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Task 2
Organise meetings
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To be filled out and submitted with assessment responses
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cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with any other student(s)
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according to the process explained to me
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DNS
Did the student satisfactorily:
The following has been satisfactorily completed ☐ ☐ ☐
and submitted:
DNS
Did the student satisfactorily:
Email – notice of meeting
Demonstrated ability to: ☐ ☐ ☐
Prepare meeting agenda
Check documentation for accuracy and
correct any errors
Distribute documentation to participants
within designated timelines
Prepare spare sets of documents
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Did the student satisfactorily:
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Student Declaration................................................................................................................................................2
Task 2 – Organise meetings..............................................................................................................7
Task 2.1 Make meeting arrangements...........................................................................................................13
Task 2.2 Prepare and distribute documentation for meetings.............................................................15
Task 2.3 Record and produce minutes of meetings..................................................................................17
Appendix 1 – Scenario.......................................................................................................................21
Appendix 2 – Staff Calendar............................................................................................................22
Appendix 3 – Draft Conference Program....................................................................................24
Appendix 4 – Meeting Policy and Procedures...........................................................................26
What is this You are the Administration and Project Officer at Grow Management
assessment task Consultants; you are responsible for organising all meetings.
about? The Operations Manager has sent an email (Appendix 1) to advise of
the arrangements for the meeting about the draft conference
program in October 2020.
Procedures
1. Review the assessment scenario, the business documentation, including policies and
procedures and the templates provided:
o Appendix 1 – Scenario
o Appendix 2 – Staff Calendar
o Appendix 3 - Draft Conference Program
o Appendix 4 – Meeting Policy and Procedures
at the end of this document
o Policies and Procedures – provided in separate folder
o Templates:
1 – Email in Task 2.1
2 – Meeting Agenda in Task 2.2
3 – Meeting Minutes in Task 2.3
2. Read the scenario in Appendix 1 at the end of this document. Additionally, review the staff
calendar (Appendix 2), the conference program (Appendix 3) and the Meeting Policy and
Procedures (Appendix 4).
6. Develop the agenda for the meeting according to the Grow Management Consultants’
Meeting Policy and Procedures (Appendix 4), and as set out in the scenario information.
o The agenda should clearly show the date and time for the meeting, as well as the items
for discussion as per the scenario information and meeting policy and procedures.
o Use the Meeting Agenda Template (Template 2) to guide your work.
7. Once you have completed a draft of your agenda, save it as Draft Meeting Agenda
o Make sure that Track Changes is enabled for the document, then proofread it, tracking all
of your changes.
8. Submit the Draft Meeting Agenda with the tracked changes and your notes (use word
comments) as evidence that you have proofread your Agenda.
9. Once you have thoroughly proof-read your meeting agenda, for spelling, grammar and
formatting, accept the changes, delete the comments and produce your final version of the
Agenda. Save this as Meeting Agenda.
11. Distribute the Meeting Agenda via Outlook or Gmail Calendar invite:
o The text of the invite should be in grammatically correct English, written in an appropriate
(polite, business-like) style.
o The body of the invite (called description in Gmail) will constitute your instructions about
reading the Agenda and the Conference Program attached.
o Mention again the meeting date, time and place in the body of the invite.
o Ensure that the agenda is sent within the timeframe as set out in the Meeting Policy and
Procedures (Appendix 4)
o Note: you don’t need to send the invite, but you have to complete all the sections of the
calendar invite and take a screenshot.
o Copy and paste the screenshot in the assessment document where required.
12. Good sustainability practices in business, dictate that the use of paper should be minimised.
However, you should be ready to provide attendees with spare soft copies of the meeting
agenda and the conference program if needed.
Save the Meeting Agenda and the conference program in a folder and take a
screenshot of the folder to evidence that you are prepared to provide spare soft copies of the
documents to the attendees if required. Copy and paste the screenshot in the assessment
document where required.
The trainer and assessor will observe your participation in the meeting and provide feedback in
the marking sheet.
If you are absent from class, it is your responsibility to make alternative arrangements with the
trainer and assessor.
14. After the meeting write up the draft of the meeting minutes:
o Minutes should be written clearly and concisely and reflect key points.
o They must also be saved in the required format as set out in the Meeting Policy and
Procedures.
o Use the Meeting Minutes Template (Template 3) to guide your work.
15. Once you have completed a draft of the minutes, save it as Draft Meeting Minutes
Make sure that Track Changes is enabled for the document, then proofread it, tracking all of your
changes.
16. Submit the Draft Meeting Minutes with the tracked changes and your notes (use word
17. Once you have thoroughly proof-read your meeting minutes, for spelling, grammar and
formatting, accept the changes, delete the comments and produce your final version of the
Agenda.
18. Ask the Operations Manager (the trainer and assessor) to quickly review the meeting
minutes before saving them in their final version.
Read the scenario in Appendix 1 at the end of this document. Additionally, review the staff calendar
(Appendix 2), the conference program (Appendix 3) and the Meeting Policy and Procedures (Appendix
4).
A) Meeting requirements
Type of meeting
Purpose of the meeting
Legal and ethical
requirements
Advice on how to comply
with legal or ethical
requirements
Meeting requirements
Participant requirements
Suitable date and time for
the meeting
Technology requirements
B) Notice of meeting
Email to Attendees
To:
Cc:
Bcc:
Subject:
Date email is sent:
A) Meeting Agenda
Develop the agenda for the meeting according to the Grow Management Consultants’ Meeting
Policy and Procedures (Appendix 4), and as set out in the scenario information.
The agenda should clearly show the date and time for the meeting, as well as the items for
discussion as per the scenario information and meeting policy and procedures.
Once you have completed a draft of your agenda, save it as Draft Meeting Agenda
Make sure that Track Changes is enabled for the document, then proofread it, tracking all of
your changes.
Submit the Draft Meeting Agenda with the tracked changes and your notes (use word
comments) as evidence that you have proofread your Agenda.
Once you have thoroughly proof-read your meeting agenda, for spelling, grammar and
formatting, accept the changes, delete the comments and produce your final version of the
Agenda. Save this as Meeting Agenda. Submit the Proofread Meeting Agenda with your
assessment.
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Date:
Meeting Location:
Attendees:
Chair:
Note: you don’t need to send the invite, but you have to complete all the sections of the calendar
invite and take a screenshot.
Good sustainability practices in business, dictate that the use of paper should be minimised.
However, you should be ready to provide attendees with spare soft copies of the meeting agenda
and the conference program if needed.
Save the Meeting Agenda and the conference program in a folder and take a screenshot of the
folder to evidence that you are prepared to provide spare soft copies of the documents to the
attendees if required.
Copy and paste the screenshot below:
You will be participating in the meeting in the role of minute taker in week 4 of class.
Organise two other students to play the roles of the management consultants in attendance
(Assume that Bob is attending via Skype).
Advise participants that you can send them the meeting agenda and the conference program via
email if anyone has not brought theirs along.
At the meeting, the staff will discuss the proposed conference program and you will need to take
notes of the meeting as per the requirements of the minute’s section of the meeting policy and
procedure, including:
The trainer and assessor will observe your participation in the meeting and provide feedback in the
marking sheet.
If you are absent from class, it is your responsibility to make alternative arrangements with the trainer
and assessor.
Minutes should be written clearly and concisely and reflect key points.
They must also be saved in the required format as set out in the Meeting Policy and
Procedures.
Use the Meeting Minutes Template (Template 3) to guide your work.
Once you have completed a draft of the minutes, save it as Draft Meeting Minutes
Make sure that Track Changes is enabled for the document, then proofread it, tracking all of
your changes.
Submit the Draft Meeting Minutes with the tracked changes and your notes (use word
comments) as evidence that you have proofread your Meeting Minutes.
Once you have thoroughly proof-read your meeting minutes, for spelling, grammar and
formatting, accept the changes, delete the comments and produce your final version of the
Agenda.
Meeting Minutes
Date:
Time:
Place:
Attendees:
Apologies:
Item Description
1 Meeting purpose
Item discussed
2
Outcomes
Item discussed
3
Outcomes
4 Meeting close:
Next meeting:
Time:
5
Date:
Place:
Email to Attendees
To:
Cc:
Bcc:
Subject:
Date email is sent:
Attachments:
Appendix 1 – Scenario
Each year the company runs a Leadership Conference. This year’s conference will be held in October
2020 and planning has commenced. The Operations Manager wants to share ideas about conference
topics and to allocate roles and responsibilities in regard to organizing and running the conference.
As the Administration and Project Officer for the company, you are responsible for organising all
meetings. The Operations Manager has sent you the following email to advise of the arrangements for
the meeting about the draft conference program.
July 1, 2020
Dear Administration/Project Officer
As you know, we will be holding our annual Leadership Conference in October 2019 (Leading in the
twentieth century). I want to organise a meeting during the week commencing July 6th, 2019 to
discuss the conference program. I have a number of ideas I would like to share.
Can you please have a look at Bob and Jack’s calendars and identify a time during that week when we
could all meet as soon as possible. Please consider the opportunity for some attendees to participate
remotely. The meeting will need to be for 1 hour, maximum.
Organise coffee on arrival.
Please send an email to all staff as soon as possible advising them of this meeting in accordance with
our meeting policy and procedures. Please let them know what the meeting is about, and ask them to
come along with ideas for conference topics.
Please also advise them that we will be finalising the conference program at the meeting, as well as
allocating roles and responsibilities for organising the conferences. This will include organising a
suitable venue and the catering, as well as the conference speakers. I would also like to plan a series
of meetings over the upcoming months to ensure that we are keeping on track, and would therefore
like to discuss a schedule for these with staff.
Once all the arrangements have been made, I will need you to prepare an agenda with the draft
conference program attached to send out to staff as per the timelines specified in the meeting policy.
The meeting will mostly focus on the finalising the conference themes and I will also give all staff an
overview of the conference.
Thanks
Operations Manager
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This policy and procedure applies to all staff with responsibility for organizing meetings at Grow
Management Consultants.
Notice of meetings
A notice of meeting must be sent to all staff at least ten working days prior to the meeting except in the
case of emergency meetings.
This notice must be sent by the person organizing the meeting.
Advice that the agenda will be forwarded within three working days of the meeting.
Where a staff member is required to attend a meeting but is interstate visiting clients, teleconference
arrangements should be made for that staff member in order that they can attend the meeting.
These staff members are to be advised that they will be contacted via Skype and they are to ensure
they are available on Skype at the appointed time.
Staff members who are unable to attend are expected to respond via email advising that they are
unable to attend.
The notice of the meeting should also be used to remind staff of the Grow Management Consultants
meeting code of conduct as follows:
Meetings must be entered into all staff calendars to ensure that they are not forgotten.
Laptops may only be used during the meeting to make notes or to refer to relevant sources of
information.
Meeting agenda
The purpose of an agenda is to inform the staff of when and where the meeting will be, as well as
what will be discussed and done at the meeting.
The person organizing the meeting must develop an agenda.
The Grow Consultants Meeting Agenda template must be used, ensuring that:
Each agenda item is allocated an amount of time e.g. 9.00 am – 9.15 am and that this is
enough time for the item to be discussed.
There is a short summary of what will be discussed under each agenda item.
Agendas must be saved according to the subject of the meeting and the date of the meeting. The
agenda will be saved in a specific project file or under a general file, such as “staff meetings”.
Agendas must be sent by email to each meeting participant at least three working days prior to the
meeting.
Meeting arrangements
Regular staff meetings are to be held in the Boardroom, which can seat up to 10 people.
Meetings will generally be up to around an hour. However, for longer meetings, those expected to last
longer than 2 hours, refreshments should be organised. Depending on the time of day this might be
breakfast, morning tea, lunch or afternoon tea.
A maximum cost of $10 per person is allowable for morning or afternoon tea or $15 for breakfast or
lunch.
Chairperson
A meeting must have a chairperson to chair the proceedings. This will usually be the person who
organizes the meeting and sends out the agenda. The chairperson is required to control the meeting
procedures and has the task of:
nominating or requesting a staff member to take meeting minutes (see following section).
making sure proper notice is given and that there is an agenda, listing all items that need to be
covered.
keeping time (It is important that the meeting gets through its business in the allocated time)
facilitating discussion.
keeping order.
limiting the amount of time each staff member can have to speak on a matter; and
making sure that decisions are reached on issues that are discussed and that everyone
understands what the decisions are; and
Minutes
It is essential that accurate minutes of all meetings are taken as follows:
At the outset of a meeting, the Chair is to nominate or request a staff member to take the
minutes of the meeting.
The staff member should be advised that minutes must be saved according to the subject of
the meeting and the date and saved in a specific project file or under a general file such as
staff meetings
o Minutes should be as brief as possible without jeopardising accuracy and credibility of the
record.
o At the meeting, notes can be taken and formal meeting minutes written up afterwards as
set out in the timelines below. The Minutes Template can still be used for taking notes.
Notes must also be provided with meeting minutes.
o Attendances and any apologies must be noted. This is usually done at the beginning of a
meeting, although if people leave early or arrive late it is a good idea to also keep a note of
this in the minutes.
Present previous minutes for approval if applicable. Often, draft minutes for the previous
meeting will be circulated in advance of the next meeting, giving people time to consider
whether the minutes accurately reflect their recollection of the meeting. Minutes should be
approved on the basis that they are a correct record of the meeting.
Meeting minutes must be saved according to the subject of the meeting and the date of the
meeting.
The meeting minutes will be saved in a specific project file (e.g. Conference Folder YEAR
folder or under a general folder such as Marketing Materials or such as staff meetings).
Minutes must be provided by the minute taker to the Chair within 2 working days of the
meeting.
Minutes will be distributed by the Chair to all attendees within 5 working days of the meeting.
This should be via email.