...‘How to Prepare a Skills Matrix’ Introduction A Skills Matrix is one of the most simple, but highly effective, tools available to assess training needs. It is easily reviewed and updated, and presents the skills of team members in a single chart. This guide examines how a Skills Matrix will help you to: • Review the skills and competences required for roles within the team • Assess training needs • Identify gaps in skills within the team • Build commitment to the development of new skills. Definition A Skills Matrix is a table that clearly shows the skills held by individuals in a team, and the skills gaps within a team. Key steps in preparing a Skills Matrix ��� ���� To get the most out of your Skills Matrix you will need to: ����� ���� 1.Identify the job roles in your team 2. Review and code standards of performance 3. Assess the requirement for on-the-job training. An example of a completed Skills Matrix is provided at the end of this guide, as well as a blank proforma. Look at the example, photocopy the proforma, and using your own team as a guide, follow these steps to prepare a Skills Matrix. (For more on Organisational Training Plans, see ‘How to Develop an Organisational Training Plan’). Learning Resources Instep (UK) Ltd. Willow Barn, Newcastle Road, Brereton, Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 1SB Tel: 01477 505811 Fax: 01477 505822 email: HowTo@instepUK.com www.instepUK.com ������ ��� 1. Identifying job roles List your team...
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...Matrix of Learning Team C Member Skills Team Member Name | Skill Sets(Strengths, Contributions, Experience and Education) | Skills you lack and how you intend to improve those skills(Weaknesses) | Consulting Firm(Create a firm that can utilize your skills) | What makes your skills a good match for the Consulting Firm | Sabrina Oliver | I am a human service management major efficient in providing excellent customer service, leadership, team playing, resourceful, and innovative. I have the ability to reward cognitive behavior. Adequate knowledge in a variety of computer programs and functions. Excellent communication, writing, organizational and team playing skills. Adolescent Substance Abuse CounselorI scheduled and conduct screenings and intake. I facilitate groups directly associated with alcohol and/or chemical dependency issues. I provide individual counseling to my case load of 25-35 clients to assess treatment objective progress. Collected fee payments from non- medicare/medicaid clients.Program ManagerI operated a 6 month Social Model Residential Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility for woman on parole. Supervised and scheduled AOD Counselors, case monitors, night staff, volunteers, and clients. Responsible for the hiring, promotion, job evaluations, reprimand and firing of staff. Handled discharge/termination of clients. Maintained a safe and secure environment for all.EducationHigh School Diploma, Certified Addiction Specialist, Corrections Academy, Certified DV...
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...Skills Assessment Paper and Matrix GEN/480 Skills Assessment Paper and Matrix This paper is an assessment of Team “D” and their skills and how they work together as a team to build a consultant firm. The paper will include a summary of skills the team possess and other skills that need to be acquired. The paper will also include how Team “D” plans to obtain these skills and list three types of possible consulting firms that will use the team members’ skills and why those skills are important and appropriate. Finally this paper will include a visual matrix of the team skills. Team “D” is building a consulting firm based on their skills and skills they are acquiring, as we move forward Team “D” will move ahead with their new consulting firm of JAM Associates. Skills are something that you are taught over time and help you build on certain tasks or help you perform those tasks. JAM Associates is a team of three woman that have a various amount of skills combined. Each team member has their own strengths through education and experience that correlate with one another. These skills include; different levels of management, multi-tasking, critical thinking, creative and technical writing, collaboration, problem solving, structured skills, effective communication, active listening, managing others, human resources, counseling, organizational skills and basic computer skills that involve Excel, Word, and Power Points. MATRIX OF SKILLS TO BE INPUTED HERE As we analyze our strengths...
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...Staffing – Job Description/Job Analysis 1. A job description outlines the necessary skills, training and education needed by a potential employee. It will spell out duties and responsibilities of the job. Once a job description is prepared, it can serve a basis for interviewing candidates, orienting a new employee and finally in the evaluation of job performance. Using job descriptions is part of good management and it will help an organization better understand the experience and skill base needed to enhance the success of the company. Job descriptions assist in the hiring, evaluation and potentially terminating of employees. Many times there can be a misunderstanding of what a position entails an in-depth, well-prepared job description can help both sides share a common understanding. 2. Announce plan to update job descriptions using the Job Requirements – Job Analysis process to the whole company. Briefly explain the process and the time frame for the project. Motivate employees to participate and dispel any negative feeling about the process. Stand as a unified team with Marvin and Alta Fossom and have them ask for the support and cooperation of all employees. Meet with Marvin and Alta on a monthly basis to update them on the project. a. Meet with the general manager, supervisor of operations and customer service to discuss the project. b. Request all documents currently being in the staffing process for every job at the company. c. Meet with all department supervisors...
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...Advanced linear algebra M. Anthony, M. Harvey MT2118, 2790118 2011 Undergraduate study in Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences This is an extract from a subject guide for an undergraduate course offered as part of the University of London International Programmes in Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences. Materials for these programmes are developed by academics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For more information, see: www.londoninternational.ac.uk This guide was prepared for the University of London International Programmes by: Professor M. Anthony, BSc, MA, PhD and Dr M. Harvey, BSc, MSc, PhD, Department of Mathematics, The London School of Economics and Political Science. This is one of a series of subject guides published by the University. We regret that due to pressure of work the authors are unable to enter into any correspondence relating to, or arising from, the guide. If you have any comments on this subject guide, favourable or unfavourable, please use the form at the back of this guide. University of London International Programmes Publications Office Stewart House 32 Russell Square London WC1B 5DN United Kingdom Website: www.londoninternational.ac.uk Published by: University of London © University of London 2006 Reprinted with minor revisions 2011 The University of London asserts copyright over all material in this subject guide except where otherwise indicated....
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...information is passed among the levels of management (businessdictionary, 2014.) There are three types of organizational structures functional, divisional, and matrix, all three have their advantages and disadvantages. The company that I work for is a local distributor of beer. This company uses the matrix structure. The matrix organization is a hybrid of the functional and divisional organizations (Bateman & Snell, 2011.) With the company being a hybrid it has all the advantages along with the disadvantages of the functional and divisional. The big difference with the matrix organization, which is a big disadvantage, is that there are two bosses instead of one. There is a functional boss and a divisional boss (Bateman & Snell, 2011.) With having two bosses it uses what is called a Unity-of-Command principle which is a structure where the employees report to one boss who reports to one boss and so on until it gets to upper management (Bateman & Snell, 2011.) This is where the disadvantage of the matrix organization is, by having too many people in the line while information is being relayed it can lead to misinterpretation by the time it reaches upper management which is why the two boss part of the matrix organization is such a big disadvantage. Functional organizations group employees by the skills that are needed to complete certain jobs. The functional organization is a structure that is best in a stable environment (Bateman & Snell, 2011.) The company...
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...Reflection Walden University Introduction to philosophy PHIL 1001 How can you prove weather at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or weather we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state? Plato For this reflection I founded it fascinating to consider different understanding of reality, I really enjoyed Plato Alegory of the cave amazing piece of art work what a great philosopher for that time period, also movie Matrix great movie directed by Wanch brothers. So questions we can all ask ourselves: Are things we see around us real, are they our reality, and how do we know that for sure, how do we know if we are dreaming or not. These are questions that unfortunately are out of our reach and only time will answer. The Alegory of the cave is a famous story from the Plato Republic, it is a profound allegory with many interpretation, and in this reflection I will compare it to the movie Matrix, and my view of reality. “ Imagine the condition of men living in a sort of cavernous chamber underground, with an entrance open to the light and a long passage all down the cave. Here they have been from childhood, chained by the leg and also by the neck, so that they cannot move and can see only what is in front of them, because the chain will not let them turn their heads. At some distance higher up is the light of a fire burning behind them, and between the prisoners and the fire is a track with a parapet built along...
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...submitted solutions are marked by your tutor and handed back the following Tuesday; the lecturer’s solutions are available online the same day. Web publications All module materials will be available on VITAL as soon as they are needed in the class. Hard copies of some houndouts will also be distributed, but only once. Closer to the end of the semester, past papers will be put on VITAL. Class Tests There will be one class test during the module; the date will be announced at least a week in advance. Examinations The course will be assessed by a single 2 1 hour examination paper in January. Your perfor2 mance at the tutorial classes (including a mini-project consisting of 5 extra individual problems) contribute 10% to the final assessment (key skills). Another 10% of the final mark are coming...
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...computer network administrator. For example, information telling the brain, “You are running in Italy, and you smell pizza.” The brain perceives this information as reality. The movie The Matrix is based on the Brain in the Vat. The Matrix, Rene Descartes, Meditation I Of The Things Of Which We May Doubt and Plato’s, “The Allegory of the Cave,” all hold similarities to the Brain in the Vat; therefore they hold similarities to each other. Although they hold similarities to each other there are also some differences between these three reasons. The similarities between the movie The Matrix, Plato’s cave analogy and Descartes’ Meditation I are that they questioned what they knew to be their world—whether it was reality or a dream; they each wanted to leave what they knew to be their world or reality to discover what they individually sensed to be a true reality. They are equivalent in that their perception of the real world started during each ones childhood. In The Matrix, Neo is controlled by a simulated computer system. In Plato’s cave the prisoners are controlled by mankind. Descartes is controlled by his false perceptions of evil demons. In The Matrix, the movie ends with Neo declaring his determination to share with the people the truth about The Matrix and them living in a true world on their own apart from control. Plato deliberates on the effect the cave leaves on one of the prisoner’s after he escapes the chains...
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...Online Assignment #2 Due Thursday, February 12th by 11:59pm Directions: In this online assignment you will be discussing the process involved with creating and maintaining job descriptions. To complete this assignment, you will first need to read the scenario entitled “Maintaining Job Descriptions,” on pp. 195-196 of your textbook (Staffing Organizations, Henemen, Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller, 7th edition). After you have read the scenario, please answer the questions on this worksheet. Please double-space your answers, and use Times New Roman 12 point font. Please submit the assignment electronically on Blackboard using the Turnitin link provided in the Week 5 Online Content folder. ------------------------------------------------- Name: After reading the scenario entitled “Maintaining Job Descriptions,” on pp. 195-196 of your textbook, please answer the following questions: 1. Please explain why it is important for the InAndOut company to review and update their job descriptions. Be sure to use evidence from the scenario (on pp. 195-196) and rationale from the textbook to support your answer. This company is a perfect example of the challenge that a growing company has to face in terms of keeping updated or creating new job descriptions. It is important for InAndOut to keep its job descriptions updated because the company is growing and changing rapidly, information and technology is constantly being upgraded and new machinery is being used. In addition, new people...
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...What factors do you think contributed to the level of success your team achieved? I believe our team achieved an 8/10 score for our level of success. Initially our team got off to a rocky start, our inability to pick a subject choice I believe inhibited and reduced our research time. However, once we started with some real direct communication and the team members (including myself) were able to contribute effectively, our opinions and ideas started to flow. Creating the google doc and having a structured matrix made communication and providing information easier. The content of our subject choice did change 2-3 times during this process, but I think that this enabled us to think as a team and work to everyone’s strengths. It was using the google drive and the document matrix where we were able to establish which team member would undertake what communication style sub-topic and which themes were most suitable to utilise across each sub-topic. Using the Wiki, emails and Google Docs made communication easier as 1 of our team members lives in a different country and time zone. We were able to bandy suggestions back and forth through these methods and the delay in time didn’t make much of an impact. With regards to the Prezi itself, Megan chose to design and manipulate the Prezi structure and layout. Being that Megan had, had previous experience with Prezi, the rest of the team were happy with this choice. In our team collaboration through Blackboard, we were able to see...
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...decisions, making it more important to have a sound information base. To do well in such an environment, one will need to understand how to identify quality information and recognize the solid, reliable research on which one‟s high-risk decisions as a manager can be based. One also needs to know how to analyze the research findings. The study of quantitative techniques provides one with the knowledge and skills needed to solve the problems and the challenges of a fast-paced decisionmaking environment. Managers make decisions on a day to day basis and it is necessary for them to be able to analyze the data so as to be able to make optimal decisions. This module has ten lesson which cover matrix algebra, markov analysis, Linear programming, differentiation, applications of differentiation to cost, revenue and profit functions, integral calculus, inventory models, sampling and estimation theory, hypothesis testing and chi-square tests. iii MODULE OBJECTIVES By the end of the course, the student should be able to:- 1. Perform various operations on matrices matrix algebra, 2. Apply the concept of matrices in solving simultaneous equations, input-output analysis and markov analysis, 3. Formulate and solve Linear programming using the graphical and simplex method 4. Differentiate various functions and apply to cost, revenue and profit functions 5. Apply...
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...Decision Making Skills Mindtools’ decision making skills quiz defines results into six sub categories. With an overall score of 66, there is room for improvement. The test suggested that work was needed in the category of generating potential solutions. Generating potential solutions can be a difficult task but can be improved given time, practice, and innovative thinking. Brainstorming When thinking of the healthcare field, generating solutions to a problem can be crucial to individuals, patients, and the overall healthcare system. One great approach to finding multiple solutions to a problem is a simple brainstorming session. During this time, individuals or groups of individuals throw out multiple ideas or solutions of a problem...
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...Realities Two-Way Street Ignorance is bliss. This phrase, however comforting, is a provocative statement to the debilitating state of society and the human state of mind; the dual-edged comment is represented in both Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the Wachoski brother’s The Matrix through universes, similar to our own, where people are in strong states of illusion and ignorance. Both have a character, which is brought to the “light” to realize this false reality and to liberate everyone else to a better reality, the “real” reality. Situations can arise where having knowledge of it can seem detrimental, however, our very existence as human beings is to live a life of bettering ourselves and the species in general through knowledge both good and bad, and the actions that take place from knowledge. People do actions and make decisions based on history from what he has done wrong or from what he has done correctly and on this basis it is a stepping stone that either good or bad having knowledge of the past, complete knowledge, helps to mold the future positively. Although blissful, avoiding reality will never be a positive action with even in modern days something such as Facebook has become our matrix keeping people away from the outside, not personally and physically interacting with others or now having games that are virtually realities allowing someone to be something else but does not benefit the world in any way. The lack of benefit world is where virtual reality does its...
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...1 Eigenvalues And Eigenvectors Aamir Nazir Course:- B.Tech 2nd Year (Civil Engineering) Section:- A Roll No.:- 120107002 System ID:- 2012018068 Subject:- Mathematics Subject Code:- MTH-217 Course Code:- CE-107 Teacher Incharge:- Ms. Archana Prasad 2 Contents 1. Abstract 3 2. Introduction 3-4 3. Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues of a real matrix 4 a. Characteristic Polynomial 7-8 b. Algebraic Multiplicities 8-9 4. Calculation 9 a. Computing Eigenvalues 9 b. Computing Eigen Vectors 10 5. Applications 10 a. Geology and Glaciology 10-11 b. Vibration Analysis 11-12 c. Tensor of Moment of Inertia 12 d. Stress Tensor 12 e. Basic...
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