Tracking absenteeism
Featured in the Managing for Better Attendance training manual
By Mark Briegal
Category: Performance Management
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
Tracking absenteeism is a vital part of attendance management. This training activity is designed to help participants think about how they monitor and track absenteeism. It looks at various methods, using charts and graphs.
You begin this training activity with a brief introduction and ask the participants to work in groups to think of different ways of tracking absenteeism and note the pros and cons of each method they identify. You then lead a plenary session to review their ideas and discuss the pros and cons of each one. Next, the participants return to their groups to work on three different case studies before discussing their ideas in a further plenary session. The participants then work individually to answer a set of questions and produce an action plan to take back to their work places. Finally, you summarise the training activity by emphasising key points.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to look at ways of measuring absenteeism, using charts, graphs and measures.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:30:00 |
| No of Pages: | 18 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers with line managers or HR staff as a stand-alone training activity or as part of an attendance management programme. It will work well in conjunction with ‘the cost of poor attendance management’, and also as part of any programme on management skills, overcoming objections or problem solving.
Download the training activity, Tracking absenteeism as featured in the Fenman training manual; Managing for Better Attendance