Communicating and Connecting as an Entrepreneur Assignment

COMMUNICATING AND CONNECTING AS
AN ENTREPRENEUR

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................1
PERSONAL DEVELOPEMNT PLAN...................................................................................................1
Development and networking goals....................................................................................................1
Personal PEST analysis.......................................................................................................................1
Personal SWOT analysis.....................................................................................................................2
Opportunity analysis............................................................................................................................3
Prioritise and set deadlines for development.......................................................................................4
Developing an action plan...................................................................................................................5
Listing measures of success.................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES........................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Talking in reference with the personal development plan, it is just like a self-managed
learning that is owned by the individual and allows than to have a strategic approach to
learning and developing a specified goals. It also offers people with the opportunity to benefit
in regards with receiving feedback, support from the managers as well as planning their
careers (Niles and Harris-Bowlsbey, 2002). Pertaining to this, the main aim of the current
research report is to develop a personal development plan for improving communication,
inter-personal and relationship building skills over next 12 months. Further, the plan will
significantly include personal SWOT and PEST analysis and will identify action steps with
specified timelines.
PERSONAL DEVELOPEMNT PLAN
Development and networking goals
The main objectives is to become a Human Resource Officer in a Hospitality industry.
For this, it is quite vital to improve communication, inter-personal as well as relationship
building skills. Thus, my aim is to develop all these above mentioned skills and to become
better connector within my network with a stipulated time period of 1 year.
Personal PEST analysis
Political factors
 Changing trends of laws related to
government
 International political crisis
 Political shift rate in the hospitality
industry (Katz, 2007)
Economic factors
 Lower unemployment rate
 Inflation rate is high
 The demand is quite strong for
experienced Human resource Managers
 The salary levels in the hospitality
industry is increasing
Opportunities
Recent legislations
and laws of
government has
increased the
demand of HR in
Threats
As my family
relocate on a
constant basis, I will
not be able to make
use of all rules and
Opportunities
Since there is low
rate of
unemployment and
salary level is
increasing in the
Threats
However, due to the
string demand of HR
managers makes it
difficult to grab an
entry level position
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hotels and will
increase the ease of
HR positions as
well.
legislations laid by
state government hospitality industry,
there is an appealing
and motivating
career choice
Socio-cultural factors
 In the baby boomer period the generation
will retire soon and firm will replace and
retain existing workers
 Past ethical scandals has pertained the
need of honest and ethical applicant
Technological factors
 Inventions as well as innovation rate is
quite high (Hamby, 2007)
 There are many legislations on
technology
 Advanced technologies in the field of
HR demanding more skilful and
technical efficient individuals
Opportunities
The employment
rate of HR officers
will rise due to
retirement of baby
boomers. This will
generate more
employment
opportunities
Threats
It is really quite
difficult to obtain a
high level positions
and obtain
management within
an hospitality
industry
Opportunities
It is quite appealing
for me and my
family schedule to
complete work
outside by office due
to advanced
technologies
Threats
It is important to
keep updated with
the latest
technology. If I
lacks these
necessary skills than
I will hinder my
success
Personal SWOT analysis
Strength
 Well educated and having master
degree
 Excellent written and spoken
vocabulary
 Good problem handling skills
 Quick learner (Forsyth and
Opportunities
 English learning clubs
 To work as a manager in reputed
hotel to showcase my strength
 Organizing major events where I can
show my abilities and planning
skills
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Connelly, 2010)
 Patient and careful
Weakness
 I got easily distracted
 Time management skills
 Sometimes disorganized
 Not so much creative
 Poor stress management skills
Threats
 People having better skills and
capabilities
 Worked in a small firm which didn’t
offer professional training
 Hospitality industry is very
competitive
 I am not a good team leader which
pose a great threat to me
Opportunity analysis
Identified opportunity Supporting elements Opposing elements
Work as a manager in
a reputed hotel
I have good educational background
and possesses required degree to
seek a managerial position in a
reputed organization. Further, there
is high demand of HR professionals
due to retirement of Baby Boomers
generation. This will support me I
getting an entry into a good
hospitality organization.
People are having better skills and
capabilities and this is proving as a
major opposing factor to me. In
addition to this, I am also no so
creative and due to this, I might
lose opportunity to get an entry into
a reputed firm. The technological
innovation is taking place at a rapid
speed and I need to update my
knowledge and skill base to remain
competitive (Cole, 2002)
Hosting event
By carrying out SWOT analysis, it
was identified that I have a good
skills regarding handling problems.
In addition to this, I am also very
The major opposing factors in this
determined opportunity is my
weakness in managing stress as
well as poor time management
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careful and patient. Thus, this will
make it easy for me to host an event
where I can showcase all my
strengths and can build a positive
image for myself
skills. My organization skills is also
very poor that needs to be improved
for better results. Other than this,
due to global political crisis, it
becomes really difficult to host and
organise such mega events
Joining English
learning clubs
I am a quick learner so I can learn
new things and skills easily which
will boost up my confidence level.
Furthermore, I am also quite good at
written as well as spoken vocabulary
so this will add a cherry in my
cupcake.
However, I got distracted easily so
when I will join an English learning
club, I need to be very proactive
and attentive as well. In addition to
this, it has been identified that there
are many people who have better
skills and capabilities. Thus, I need
to compete with them to achieve
success
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Prioritise and set deadlines for development
From the above analysis it is quite stated for achieving the desired objectives, it is
essential to prioritize the work and set deadlines for development. Through this each and
every work activity will be carry out effectively and areas that needs to be enhanced will
improve simultaneously. I need to work on my weaknesses being identified above such as
developing time management, stress management, effective communication, relationship
building and proper management skills (Hossein, 2005). For becoming a HR office at reputed
hospitality organization, it is very important to have effective communication, relationship
building and time management skills. So these skills should be developed first by joining a
course such as English club etc. where I can improve my public speaking for 2 months. It is
also vital to learn recent technologies in the field of HR and for this I will learn various
software from reputable institute for 5 months. Time management skills will be improved by
carrying out work on time and meeting the deadlines on a daily basis. For this, I will note
down every task to be performed in the morning and arrange them based on their priority.
This will not only improve my time management skill but I can also work on my stress
management. I will also attend yoga sessions for 6 months for mental rest as well as to reduce
my stress.
Developing an action plan
Developmental goal Action steps Time period Resources
Time management
skills
It can be improved by carrying out
work on time on daily basis. For
this every time I have to write my
task to be performed and arrange
on the basis of their priority.
8 months
Pen and paper,
scheduler
Stress management
skills
This can be managed by attending
yoga classes ad by carrying out
work timely (Thompson, 2002) 12 months
Training
centre, yoga
tutor,
pen ,paper,
scheduler
Communication
Attending language classes and
English clubs to improve public
Training
centre, tutors,
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skills speaking 2 months people and
colleagues to
converse
Learning latest
technologies related
to HR
This can be improved by joining
technical institute which provides
training regarding numerous
software related to Human
Resource Department
5 months
Good institute,
trainers,
Listing measures of success
In the above personal development plan, all the necessary actions as well as resources
being required long with the required time for achieving the objectives have been discussed.
It is clear that if I want to develop my skills than I have to follow a course of action within a
given time period only. There are various actions being stated for enhancing the skills such as
communication, inter-personal, relationship building, learning technologies, time and stress
management skills. However, the main question arises how to assess that the skills or
objectives have been achieved or not (Ballou and et.al, 2009). This can be done by listing
measures of success and success criteria for each of the developmental gaols and is being
defined below:
Developmental
goals
Success criteria
Time management
skills
Efficiency and timely completion of work and how I practice this at
my work environment
Stress management
skills
It will be measured after successful completion of the yoga session
and the performance level at work
Communication
skills
The way I interact with each other and successfulness in making
effective relations with others
Learning latest
technologies related
to HR
It will be measured after successful completion of the course and
how I apply these practices and techniques in my work (Burden,
2002)
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CONCLUSION
Thus, it can be said that for personal as well as professional development, self-
managed learning is being considered as an important part. Unless and until an individual
makes attempt to overcome its weaknesses, he or she will not able to enhance its weak areas.
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