Planning and Organizing Work

Overview

As a supervisor, you are expected to plan and organize work – not just your own, but also for the people who work for you. How are you expected to accomplish this?

Upon completing this course, you will be better able to answer the following questions:

• How can I organize work effectively for my team?
• What are the key planning skills required of an effective supervisor?
• How do I set work priorities?
• How do I adjust work priorities when changes occur?
• What are the potential pitfalls when communicating expectations to a team?
• How can I balance keeping in touch with team members without interfering with productivity?

This Planning and Organizing Work course from University of Waterloo is designed to help you and other leaders improve results by aligning tasks with organizational and team goals. You will also learn practical tools that will instill confidence as you plan and organize work with your team.

This course can be applied to the Essentials of Supervision Certificate.

What you will learn

• Empower yourself to be a successful front line supervisor.
• Plan and organize your own work and the work of your teams.
• Establish specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals.
• Supervise effectively and efficiently.
• Set priorities and change them as needed.
• Set and communicate clear performance expectations.
• Adopt techniques to keep in touch with work and staff.
• Understand tools to delegate tasks to your team members.