SITXGMT001 Written Questionnaire Booklet Task 1
SITXGMT001 Written Questionnaire Booklet Task 1
Written Questions
SITXMGT001
Monitor Work Operations
Student Name:
Assessor:
Date:
2. What are you doing when you are monitoring the performance of your team? Answer in 30-50
words.
When I am monitoring the performance, I will comparing actual performance against planned
performance and correcting differences and applying strategies to get performance back on
track
3. Quality assurance takes a company-wide approach. Discuss what this includes. Answer in
40-60 words.
Quality relationships
5. Give two examples of standard operating procedures that support work operations for each of
these areas.
Administration and human
resources
Health and safety
Service standards
Technology
Work practices
6. You work for a hospitality business that specialises in running quality outdoor functions and
events. You promote yourself as an environmentally friendly service provider. What should
you look for when examining day-to-day operations for opportunities to improve the
conservation of resources and the handling of waste? Give three examples.
7. You are a frontline manager in one section of your workplace or training environment. What
four techniques or processes can you use in your area of responsibility to support the
financial sustainability of the business?
8. How can you, as a frontline manager, contribute to social sustainability in your day-to-day
operations? Answer in 40-60 words.
9. When you are a frontline manager, time management is an important skill. Describe three
strategies you can use to better manage your time.
10. One responsibility of a manager is to help staff manage their own time. Why is this an
important responsibility? Answer in 30-50 words.
11. Outline the three steps involved in assessing employee workloads and briefly describe them.
12. List three examples of productivity and service rates that can be used by organisations to
determine workload.
13. How do employment conditions in awards and enterprise agreements affect how you manage
your work team when dealing with a short-term issue or change in work arrangements?
Answer in 40-60 words.
14. Why is delegation an important skill for a manager to have? Answer in 30-50 words.
15. Describe the steps or principles of delegation. Answer in 20-40 words for each.
16. Describe three formal methods you can use to monitor and assess workflow against agreed
objectives.
17. What are two examples of information you might need to provide to management when
discussing your staffing needs?
18. As a frontline manager, why is it important to keep workplace records? Answer in 30-50
words.
19. What type of workplace records could you be required to keep? Identify at least three.
20. List four common workplace problems you might have to deal with as a frontline manager.
21. Briefly outline the five steps you could take to resolve a complex problem.
22. Why is it important to define a problem and determine its root cause? Answer in 40-60 words.
23. What tools or strategies can you use to define a problem and determine its root cause?
Answer in 30-50 words.
24. If you want your team to support a decision, what decision-making process would you use?
Choose from the following: voting, consensus and unilateral decisions. Explain your answer.
Answer in 40-50 words.
25. You are a frontline duty manager in a medium-sized hotel with three bars, a bistro, function
room and drive-through bottle shop. There have been issues lately with inadequate staffing
levels during busy periods and you are re-evaluating next month’s staff rosters to try and
resolve the problem. Many of your employees are casual and part-time staff. Two staff have
minor back injuries and one is on light duties while recovering from a workplace accident.
How do the following areas affect any decisions you make about where and when staff are
rostered and the duties they are allocated?