Manage Personal and Professional Development Assignment

Manage Personal and
Professional Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Compare sources of information on professional development trends and their validity 1
1.2 Trends and developments that influence the need for professional development............1
1.3 Own current and future personal & professional development needs linked with personal
and organisational role...........................................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Benefits of personal and professional development.........................................................2
2.2 Basic of determining development action........................................................................2
2.3 Future and current likely skills, knowledge and experience needs using skills gap analysis
................................................................................................................................................3
2.4 Personal and professional plan that is consistent with business needs and personal
objectives................................................................................................................................3
2.5 Execute the plan within the agreed budget and time scales.............................................4
2.6 Advantage of development opportunities made available by professional networks or
professional bodies.................................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART) objectives....5
3.2 Obtain feedback on performance from a range of valid sources......................................5
3.3 Review progress towards personal and professional objectives.......................................6
3.4 Amend the personal and professional development plan according review of response. 6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
"Personal and Professional development is the process through which the organization
and individual engage in the process of learning to meet the challenges and desire goal. It is
associate with the development needs of the individual as well as group (Izadinia, 2013)." In this
given task the report will analyse various planning and designing process of personal and
professional development plan. For this, assignment will recognise requirements of development
and their need ton fulfil it.
TASK 1
1.1 Compare sources of information on professional development trends and their validity
There are many places within my work place to find information on professional
development trends. For example;
The education centre is for NHS staff, it provides training, education and organisational
development. The education centre is a great and reliable source of information for all employees
as the training is specifically for them. The education centre would not be an ideal place for a
non-NHS staff member to look as it may not be suitable for them. Pro4 online is an online
system for NHS staff to look on to mandatory training courses (Gonzales and Lambert, 2014).
This is very useful that allows to access personal account which tell one what training they need
to complete for your job role.
Friday flame is an email that Karen Baker the trusts' Chief executive officer sends around
each Friday which includes various information. The information is reliable as it is written by the
trusts CEO and up to date as the information would have been given by the training department.
The e-bulletin is an electronic newsletter for all NHS staff (Holmes, 2013). There are various bits
of information from job openings to departments getting rid of office furniture. There is also a
section about education and training; this can include new courses, updates about training and
new dates for courses.
1.2 Trends and developments that influence the need for professional development
There are many new trends and developments that can influence the need for professional
development within the work place, for example:
If a new system has been installed or if a system has been updated, training may need to
be provided to ensure all employees know how to use the system correctly. For example; in the
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