Changing Priorities and Monitoring Process Flashcards
List circumstances that could affect day-to-day work/priorities.
A member of staff phoning in sick.
The computer network crashing.
A manager changing a deadline for a piece of work.
List circumstances that could affect the achievement of long-term targets.
A new supervisor may decide to take a different approach from that taken by their predecessor.
Staff changes at senior management level have taken place.
A new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) could decide to implement major changes that have a trickle-down effect.
Restructuring, expansion or downsizing create changed priorities on all levels.
List the circumstances that could impact on the achievement of am individual employees targets.
The targets were not SMART.
The actions of others prevented the employee from being able to achieve the targets that had been set.
The employees was requested to undertake additional tasks after targets and priorities were set.
The line manager did not give the employee adequate support.
Why is it important for employees to remain calm and solution focuses when a change in circumstances necessitates to change in priorities?
Because If they don’t stay calm and focuses then they will get less work down and be even further behind.
A solution to the problem is by Eliminating time stealers, being assertive and saying no to additional work, calling on additional help from other employees, requesting overtime and extending the deadline to complete tasks/ achieve targets.
