Assignment |learning and Development Plan

Running head: LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author Note

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Learning and development plan is the basis of development or enhancement of
professional competencies (Smith 2016). Learning and development plans are prepared in order
to increase the productivity and capabilities of the employees (Zepeda 2013). Learning and
development is considered to be aiming to improve the group and individual performance by
increasing and sharpening their skills and knowledge. In every organization, learning and
development plans are strategized and implemented (Schmeck, 2013). However, certain
ambitious professional individuals make their own learning and development plans in terms of
the professional or academic courses they are planning to enroll in to enhance and sharpen their
academic or professional skills (Guskey 2014). The respective paper is a learning and
development plan of me, a Business Administration graduate from India in order to give my
career and professional opportunities shape and structure.
Self- Introduction
I am Rajneesh Sharma from Punjab, India and a college graduate in Business
Administration from Punjab University, India. I am pursuing Masters postgraduate program in
Business Project Management from Asia Pacific International College. I have been planning to
become a successful business project manager in future after I complete my post- graduate
course. I believe in the fact that being a business project manager would enable me to have a
wide and broad horizon regarding the discipline of project management and it would also enable
me to sharpen my skills in the areas such as optimized and intense introspection and
investigation, analysis and the four golden skills of management, namely, Planning, Organizing,
Leadership and Control. As a management student, I believe that I have core competency in
handling projects and getting the things done as what is required and expected from the people or
the subordinates. As I am exceptionally good in management areas such as Planning and

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Organizing with a commendable hold on interpersonal communication (both verbal and written),
I am confident about my disposition. For the success of a business project, the dexterity and
capability of a project manager is responsible. A project manager in a company is held at a high
esteem. A project manager is responsible to handle the projects from planning to execution of the
project. This is one of the reasons why project managers are always on demand. A career in
business project management is indeed a career of high esteem and prestige. Therefore, I have
chosen the profession of a project manager as it is a prolific profession and has a plethora of
options to get career and professional opportunities within the organizations. I also have
certificates of the soft skills and other skills required to be a manager. For instance, I have
certificate on “Problem solving skills” and “leadership skills” certificate from Indian institutions
apart from the database management skills that I had learnt in my college days. Other skills
include Communicative English skills and Information Technology skills that would also help
me in performing my duties and responsibilities as a business project manager more effectively
and efficiently.
Mega trends and challenges:
Project management industry is an ever evolving and prolific professional industry in
Australia. The profession of project management has not only become only a job title, but also
evolving as an essential skill for a broad range of industries. The profession of project
management is highly regarded as a forefront of corporate change. Projects are the nerve system
of a business enterprise. Projects keep the business enterprises surviving and thriving in the
fierce world of competition in the global as well as local business paradigm. Project management
has also been regarded as a source of innovation and growth, contributing close to almost 30% of
the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the country Australia. The country Australia had started

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providing power, prestige and publicity of the profession Project Management from as early as
1950s. However, with the advent of new business paradigm, the profession of Project
Management has also become multidimensional and multifaceted. The Australian labor market
has provided a plethora of opportunities to the new and creative project management experts to
exhibit his or her talent in the business arena of the country. The nation has built the first ever
institute of Project Management with the name of Australian hub- Project Managers Forum in
order to provide platform and panels for the upcoming project management experts as early as
the year 1950. With over 570 000 individuals nationally, the Australian market is a highly
skilled and growing area. Therefore, it can be enumerated that Australia is a commendable and
fertile market for the industry of project management to survive and thrive. However, the
challenges faced by the country in the field of project management are its “diversity problems”.
As it is known that Australia is a country of beautiful ethnic diversities, the country has also a
plethora of problems regarding the issues of diversity. The Australian project management
departments in the firms and other institutions have exhibited racial insensitivity and prejudiced
attitude towards the Torres Strait Islanders and Australian aboriginals while recruiting them in
the project assistant, employee, subordinate or project manager positions. The project
management experts in Australia had been known to have facing internal problems, such as
prejudices and racial insensitivity which has most of the time, escalated to lack of proper
communication within the department where the projects are going to be held and executed.
Such areas need an immediate attention and improvement.
Goals:
As a post graduate student of management from a reputed university, I have an aim to
become a successful project manager in a business enterprise in Australia. As a management