Effective People Management Project

A project based resource for EDEXCEL GCSE Business (2009) Unit 3, Topic 4 - Effective Project Management, although I am sure it works for all new specs pending small edits.

An extended project designed to be completed in 7-8 hours as both class and homework tasks, this also revises Unit 1 Recruitment, Training and Motivation. The focus is the application of HR topics to a students own imagined SME with 15-20 employees.

The project includes flipped learning of all Unit 3 Topic 4 content, although this can be modified (Task Sheet is in word format to allow you to edit) which is reinforced with nine activities that contextualise the topics into the students imagined business.

Activities include;

• Sort card recruitment process
• Creating a simple Job Description and Person Spec for a new starter
• Identification of how that role will be trained on and off the job
• Creating an organisation structure for the company
• Identifying the motivational needs of the workers (Maslow)
• Identification of key communication concepts for a chosen staff member
• Creation of a twitter conversation to illustrate barriers to communication
• Development of a remuneration package for two contrasting employees

Notes:
I have not included the text book extracts referred to due to copyright - but have included web links that cover the key aspects.
The timeframe you will no doubt want to edit - so I have highlighted this yellow on the first page of the worksheet to draw your attention to it.