The Test

Today, 12-01-2010, you are verbally given the following tasks by your manager in a team meeting:

1.photocopy 100 fliers for the hospital (no deadline given)
2.Inform senior manger their assistant won’t be in today
3.Order office desks for Sep 2nd 2010
4.Complete stationary order ‘no 787 office Depot’ – originally requested 24.12-09
5.Arrange for photo copier to be moved – the fire Advisor has informed the department it it is on a fire escape route.

Write a short (no more than 200 words) note on how you would prioritise the above tasks.

Lay out the tasks neatly (in a table, for instance) so that you can update your manager on their progress if asked, or so that your manager can hand them over to a colleague if necessary (should you be off sick, for instance).

Where necessary, correct any obvious mistakes in the task list.