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Professional Development Plan Assignment (Solved)
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Added on 2020-11-23
Professional Development Plan Assignment (Solved)
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1ASSESSMENT TASK A.................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1Presenting a personal skill audit..................................................................................................1TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2a) Identifying some key interpersonal and transferable skills and techniques to enhance theseskills............................................................................................................................................2b) Personal SWOT analysis........................................................................................................6c) Describing individual appraisal..............................................................................................7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8Preparing personal and professional development Plan .............................................................8ASSESSMENT TASK B...............................................................................................................12Reflection..................................................................................................................................12CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16
INTRODUCTIONIn this competitive era, it is quite necessary for every business to have the efficientworkers who helps to accomplish the goals and defined objectives of a business. In context tothis the main aim of this report is to demonstrate the skills and knowledge within employabilityskills & professional development. It is based upon the case study of Harrods of London which isa British Institution and a well-known retail store who built a unique reputation at global level.Currently the company needs an employee who can face the challenges that its reputation andstandards bring and that is why the quoted firm finds an employee with right mix of skills andabilities who will become manager in future. Thus, the report is divided into two parts such that in part A, report conduct a skill audition the context of an employee's roles and responsibilities and also identify some keyinterpersonal and transferable skills and further also analysing tools and techniques to enhancethese skills. Moreover, report conduct a SWOT analysis in order to identify the strength,weaknesses, opportunities and threats, then it also carries out the individual appraisal with anorganization. The report will implement a professional development plan with proper aims andobjectives and areas for development. In part B, report will critically evaluate own learning ionterms of enhancing the personal and professional skills. ASSESSMENT TASK ATASK 1Presenting a personal skill auditSkill audit is one of the essential process that helps in measuring and recording theabilities of an individual. Its main purpose is to determine the skills as well as knowledge whichan organization requires (Anders, 2019). Further, through personal skill audit, a person can easilydetermine their strengths and weaknesses that needs to be developed in the healthy atmosphere.In order to conduct a skill audit, Brunel skill audit tool is used to determine the skills in which anemployee of Harrods is mastered and that still needs to work on. Therefore, it is as mentionbelow:KeyI really need to work on thisI could still improve I am quite confident I cando this1
Skills Positive attitudeOral CommunicationTeamworkSelf managementWillingness to learnProblem solving and decision makingResilienceTime managementWritten communicationInformation literacy Numeracy Therefore, the above skill audit shows that being an employee of Harrods, I have strengthsuch that positive attitude, team work abilities, can easily manage self-work, resilience and havewillingness to learn. Further I still need to work on my communication skills i.e. oral and written,I also lack problem solving skills and time management on which I have to work on. Further, Icould also improve my information literacy and numeracy skills (Lateef and Omotayo, 2019). Asa part of the operation team I really need to work on my communication skills in order tocoordinate with my colleagues and discuss ideas with my managers. Along with this I need toimprove my time management skills which are very helpful for me to perform better. It can beachieved via prioritizing the task assigned to me in the operation department. TASK 2a) Identifying some key interpersonal and transferable skills and techniques to enhance theseskillsThere are some key abilities and skills which needs to possess by an employee whoworking in a company. Some of them are interpersonal and transferable skills that are mentionedbelow:Interpersonal skills: This are the skills which a person use every day at the time ofcommunicate and interact with other people (Mencl, Wefald and van Ittersum, 2016). It has beenanalyzed that people with strong interpersonal skills are quite more successful in their both livesi.e. professionally and personally. Therefore, some of the interpersonal skills are as discussed:2
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