Discuss theory and debates related to the roles of a manager and their need to balance competing organisational demands

Assignment Task

Course Learning Outcomes Addressed

  • Discuss theory and debates related to the roles of a manager and their need to balance competing organisational demands
  • Identify and resolve a managerial dilemma by selecting and applying appropriate managerial skills, actions and/or behaviours from a ‘managerial toolkit’
  • Work independently to research, examine and evaluate ideas from several reliable sources to create professional communication. 

Task Details

Tender Planet is a clothing company, whose social purpose is realised by reinvesting profits into activities which improve lives of those less fortunate. You are responsible for overseeing the recruitment of a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) into Tender Plant. The first thing you will need to do is to decide what sort of competencies will be most important for success in this role. A full overview of the organisation can be found on the company profile. This profile can be found on the Study Desk, under the Assessments tab.

  • Use the company profile of Tender Planet as the basis for your assessment
  • Discuss what competencies from the CVF you consider the most important for the CEO to possess
  • In your response, address each of the four quadrants
  • Justify your answer with independent research and scholarly sources
  • Add in assumptions you have made at the start of your assessment