Personal Development Plan for Effective Time Management

The assignment requires creating a personal development plan with four specific goals: improving listening skills for effective communication, prioritizing work according to objectives for efficient time management, resolving conflicts by understanding both parties' issues, and taking initiative in team work completion. The plan should include learning objectives, development opportunities, and a time scale for each goal, with a focus on university programs and self-initiative.

Essential Study and
Employment Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
Audit and Evaluation of Key skills..................................................................................................1
Assess and reflect upon individual development and own contribution.....................................1
Assessment of overall team performance...................................................................................3
Reflect upon experience using Gibbs model...............................................................................4
Personal Development Research and Planning................................................................................5
Key study and employment skills for business students ............................................................5
Areas needed to develop in respect of employment skills..........................................................6
Opportunities to learn and develop at university........................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................9
Personal development plan.........................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Skill development is important aspect which is needed to happen on continuous basis as
this will further contribute in the development of personal and professional career. Audit of skills
is the framework which is used to ascertain the development in the skill by evaluating
contribution in performance of past activities (Brown and Crookes, 2016). The gathered
information from this assessment is used in development of personal development plan which
aid in improvement of weak skills. This report is focused upon the analysis of the skills which
are developed over the performance of the activity of fundraising. Also, personal development
and research planning is done for analysing the skills which are needed to develop through
preparation of personal development plan.

Main Body
Audit and Evaluation of Key skills
Assess and reflect upon individual development and own contribution
A formative exercise is carried out in team which is about Fundraising to support Brain
Tumour charity. We have a team of different members having their own different role in
performance of the activity of fundraising. This is the important exercise in nature which has
huge contribution in the development of the personal skills. Numerous situations are arise in the
process of fundraising which are needed to tackle properly for effective completion of
programme in successful manner (Collaborative, 2018). The different main aspects regarding
which skills can be developed due to indulging in diversified activities of fundraising includes
communication, problem solving, time management, decision making, research, planning etc.
While performing the activity of fundraising to support Brain Tumour Charity, the
number of skills which I noticed that developed in me includes team working, research,
planning, decision making, problem solving, communication and time management. The core
function which is performed by me in the activity of fundraising is about creation of overall
outline of the aspects which are needed to perform to raise funds from public. In this regard, I
segregate the public in different groups to understand their nature and behaviour. This is
important in nature to do because this will help me to categorise the amount of fund in smaller
parts in accordance to the nature they have towards the social activities. This will make the work
of fundraising easy because I decided funds are raised through driving a hired car for different
group of people and collect reasonable amount of money through Tip which is valuable and
somehow contribute in development of the patients affected from Brain Tumour. Along with the
preparation of the outline of the whole framework, I individually perform the work of collecting
fund from public by drive a private car. In this regard, I prefer to made one to one
communication with personnel and explain the cause of fundraising. By attaining the trust of
person towards the cause I ask for their contribution which they want to give or provide from
their side in Brain Tumour Charity and this is in the form of Tip. In performance of such
function and collection of amount from different individuals includes facing of different
situations which demonstrates the development of my skills as through using them I am able to
cope up the situations and collect the amount in accordance to my own personal targets.

First and foremost skill which was developed in me is named as planning. With the help
of effective planning able to identify the approach i.e. segregation of public in different groups
which is turned as most suitable framework in collection of funds. Planning about future
perspective allows me to made proper outline along with the provisions for any contingencies.
Ascertaining the behaviour of person towards the social activities help me to plan the time period
I required to collect the decent amount from my side in respect of Brain Tumour Charity.
Another skill which was developed in me due to performance of the exercise of outlining
a fundraising plan is about research. One of the example which shows that how I used this skill
was that segregation of people in different groups and drove a car maximumly for a group which
have high interest in contribution towards the social activities. This becomes the reason that I am
able to complete fund raising activities within pre determined period of time. This example not
only shows my research skill but also demonstrates that I have good decision making power too.
As, due to which able to made decision that which group was needed to choose for collection of
maximum amount of money in given period of time. Another aspect which shows that I have
good decision making power that outlining the plan for the team before starting the activity of
fundraising because I know that this exercise help me to set the standards for all team members
along with me.
The another skill which was shown high and optimum in me was communication. I have
good communication skills as this will be understood from the fact that I am able to collect the
targeted amount which was decided by the whole team for one individual person. The evidence
for this that effective communication allows me to properly communicate the cause to
passengers and build trust over my campaign. Trust is the main aspect that bring change in the
behaviour of person and allows to contribute the amount voluntarily for a noble cause such as
mine like Brain Tumour Charity.
One of the important skill which is needed to have by everyone in the success of their
professional career is about problem solving (Hardies, Breesch and Branson, 2015). The main
importance of this skill is ascertained from the point that this will help to build good teams and
align the interests of different person with each other. I also developed the skill of problem
solving while going through this exercise of fundraising. The evidence that support development
of this skill in me is about align the interest of all the team members groups towards the
achievement of one common goal which is about collection of money for charity. There are

many conflicts which are arise in my team related to the adoption of fundraising technique. This
is solved by me as I initiate to develop the outline for raising fund where one approach suggested
regarding driving of hired car and ask for tip which will be contributed in charity. This aspect
also support that I developed team working skill too because able to align all member's interests
where all of them are ready to drove a car for collection of fund. All seems my idea creative and
feel justified that to it would be fine to ask something for helping person's to reach from one
place to another.
Another skill which was developed during the performance of the exercise of fundraising
was time management (Lee and et. al., 2016). Definite time period is given to us from institution
in which the whole team is required to collect sufficient amount of money for charity. To collect
maximum amount I decided to drove a car for such group of person's who have interest in social
work and feel happy to contribute in social cause. This is the main reason that the whole team
including me able to collect the sufficient amount of money for Brain Tumour Charity.
Assessment of overall team performance
I assessed that my team members are also worked very well and contribute their optimum
in collection of maximum amount of fund for charity. We all believed on each other and agreed
upon the usage of the method about drive a car which is suggested by me. Each and every
member works for 8 hours in a day and be in touch with each other. There are many difficulties
are faced by all of us while working on this project but each others support help to be strong
team and complete the whole work within stipulated period of time decided by institution. Once
a issue was arose in a team about the selection of method to raise funds but which was cleared
out by me by giving a creative suggestion upon which all are agreed. Overall contribution of all
the members of team is satisfactory in nature.
Reflect upon experience using Gibbs model
There are many experiences are faced while completing this team project but the one
which I want to share and explain with the help of Gibbs reflective model is as follows:
On the starting of the project, interests of team members are not aligned with each other
which results into the creation of conflicts. Direct negative impact is shown over project and
lower down the pace of work and seems difficult to complete the project within stipulated
deadline. No one is ready to collect fund by following any one's idea. In this situation, I also
gave one practical suggestion about collection of funds by adopting the technique of Chauffeur.

Initially, I feel low because with the starting of work issues are going to be arose in team
and no one support each other. No one is want to understand the limit of time period and aim
behind the project. While seeing things getting worse one of the suggestion is provided from my
side. All team members felt that my idea was creative and help to collect the fund in effective
way. This is the stage from where things going in right direction in our team project. I feel
positive vibes that generates feeling in me about successful completion of project successfully.
One of the bad aspect of the experience was about starting of the project in negative way
where conflicts arose in between the team members. There are many disadvantages which are
associated with this point includes wastage of time and creation of negative working
environment. The good aspect of experience is that after having conflict, all team members are
ready to work on one method of fund collection which is provided by me. Here, the two positive
points of experience that all become aligned and working together and they all ready to work by
using the method which is suggested by me.
The learning which is ascertained from this situation is that never loose hope while
working on team project. All the different individuals have their own perception which creates
difficulties and sometime delays the work at starting point. Another aspect of learning which
make sense in this situation is always think positive and try to find out the solutions. The
contribution of this approach personally help me because the method accepted by the team to
collect fund was suggested by me.
I learned from this experience that in every team work some difficulties are arise but we
always needed to think positive and work in direction of the achievement of predetermined goal.
I also learned from this situation is take initiative in team project is always good option as this
will help in future in development of the various skills like communication, problem solving and
team working. I analysed that issue arise once when we start the work due to having different
perception but once the method of working was fixed each one attached with one another and
work in benefit of team project. The aspect which could be done differently be me is that initiate
the work by explaining my own opinion and lead the group as a leader. Then the experience
which was was faced by me related to conflict was never aroused.
I understood by passing through this experience that if in future anything would arise like
this then have to adopt positive nature and work self to solve problem.

Personal Development Research and Planning
Key study and employment skills for business students
There are many topics which are needed to study by students while pursuing the course
of business management ((What is Personal Development?, 2019)). The main subjects or topics
which are included under this are named as Marketing, Human resource, Information
technology, finance etc. All these topics have their own different contribution in the development
of the personal and professional strength of student. It is important for all the students to carry on
deep and evidence based study of the subjects as all have huge importance in future while
searching for the job in multinational organisations. The major topics which are covered under
Marketing study includes ascertaining the information of about internal and external factors
present in environment and having their impact over business activities and analysis of the
customers perspectives to bring development in their product offerings (Cottrell, 2015). While
studying about HR main aspects covered includes recruitment and selection techniques as this
will help an organisation to hire valuable candidate which further contributes in the success of
the organisation and training and development methods. The information about these practices
help in development of the power of workforce and as a leader allows you to accomplish their
organisation targets.
The major employment skills which are needed to have by the students includes
communication, problem solving, team working, time management etc. All these skills have their
own different contribution in development of the personality of student which allows them to get
adequate position in an organisation according to their desire (Rose, 2018).
Areas needed to develop in respect of employment skills
There are many employment skills which are mentioned above such as communication,
problem solving, team working, time management etc. It is important to develop these skills and
the different areas persist within them as this will help the student to attain success in future
(Tattum and Tattum, 2017) .
I am the student of Business management. I have many skills with myself which help me
to carry on tasks. The important skills which are possess by are named as Communication, team
working, conflict resolution and time management. But, there are some areas under these skills
in which I am to perfect and there is a scope of development. The area which is needed to

develop under my communication skill is about listening abilities. This will help to to grab the
information from the very small points too. In team working skill, area upon which needed to
provide more focus is about initiation. This will help to cut off the issues at earlier level. In time
management skill the area which is needed to improve by me includes understanding of priorities
in respect of the objective. This will benefits me to complete the task in proper time period. In
Conflict resolution skill, area where needed to provide focus on includes assessment of the views
of both parties. This will help to take right judgements.
Opportunities to learn and develop at university
There are many areas under the different skills which are needed to develop by me as
stated above. For their successful development, it is important to grab the opportunities available
at university. There are many opportunities available at university which help me in the
development of stated areas under the skills such as participate in university programmes, Taking
support of professors, attending regular lectures etc. All these opportunities allows me to develop
my skills and most importantly the areas in which I felt weaken. The contribution of these
programmes in development of areas of various skills is understood from the description
presented below:
Taking part in university projects like fundraising, cultural programmes help in
development of the many skills and areas. Participation in such activities help to improve my
listening abilities as for their successful completion needed to follow all the guidelines
communicated by the university officials. Another area that can be developed by participation in
such activities includes initiation. As, any programme in not able to complete with the perfect
team. So, this opportunity allows me to lead from the front and initiate by own in process of the
development of the effective strategies.
Another opportunity of getting assistance from professor help in the development of area
about understanding the importance of prioritisation in completion of any objective at time. In
this regard, I can met with my professor and explain the project and objectives which have to
perform. Then I compare the lists of tasks provided by professor with mine to understand that
where I lack in prioritisation of work. This will help me to understand the aspects which are
needed to consider while building plan for completion of any project.
Other opportunity which I have in front of me is about regular attendance of classroom
sessions. The theoretical knowledge about the model and theories help to understand the cause

behind the different type of conflicts which are arise in various situations. This knowledge allow
me to focus on main reason and cause of conflict and then apply proper method to resolve the
same.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that there is huge importance of audit of the
skills. This will help to determine the skills which are developed over the period of time and the
one upon which needed to work for their further development. This will provides an opportunity
to person in development of their personal and professional career. After successful completion
of the project of fundraising ascertained that there are many skills which are developed includes
communication, problem solving, time management and team working. Also, understanding
about the personal development and research planning help in ascertainment of the areas which
are needed to develop over the period of time while studying in the university. This will help to
improve overall future.

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Appendix
Personal development plan
S. No LEARNING OBJECTIVES
AND GOALS
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
TIME SCALE
1 Listening to others properly
for further improvement in
communication skill
Taking part in university
programmes
3 months
2. Prioritisation of work
according to objectives for
effective time management
Taking assistance of professor and
compare their own list of tasks with
one provided by professor
5 months
3. Listening the issues of both
parties to resolve conflict
properly
Attending classroom sessions and
application of the models and
theories of conflict resolution
8 months
4. Take initiative by own in
completion of team work
effectively
Taking part is university programmes 4 months