| Session | Topic | Objectives | Our work, your remit – for the following session |
| 1 | The duties of Line management | Organisational structure & Managers’ roles | Intro: An organisation’s most valuable resources are its Human Resources. Therefore – in its interest – (Line) Managers must pay attention to the way they handle these resources, hence they face three challenges, which are: A. Finding the right resources B. Working with them in an optimal manner, as well as Managing them in the long run First, why LINE managers? What about you, are you concerned? It seems you are: let’s have a look at this description A bit of grammar: What about using the appropriate tenses? Let’s check present perfect or simple past (preterit) Please translate: a/ Je suis étudiant(e) à l’URCA depuis 2022. b/ J’ai participé à ma première compétition en 2015. c/ Il y a 10 ans, je ne pensais pas que je serais un(e) étudiant(e) si talentueux (se)! (si, si, on y croit!) For next week: Please do some digging: on p.3 of your handbook, please write down all the information you will find about the role of a sports manager. Please complete exercise 1  |
| 2 | The recruitment process: Writing the appropriate job description | A. Recruitment First step of the process: Focus on the job and your needs | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 1 2. Back to work: Let’s dive into the fairy world of recruitment! Introduction: What does it entail to exactly? So let’s start with the job description For next week: Please finish your job description, review the lesson on questions and complete exercise 2 |
| 3 | Finding and being the right person | A. Recruitment Profile of the ideal candidate, write your cv accordingly! | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 2 2. Back to work: 1.Last week we saw what the job specification is, in its (sometimes very precise) details. Now let’s focus on the person (specification). What should the ideal applicant be like? Please work in groups: browse the web, find the job description of a position you may be interested in, and try to establish the profile of the ideal applicant (p.5 & 6) 2. Now let’s work on your CV. Please write down all relevant information on p.7. For next week: Please finish your CV and work on exercise 4 |
| 4 | Job interview (Part A) | A. Recruitment Preparing for the interview | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 4 2. Back to work: So far, we have a job description and your CV (since you were requested to complete it for today’s session). Now let’s focus on the job interview, PART A. Let’s see how to conduct the interview, then apply the technique (p.8-9), preparing for your assessment. While you work on this exercise, I can have a look at your individual CV(if you like). For next week: Please work work on exercise 12 |
| 5 | Job interview (Part B) | A. Recruitment Preparing for the interview | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 12 2. Back to work: Now let’s focus on the job interview, PART B. Let’s go through typical questions people ask during interviews, and understand their meaning. Then please think about what you would like to talk about during interview – how you will “sell” your skills, experience and abilities (write your ideas on p.10) 3. A bit of grammar: Please translate: 1. On saura quand il arrivera. 2. Si j’avais su, je ne serais pas venu. Lesson: English sequence of tenses For next week: Please work work on exercise 13 (past tenses) & exercise 1 (sequence) |
| 6 | Managing work | B. Management 1. Planning and Managing work | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction exercise 13 (past tenses) & exercise 1 (sequence) 2. Back to work: Let’s move on now. It’s time we looked at the tasks and duties you may have to carry out as managers, on a daily basis: how do you “make people work”? How do you make their work fit with others’ work? How do you make it all work? In other words, how do you manage? 1. Let’s focus on what happens at top level with the notion of strategy (p.11), writing down all the necessary vocab (p.14). 2. Let’s focus on what happens at lower, proper work levels – with the notions of project, resource allocation, team etc (p.14-15), writing down all the necessary vocab (p.16). For next week: Please work on exercise 2 |
| 7 | Making the team work | B. Management 2. Enhancing your team’s skills, capabilities & delivery | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 2 2. Back to work: More on Agile How do you make your team work together efficiently then? Build and manage your team with Belbin. For next week: Please work on exercise 3 |
| 8 | Managing your people | B. Management 3. Managing your people in the long run | 1. First, a bit of grammar: correction of exercise 3 2. Back to work: Going back to square one – your duties, as a line manager, and the idea of performance management All you need to know about (performance) appraisal, training and so on. Let’s work on appraisals together: please work on exercise p.16 For next week: Please finish the exercise on Alex’s appraisal. You will show your peers how you value the progress he has made over the last 6 months, and how you plan to make him progress further (please prepare a few powerpoint slides for this presentation). |
| 9 | Concluding & Assessment | Present your version of Alex’s appraisal – you’ll be marked 🙂 |