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Prioritisation Task 4


​You are isolated on an uninhabited island; a raging fire has just erupted. Choose 5 of the 10 individuals to join you on the island, explaining your preferences:
 
Details regarding the individuals respective age, gender and profession are provided.
 
47
Male
Secretary
 
14
Female
Student
 
50
Female
Policeman
 
67
Male
Head teacher
 
25
Male
Unemployed
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85
Female
Retired Judge
 
32
Female
Maternity leave – 36 weeks pregnant.
 
78
Male
Doctor
 
35
Female
Accountant
 
60
Female
Lecturer
Average Candidate Response
  • Many students often feel pressured into providing instant answers and don’t use the time provided to assess the options available before providing a response. This often leads to hesitation and pauses between sentences and selection of subsequent tasks. Additionally, a lack of planning may cause candidates to change their prioritisation order half way through the task.
  • Additionally, whilst this case states the need to prioritise the tasks, many students will stop at this alone. It is essential to not only prioritise, but also justify each prioritisation.
 
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Excellent Candidate Response
‘BlackStone Tutors 5 Step Approach to Prioritisation Tasks’
  1. Review the options available
  2. Identify your 5 preferred items/the ideal order to complete the tasks
  3. Explain why you have chosen these options/this order (making your explanations as specific as possible to the task, eg. Why some tasks are ranked highly)
  4. Explain why you did not choose the other options/why they are ranked lower
  5. Possible further mentions:
                If additional item/options were permitted, I would also consider taking….
                Alternatively, if the task were based in ………….I would prioritise taking……….