Explain why delegation is a critical skill for a manager. Describe one strategy that Sally Anne could put in place to support the team in order to achieve optimum performance.

Lead and Manage People

There are four assessment tasks for this unit. You must be deemed satisfactory in all tasks in order to meet Competency for this unit. Students must submit their completed assessment task/s in Engage/ Turnitin on or before the due date.

Case Study:

Sally Ann is the new manager for a boutique patisserie.  Unfortunately, the existing small team has become negative and unproductive under the previous manager.  Sally Ann decided that she would observe the operation for the first few weeks, just to see the how the business operated.  The team appeared to be busy, but the production was always less than required, despite food orders for the correct number. There was often conflict within the team as sometimes work was doubled up, or even not completed, as the staff really did not know what they should be doing.

As the weeks have progressed, Sally Ann has been working longer and longer hours. She really wants to be more organised in her approach and really wants the staff to take on more duties and responsibilities, but they have shown little initiative.  She has asked the chef de partie to do the rostering for her, but it has been a complete disaster as there were shifts left unfilled and other staff working overtime or without a day off.  Sally Ann now feels that it is just easier to do the rostering herself.

Sally Ann has decided that she has seen enough and is seeking assistance from you, a Le Cordon Bleu graduate.

Task:

Part A: Follow the instructions below to form the basis of an action plan for Sally Ann to use to begin to make a positive change to work culture in the patisserie.

1.    Explain why delegation is a critical skill for a manager.

2.    Suggest two suitable and different tasks (not rostering) which the Head chef can delegate to two other staff members.

3.    Suggest how Sally Ann might identify the most appropriate employee for each task in Question 2, and how she should delegate each task.

4.    Identify two barriers to delegation that might exist and suggest how you would implement processes to overcome them.

5.    Describe one strategy that Sally Anne could put in place to support the team in order to achieve optimum performance.

Part B: Write a one-page action plan for Sally Ann, including the specific tasks that she needs to undertake to begin to change the work culture in the patisserie.

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