BSBADM506 Manage Business Document Design And Development

1. With respect to human resource capability, where are the skills gaps that exist currently within the administration team?

• Administration team performance

The administration team at Adept Owl performs a range of documentation tasks. These tasks are grouped into several main areas of activity, which provide the basis for measuring performance that drives organisational outcomes/results.

The administration team at Adept Owl uses the following performance scorecard/record which includes various targets for documentation output and quality.

2. How could the skills gaps/not having enough skills be closed in keeping with organisational practices?

Administration team capability

• The administration team has identified six key skills that each team member will need to perform at a practitioner/specialist level (see the legend / table of explanation below for clarification of levels) or above:

Untrained – Team member has no training.

Learner – Team member cannot perform task independently.

Practitioner – Team member can perform task independently with supervision.

Operator – Team member can perform task independently.

Coach – Team member can train others to perform task.

3. What future IT capability needs (both physical and human) could the organization have with respect to document design and production within the next 2–5 years? Identify at least one source of external advice or information you have used to help you make this evaluation.

• Without further training or recruitment to bolster/strengthen capability/performance

4. What changes might be required to the Adept Owl style guide and procedures to (take account/make a note, awareness) of anticipated/expected technological changes?

• Current business needs

In attempting to achieve its wider business goals, Adept Owl has a number of current specific business needs relating to the skills capability/ability and performance of the administration team in designing and using documentation.

Question 3

Referring to the Adept Owl style guide and procedures, identify three types of documents used and required by the organization.

• Mail merge - "mail merge" is a process to create personalized letters and pre-addressed envelopes or mailing labels mass mailings from a word processing document which contains fixed text.
• Letter mail-outs One of the most common tasks undertaken by the team is writing letters to both internal and external customers. In all cases such letters need to conform/meet to Adept Owl house styles.
• Expense reporting One type of document the organization currently lacks/does not have standard processes for is expense reporting.

Question 4

Develop a short procedure for either (a) a mass letter mail-out or (b) the creation of an expense report. Ensure your procedures:

• A mass letter mail-out

Letter mail-outs

• Write an email
• Open Gmail.
• In the top left, click Compose.
• In the "To" field, add recipients. If you want, you can also add recipients in the "cc" and "bcc" fields.
• Add a subject.
• Write your message.
• At the bottom of the page, click Send.

5. follow general style requirements of the Adept Owl style guide; include at least two references to the style guide or procedures, for example, storage or use of fonts (types, styles of letters) or headings

6. adhere/stick to information, budget and technology requirements outlined in the scenario in Appendix 1.