Vocational Training Development Institute

School of Applied Technology

Information & Communication Technology
Applied Management Strategy – LS124

Assignment Booklet – ICT Students Only

Lecturer: Makeda Lalor

Modules 1,4 and 5 – In-class (Online) Test –
Module 2 - PLANNING &ORGANIZATION Total (100%)

Due
Group Assignment – Project
Instructions: In your group, develop an Organization Strategic Plan for one of the following company and
submit via email (NO PDF):

∙ Lasco Jamaica
∙ Massy Distribution (Jamaica) Limited
∙ CEVA Logistics
∙ Lannaman & Morris Shipping
∙ Grace Kennedy
∙ Salada

You are required to create a SWOT analysis, revise the company's Mission and Vision, create or revise
three (3) Values, set two (2) goals, develop two (2) strategies and two (2) initiatives.

Rubric:

Allocated Marks Actual Marks

SWOT Analysis 40

Revised Vision 5

Revised Mission 5

Values 6

Goals 10

Strategies 20

Initiatives 14

Total 100
Module 3 – ORGANIZATION PROCESS Total (100%)
Due:

Group Assignment – Written & Presentation

Instructions: In your group, prepare a 25 minutes presentation on the following & email the
PowerPoint:
Group 1
Define Organization Process
Explain two (2) Organization Process Approaches
Explain How to set up a department within an organization using one (1) of the approaches
Explain four steps involved in the organization process
Explain how the human resource department gather information within an organization

Group 2
Define Job Description and Job Specification
Explain the components of a Job description
Explain the importance of job description
Discuss three (3) types of instrument used by HR department to gather information

Group 3
Explain what is meant by line and staff position with an organization
How to manage line and staff in an organization
Discuss three (3) techniques of coordinating activities within an organization
Demonstrate & explain the roles of the human resource department in labor issues
Explain the relationship between the law and human resource management

Group 4
What is change Management?
Explain the change management process
Explain the role of HR in change management
Create & explain a sample reporting relationship chart
Rubric:
Nonverbal Skills 10 – Exceptional 8 – Admirable 5 – Acceptable 1 – Poor
Eye Contact Holds attention of Consistent use of Displayed No eye contact
entire direct eye contact minimal eye with audience, as
with audience, entire report is
audience with the contact with
but still returns read from note.
use of audience, while
to notes.
reading mostly
direct eye
from notes.
contact, seldom
looking at notes
or slides.
Body Language Movements seem Made Very little No movement or
fluid and movements or movement or descriptive
gestures that gestures.
help the audience descriptive
enhance
visualize. gestures.
articulation.
Poise Displays relaxed, Makes minor Displays mild Tension and
self-confident mistakes, but tension; has nervousness is
nature about self, obvious; has
quickly recovers trouble
trouble
with no-mistakes. from them; recovering from
displays little or recovering from
mistakes.
no tension. mistakes.
Total

Verbal Skills 10 – Exceptional 8 – Admirable 5 – Acceptable 1 – Poor

Enthusiasm Demonstrates a Occasionally Shows some Shows
strong, shows positive negativity absolutely no
feelings about interest in topic
positive feeling toward topic
topic presented.
about topic presented.
during entire
presentation
Speaking Skills Uses a clear voice Presenter’s voice Presenter’s voice Presenter
and speaks at a is clear. is low. The pace mumbles, talks
good pace so is much too very fast, and
 audience The pace is a rapid/slow. speaks too
members can little slow or fast Audience quietly for a
hear presentation. at times. Most members have majority of
Does not read off audience difficulty hearing students to hear
slides. members can presentation. & understand.
hear
presentation.
Total

Group Work 10 – Exceptional 8– Admirable 5 – Acceptable 1 – Poor

Participants co- All group Most group Fair level of Little or no
operating as a members members participation visible evidence
group to deliver contributed participated among group that the members
Presentation exhibiting contributed members of the group are
strengths and exhibiting working together
effectively strengths and to deliver the
hiding any hiding any presentation.
weaknesses weaknesses

Total

Content 10 – Exceptional 8 – Admirable 6 – Acceptable 1 – Poor

Subject An abundance of Points are There is a great Goal of research
Knowledge material clearly clearly made and deal of unclear,
related to the evidence is used
information that information
research is to support
is not clearly included that
presented. claims.
integrated or
does not support
. Sufficient connected to the
research
information with research.
many good claims in any
points made, way.
uneven balance
and little
 consistency.

Organization Information is Information is Audience has Audience cannot

presented in a presented in difficulty understand
logical and logical sequence presentation
following
interesting which audience because there is
presentation
sequence which can follow. no sequence of
audience can because the information.
follow. Flows presentation
well.
jumps around
and lacks clear
transitions.

Visuals Excellent visuals Appropriate Visuals are used Little or no

that are tied into visuals are used but not visuals, too
the overall story and explained by much text on
explained or put
of the research. the speaker. slides.
in context.

Mechanics Presentation has Presentation has Presentation has Presentation has

no no more than two three many
misspellings
misspellings or misspellings spelling and/or
and/or
grammatical and/or grammatical
grammatical
errors.
errors. grammatical errors.
errors.

Total