Work Plans - Easy Steps for Managerial Success
Becoming a manager does not necessarily mean that you will automatically be provided with a “How To Do” It instruction manual. Many new managers have to gather their own information about managing and do on the job training. An effective management tool to have in your blossoming repertoire is how to use work plans in order to achieve coordination, control, develop and support workers who you manage.
Try starting to use work plans with the following headings and use a table for the content:
• Objectives: The reason for doing the activity or task
• Action required: The act or steps which will be taken in order to achieve the objective
• By Whom: This is usually the employee in conjunction with others if required
• By what date: deadlines and schedules must be built in and realistically achieved Then as you get more familiar with using them add headings for more complex issues such as costings, risks and projections.
Work plans ideally should be put together with the employee and reviewed at sufficient intervals for there to be a chance to see if they are on track and are working.
When you start to use work plans you will see that they are the basic management planning tool for effective uses for example for business plans, appraisals, group work and individual planning. Use them for all types of objectives such as project management, financial planning, and direct work with customers and marketing.
They will offer you clarity about the work you have to do and help you to stay on track of your work, as well as developing your managerial skills.
Write a work plan which will help you to organize your next project or your personal training.