An 'In Tray' business game that enables
      delegates to learn time management skills
                   by practical experience.

InBox
A Northgate  Training Game

An ideal training activity to assess performance
in recruitment or for development on training courses.

Each team or individual has their own 'In Tray' which consists of 30 documents (faxes, memos, notes, letters etc.) and their task is to:

• prioritise the items and decide which communications need an instant response;
  
• decide which items can be delegated;
  
• identify underlying problems within the business as revealed by the communications and decide what should be done.

The exercise lasts 60 minutes but while teams work on their inbox a series of emails trickles in. Emails can be the tyranny of communication. Will teams interrupt their work to deal with emails or will they ignore them? What disciplines will they set up within the group? Will they complete the exercise within the 60 minutes and show good time management?

We can alter the type of documents according to the level of participants and areas to be covered. For example we can include equal opportunity issues, employment law and health and safety.

This training activity is ideal for an assessment centre before recruiting staff. It is used on graduate induction courses and all types of management programmes where time management and teamwork is a focus.

Key skill areas:

• prioritisation
• delegation
• time management
• the role of the manager
• handling the work flow
• dealing with emails
• the urgent and the important
• evaluating staff through their communications

Comments from Users of this Business Game

“We use In Box both at the outset of management courses - partly as an ice-breaker - and to introduce the concept of how management NVQs work. We used it with first line and middle managers, supervisors and team leaders. It provides a good way of starting discussion and helps establish team working practices and consensus seeking.”

“In Box fits the bill in our Assessment Centre, particularly for a Planning and Organising competence. It enables us to highlight team managers who potentially have problems with prioritising and delegating.”

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Timing:            2 to 4 hours + debrief.

Numbers:         No limit - working individually or in teams.

Who:                Staff at any level.

PC required:    One computer (or laptop) and printer required.

Licence Free:  When you buy this training material, there are no restrictions on the number of times you can use it.

Cost to buy this game (including a trainer's manual) to facilitate it yourself: £250 + delivery and VAT (if applicable).

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We offer a wide range of activities and games so please contact us to discuss your requirements. We want to ensure that you obtain the maximum benefit from your purchase.

Elite Training European Limited is a leading UK corporate team building and business games training company. We will be pleased to supply the material and facilitator(s) to run a business simulation game, training exercise or team building activity for you.

  "On behalf of the team a big thank you to both yourself and Liz for
   making our conference such a success as it was.”                                                     S. Moore - Lovell Partnerships Ltd

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