The Impact of Professional Development
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11.1 Various approaches of self-managed learning.................................................................11.2 Ways in which both personal and professional learning can be encouraged...................21.3 Various benefits of self-managed learning to individual and organisation......................24.1 Solutions to Work based problems and its solution.........................................................34.2 Variety of communication styles at various levels...........................................................34.3 Evaluation and use of effective time management strategies...........................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................52.1 Evaluation of own current skills and qualities against organisational objectives............52.2 Identification of own development needs and activities required....................................62.3 Identification of developmental opportunities..................................................................62.4 Devising personal and professional development plan....................................................63.1 Actuivities required to implement the plan......................................................................73.2 Document development activities....................................................................................83.3 Own learning against original objectives and aims..........................................................83.4 Update development plan based on collected feedback...................................................9CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTIONEmployees and workers of an enterprise play an important role in the success of firm.Today, every company wants skilled candidates to achieve the results in an effective way and toget competitive advantage (Nicholls, 2014). For this, managers of firm can develop adevelopment plan for increasing the skills of employees so their contribution can be increased inthe success of firm. ALDI is chosen under this report for study. For choosing the right career andto better solve various issues at workplace, it is essential for an employee to first identify hisvarious strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Number of approaches of self-managedlearning and various ways which can be used for encouraging the lifelong learning are detailed inthis report. Advantages of self-managed learning to individuals and organisation are alsomentioned here. Along with this, effective solution to work based problems and timemanagement strategies are discussed.TASK 11.1 Various approaches of self-managed learningSelf-managed learning is a process or technique which is used by an individual forincreasing his knowledge or competency in a particular field in order to get success. Largenumber of self-managed approaches are there which can be used by individuals. Following arethe main approaches which encourage self-managed learning: Visionary approach: If a person has visionary approach then it helps an individual tounderstand the way in which self-managed learning could be developed and also assisthim in understanding the future trends. With the help of visionary approach, requirementof future could be identified and skills can be raised accordingly. Setting goals: This is another valid strategy which can be used by an individual for hisself-managed learning. This strategy focuses more on the particular aspect rather than onfuture needs. Being an optimistic: This is another significant and effective approach of self-managedlearning. It helps in increasing the learning level of an individual (Avalos, 2011). Anindividual can learn various relevant facts from his/her surroundings. This approach ishighly relevant as it increases the sense of respect towards other individuals.1
Seminars and conferences: This is another effective approach of self-managed learning.Under seminars, number of people exchange their thoughts and ideas with each other. Allthis helps in increasing the knowledge of a person and boosting his confidence.1.2 Ways in which both personal and professional learning can be encouragedVariety of ways are there through which both personal and professional learning could beencouraged. Setting of objectives: For encouraging the lifelong learning, an individual can set short orlong term goals which encourage the person for increasing his potentials and qualitiesand in this way, lifelong learning could be encouraged (Bauer, 2010). Various long andshort term goals provide path and direction to the individual and in this way, lifelonglearning could be encouraged. Workplace pressure: A research reveals that workplace pressure encourages lifelonglearning of an individual. A challenge and goal can be set by an individual than caninfluence or motivate the other to focus more on lifelong learning. It helps in developinga learning attitude in an individual. Along with this, putting an individual in a complex orchallenging situation can be another method for encouraging lifelong learning.Leadership: Effective leadership is another method which increases the knowledge of aperson. Leader handles a variety of employees in an enterprise and everyday he learnssomething new. It is essential for a leader to learn about various approaches about how hecan handle the behaviour of different employees in an organisation to get the desiredresults.1.3 Various benefits of self-managed learning to individual and organisationSelf-managed learning provides various benefits to both individual and organisation andthis can be better understood by the following points:Benefits to organisation: One of the main benefits to organisations is that it helps themin getting dedicated and responsible employees for handling critical situations atworkplace. Firm can depend on these types of workers and involve them in the decisionmaking process (Black and Plowright, 2010). Further, if an enterprise has a large numberof employees having self-managed learning attitude then their skills can be increased andfirm can get various advantages from them. Moreover, these types of workers can play as2
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