Scheduling

• As the manager, one of your main duties is to staff your area of responsibility

• To do this, a manager must:

• Understand what jobs need to be done• Know which employees are able to perform and

accomplish these duties

• Scheduling is often a challenging task…much like a puzzle that they must put together

• Factors such as:• Vacation• Sickness• Booked times off• Unavailablity of employee• Employee skill match with required job role• Minimum / maximum hours to be worked must be observed

Creating a schedule:

• Is usually done via computer…either a computer program or customized schedule sheet (ie – Excel)

• Layout varies, but it must include and communicate:• dates schedule covers• department schedule is created for• each employees name• each available shift (day / hours required)• other notes (ie – sick, booked off, etc.)

all of this information is synthesized to ensure human resources are used in an effective and optimal manner

• Let’s look at a few examples that are commonly used:

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