CMI Unit 321 Professional Development

UNIT CMI 321
Assessment Booklet: Managing Own Personal and Professional
Development
» LEARNER INSTRUCTIONS
Each task in this assessment booklet has been developed to enable you to evidence achievement of the
learning outcomes and assessment criteria for CMI 321: Managing Own Personal and Professional
Development. Each of the assessment criteria must gain a pass outcome for you to successfully achieve
the unit.
Preparation for the assessment
 Before you begin the assessment booklet please read the CMI 321 unit specification thoroughly
as only the content related to the achievement of the assessment criteria will be assessed.
 Research the topics being assessed. Suggested reading/web resources are provided on the CMI
321 unit specification. Your tutor may signpost you to relevant resources. Additionally you may
access excellent online resources at ManagementDirect https://members.md.cmi.org.uk.
 If you are enrolled on the Trailblazer Apprenticeship programme you are encouraged to review
the Apprenticeship Standard for Team Leader/Supervisor.
Completing the assessment booklet
 The assessment booklet contains a series of tasks which are clearly referenced to the relevant
assessment criteria and indicative content.
 Refer to the Assessment Guidance Table at the end of the assessment booklet which outlines the
requirements for a Pass or Refer.
 Evidence must be provided in the main body of the assignment booklet. Additional work based
evidence such as plans or documentation (which has been referred to within the main text)
should be included at the end of the booklet marked ‘Work Based Evidence’. Appendices are not
a requirement of this assessment brief. If appendices are included these will not be marked or
moderated by the CMI.
 Work based evidence must be accompanied by a supporting statement in the learner evidence
box, to explain the link to the assessment criteria. Work based evidence (where required by the
task) must not exceed SIX (6) pages. Files embedded in the booklet must not exceed 10MB.
 The assessment booklet must be completed in a professional manner (e.g. applying business
conventions for writing formal reports) and by using Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format or another
compatible software programme.
 The assessment booklet must be saved as a word document (.doc or .docx) and not in a PDF
format.
 An appropriate referencing system (such as Harvard Referencing) must be used to ensure the
original source(s) of quotations or models can be verified.
 Finally, you must sign the Learner Authenticity statement (an electronic signature is accepted).

Learner support
For information regarding policies and procedures for assessment (e.g. special assessment
arrangements, learner support, appeals, complaints, certification, confidentiality, plagiarism) you should
contact your tutor or Centre manager and refer to the CMI Level 3 in Principles in Management and
Leadership Syllabus.

» LEARNER INFORMATION
Learner name: CMI membership No: Date:
Centre name: Professional Training Solutions Qualification: L3 Management and Leadership
Learner statement of
authenticity:
I confirm that the attached completed assignment is all my own work, and does not
include any work completed by anyone other than myself. I have completed the
assignment in accordance with the Institute’s approved instructions. Tick here to opt out I consent for this assignment to be used for assessment standardisation and where
appropriate, for the dissemination of good practice, on the understanding that the
content is anonymised.
Signed: Date:
Centre statement of
authenticity:
On behalf of Professional Training Solutions, I confirm that the above mentioned
learner is registered at the centre on a Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
programme of study. The learner is, to the best of my knowledge, the sole author of
the completed assignment.
Name: Nicola London Job Title: Assessor
Signed: Date:
» GUIDELINE WORD COUNT
The written word, however generated and recorded, is still expected to form the majority of assessable
work produced by Learners at Level 3. The amount and volume of work for this unit should be broadly
comparable to a word count of 2000-2500 words within a margin of +10%. The excessive use of word
count is not grounds for referral, however the CMI reserve the right to return work to the Centre for editing
and resubmission by the Learner.
The following are excluded from inclusion in word count if used and not required by the assessment brief
an introduction to a job role, organisation or department, index or contents pages, headings and sub
headings, diagrams, charts and graphs, reference list or bibliography, reflective statement drawn from
undertaking the assignment and how this has impacted the learners work.
Please see the CMI Assessment Guidance Policy for further guidance.
» AIM OF THE ASSESSMENT BOOKLET

High performing individuals impact on the performance of teams and the organisation. The aim of this
assessment booklet is to enable managers to evidence their understanding of how to use their
knowledge, skills and abilities to support individuals, not only to perform well, but to exceed expectations.

TASK 1: Benefits of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development has benefits for both the individual and the organisation. This
task prompts you to develop a better understanding of personal and professional development by
considering the differences and similarities between the two terms and then go on to consider the benefits
to both the individual and the organisation.
» TASK 1a
In your own words, identify the differences and similarities between personal and professional
development.
(Refer to AC1.1 Identify the differences and similarities between personal and professional
development and the Indicative Content for this AC)
INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
Personal Development
Professional development
 It specifically improves personality of an
individuals.
 It particular focus on individual's
communication, time and leadership
training.
 Through personal development, an
individual person can easily attain their
future goals.
 Basic example of personal development
are communication, time management,
leadership skills, conflict management,
management training etc.
 Personal development helps to improve
their personal skill which further help to
attain their future goals (Cottrell, 2015).
 It specifically improves individual
professional development.
 It particular focus on the
workplace.
 Through professional
development, an employee or a
person can easily attain their
company's goals and objectives.
 The basic example of professional
development are IT training,
Health and safety, Accountancy
and budgeting.
 Professional development is
necessary to carry out because it
helps to increases an individual
skills that effectively contributed
to job function role.

Similarities: Both personal as well as professional development help to attain individual's
goals. These are done to improve their skills which further help for a company's growth as
well as personal growth also. The basic aim of both the development is to aid an individual to
manage their own learning throughout their entire career. These developmental plans are
basically designed to achieve a particular goals which can be possible through training
session (Desimone, 2018). Both personal and professional developmental are the plans that
shows a way to an individual which further leads to achieve their defined goals.
» TASK 1b
Explain THREE (3) benefits of personal and professional development for an individual.
(Refer to AC1.2 Explain the benefits of personal and professional development for the individual and the
Indicative Content for this AC)
INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
1
.
Through personal and professional development, an individual can easily develop new
skills, knowledge and experiences and further it helps to develop a greater understanding
of the university also. By enhancing those skills, an individual can easily increases its
retention power and gain confidence which leads a company as well as his personal life
in well and effective manner (Friis-Hansen, Taylor and Duveskog, 2018).
2
.
By personal and professional development, an individual can also increases different
opportunities for their career development and progression. By attending some
professional development programs,an individual lead a company in better way. While
on the other side, through personal developmental programs, an individual can also
increases efficiency and some leadership qualities that help to lead a team in better way.
3
.
Through personal and professional development, an individual also enhances their time
management skills, management skills that in future assist an individual. Moreover, these
programs or session will also helps to enhances their communication skill and an
individual become more motivated and can easily achieve their defined goals in a well
defined time.

» TASK 1c
Identify THREE (3) benefits to the organisation of individuals undertaking personal and professional
development.
(Refer to AC1.3 Identify the benefits to an organisation of individuals undertaking personal and
professional development and the Indicative Content for this AC)
INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
1
.
Through personal and professional development, a company such as Casino will get
befitted such as it help to communicate well and defined manner and as a result, it helps
to enhances company's growth and development. It also attract and retain great
employee. By investing something in professional and personal development will
definitely help to maximizing profit for a company.
2
.
Another benefit to a firm by providing professional and personal development, such as it
helps to improve collaboration between workers. This will further help to improve
employee or an individual's ability to collaborate efficiently (Hildebrand, 2018). Though
this program, a company will definitely attain their entire goals and objectives in defined
time. As individual uses their skills and knowledge, the company will easily defined and
achieve their goals.
3
.
By providing better professional and personal developmental, a company can also help
to improve their management system and this programs will help to enhance an
individual's leadership skills. Which further help in company's growth and development
and further it will leads to maximizes an organization's sales and profit.

TASK 2: Informing personal and professional development
In an ever changing workplace, individuals need to ensure that they continue to update their knowledge
and skills. This task looks at how organisations support the personal and professional development of
staff and how requirements for personal and professional development may be driven by legal
requirements and/or professional bodies/associations.
» TASK 2a
Using examples, explain how organisations support the personal and professional development of staff.
(Refer to AC2.1 Explain how organisations support personal and professional development and the
Indicative Content for this AC)
INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE:
Organization such as Casino, will support their employees by providing them
personal as well as professional development programs. Through this, a firm can organize
training and development session under which all new as well as old employee will come
and attend those and hence it directly impact positive to their life, which further helps to
attain all defined objectives of a company.
Moreover, a quoted company will easily improve their management system which further
helps to attaining their growth plan. By providing best professional level training to the
employees, the company will support to shape up the employees intra personal skill and
professional skill. By attending different session from an organization, which allow
employee to engage themselves into a working area and as a result, they explore their new
and innovative skills into the working areas (Lofthouse, 2018). Furthermore, Casino will
also uses provide best training session related to professional as well as personal
development program so that it will help to support their company's overall growth such as
by providing a good level of knowledge to their employees, then it will help to achieve their
goals and by using new and innovative skills will further help to improve company's
existing sales and that further leads to maximizes their profit.