
you, what would they say were
your three most annoying
personal qualities
What are your plans?
Answer the following questions in as much detail as you can to help you consider what
you’d like to do in the future
Your plans
What do you plan to do
during the next 12 months?
Do you plan to continue your
education? If so, doing
what?
What sort of job/career are
you helping for when you
finish your education?
What would you like to be
doing in 10 years time?
Problem solving skills
(eg. Collecting and analysing data, consulting other people, analysing
using problem-solving tools,etc.,)
Strengths
Areas that I excel in This is evidenced by
Research-finding things The history of art project that I completed as part of my A level
out in librarires and on course. This involved original research about local artists
the internet.
Weaknesses
Areas that need to improve This is evidenced by
Understanding numerical I avoid using this type of information even when I know it
data would be relevant
Communication skills
(e.g wriiten communication, listening,speaking on the telephone, speaking to group of
people, contributing to meetings, giving instructions,etc.,)
strenghts
Areas that excel in This is evidenced by
Communication well on the Persuaded local business to advertise in our school
telephone yearbook.
Weaknesses
Areas that need to improve This is evidenced by
Speaking in public I’ve only done this once and was too
nervous to get my message across clearly.
Employability worksheets for students
What work does it involve?
Who will report this to?
Who will the external customers
will be?
Who will the internal customers
will be?
Teamworking skills
(e.g. collaborating with others, organising a team, learning new skills from others team
members, chairing a meeting. Etc.,)
Strenghts
Areas that excel in That is evidenced by
Getting people to work I got 20 people to work together to raise funds for charity
together as a team by producing a comic relief joke book.
Weaknesses
Areas that need to improve This is evidenced by
I tend to boss other people Complaints from my friends when they’ve worked with
about me!
Ict
(e.g. using word-processing packages,spreadsheets,email, presentation software, etc.,)
Strenghts
Areas that excel in This is evidenced by
Word processing The way that I present my coursework
Weaknesses
Areas that I need to improve This is evidenced by
Using a database I ‘ve never done this though I know it would be useful
for storing information about friends and family.
Using numbers
e.g., calculations using electronic equipment, mental arthematic, calculating weights,
measures and space, percentages and fractions, etc.,)
Strenghts
Areas that excel in This is evidenced by
Estimating amount of I helped my parents what materials they would need
materials needed to
complete projects
Weaknesses
Areas that I need to That is evidenced by
improve
Preparing simple accounts My poor performance in preparing the final profit and loss
account to the comic relief jone.
