Learning Through Organisation

MN4W50QA
Professional Practice –
Learning Through Organisations
Assignment: Personal
Development Plan
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Table of Contents
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................2
Reflection on Professional Development...........................................................................................2
Reflection on Personal Development.................................................................................................4
Reflection on Academic Development................................................................................................5
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................7
References...........................................................................................................................................7
Appendix 1 – Personal Development Plan..........................................................................................8
Appendix 2 – Learning Logs...............................................................................................................10
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Introduction
Learning is highly important in order to grow in future career. Here, learning
make a person enable to learn new concepts with an aim to gain success in life.
In addition to this, a person can easily set a unique identity by learning new
theories and concept each and every day. It is stated that learning is also
important to ensure personal as well as professional development in significant
manner. While studying in the classroom, an individual gets to learn various
concepts that further contributes in their personal as well as professional growth
(Nisbet and Shucksmith, 2017). In present context, I attend academic sessions
where I learned several concepts that will allow me to grow in future career. The
report will cover how learning of this module helped me in professional and
personal development. It will include different skills which I learned throughout
the module such as communication, CV writing, Interview skills and more.
Further, academic growth during the module will also cover in the respective
report.
Reflection on Professional Development
Professional development is important to develop necessary skill set
with an aim to ensure growth in future career. This development is useful in
order to gain success in career in an efficient manner (Cohen, 2021). In other
words, professional development refers to identify the goals and learning new
skills to succeed at work. With this, a person can easily maintain a unique
identity at workplace. This also helps in sustaining within the job for longer
run. Now, professional development has become a crucial part for the growth
of company. For this purpose, companies are also likely to organize
professional career development programs. These types of programs are helpful
in upgrading a person in order to ensure significant contribution in success of
business entity. Additionally, professional development refers to maintain
continuation in education and career training after entering into corporate jobs
(Howard and Eddy‐Imishue, 2020). This helps in developing new skills,
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capabilities in order to advance the career in significant manner.
Learning of professional development module can be used to grow in
career. During week 1, there was focus on assessment of skills. Here, I used to
focus on assessing my skills and capabilities so that I can structure suitable
plans to grow in future. Additionally, this module made me enable to identify
the weak areas so that I can make necessary improvements to grow in the future
period of time. By assessing the skills, I can easily take suitable corrective
actions to make a bright future efficiently. While studying in the module, in
week 2 I learned regarding the significance of making appropriate occupational
choice. There are several occupations such as banking, marketing, finance and
more. It is important to make appropriate occupational choice to utilize skills
and capabilities appropriately. Apart from the skills, one also needs to consider
the inclination while choosing a suitable occupation. By making an appropriate
occupational choice, it is possible to grow in the career in future period of time.
Additionally, it also allows to utilize the available skill in an efficient manner.
The week 5 & 6 was related to CV writing and interview skills. CV
reflects the academic and professional growth of a person. During the module, I
learned how to write an appropriate CV. This will help me in preparing such a
CV that will reflect my profile in an appropriate way. Further, it will also help
me in getting a good job in future period of time. Additionally, I also got
interview skills during the week which will help in cracking job interviews
successfully. During week 10, I got coaching skills. Here, I learned how to
provide mentorship to subordinates. The learning will make me enable to lead
the team member effectively so that they can contribute towards attainment of
pre-defined goals. Week 11 was about negotiation skills. During the respective
week, I learned how to negotiate with different parties. This skill will help me
in negotiating with individuals effectively so that I can generate profits for the
company. By this way, learnings of different weeks will allow me to grow
professionally. With this, I can make a bright and enriching professional career
for further betterment.
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