Assessment Task 3: Plan work priorities project

Complete the following activities:

1. Research technology and tools that managers can use to manage their work priorities.

You should research at least three of these.Describe each and demonstrate how it assists in planning and prioritizing work.

2. Research the impact of workplace stress, as well as strategies to address this.Make notes on at least 5 impacts of workplace stress and five strategies to address them.

3. Write a work priorities planning report.

Using the notes that you made from the previous two activities, write a short report on personal and work planning.Use the Work Priorities Planning Report Template to guide your work.

4. Write a weekly schedule.

Using one of the tools you have researched, take the list of typical tasks set out in Communications Manager Tasks, and prepare a schedule for a typical week incorporating all of tasks included in the list.

Factor in at least 30 minutes a day for relaxation to ensure a work-life balance. This can be any activity you choose.

5. Prepare a draft of an email to be sent to your assessor.

The text of the email should be in grammatically correct English, written in an appropriate (polite, business-like) style.It should introduce and summarise the contents of the attachments and ask for a time and date of their meeting.

Submit your work priorities planning report and your weekly schedule along with the draft of the email.

6. Meet with your assessor.

This meeting will be held at your workstation.Ensure that your workstation has been set up ergonomically.

Before the meeting begins, ensure that the weekly schedule that you have prepared is ready to show to your assessor.

At the meeting, you will be required to:

Discuss the research you conducted and technologies you have identified to assist managers in planning and prioritizing work tasks. Describe each of the technologies and their usefulness.

Discuss with your assessor the impact of workplace stress on personal well-being and strategies that you can be used to address it. Discuss the impacts of workplace stress and the strategies to address these that you recorded in your work priorities planning report.

Provide a weekly schedule 4. using one of the technologies that you have researched and that incorporates all of the tasks in the list provided by your assessor and show how you have organized the week to reflect the priority of each job.

Show how at least 30 minutes of relaxation time has been included in each day During the meeting, your assessor will ask you to respond to some unexpected information that will mean you need to adjust your weekly schedule. This work will involve you prioritising the urgent tasks but showing how you will still be able to achieve all of the tasks included in your weekly schedule, noting that some may need to be carried forward to the following week. When you have completed re-scheduling, discuss your revised schedule with your assessor. Tell your assessor how you have prioritized and rescheduled tasks to ensure that you can still complete all required tasks.You will be assessed on your skills in prioritizing, as well as rescheduling tasks. During the meeting, your assessor will also be assessing you on your ability to be a positive role model to others through the development of an organised and clear schedule, and your ability to make changes to it effectively. During the meeting, demonstrate effective communication skills including:

Take the Notes in meeting with your assessor.

Speaking clearly and concisely

Using non-verbal communication to assist with understanding

Asking questions to identify required information

Responding to questions as required

Using active listening techniques to confirm understanding