Manage Personal and Professional Development - Q&A

MANAGE PERSONAL WORK
PRIORITIES AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
TASK 1

CONTENTS
ASSESSMENT TASK – 1..............................................................................................................1
Q1................................................................................................................................................1
Q2................................................................................................................................................1
Q3................................................................................................................................................1
Q4................................................................................................................................................1
Q5................................................................................................................................................2
Q6................................................................................................................................................2
Q7................................................................................................................................................2
Q8................................................................................................................................................2
Q9................................................................................................................................................3
Q10..............................................................................................................................................3
Q11..............................................................................................................................................3
Q12..............................................................................................................................................3
Q13..............................................................................................................................................4
Q14..............................................................................................................................................4
Q15..............................................................................................................................................4
Q16..............................................................................................................................................4
Q17..............................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

ASSESSMENT TASK – 1
Q1
Self appraisal can be defined as a position in contemplation of one’s own abilities, worth and
significance. It is an act of development of consciousness about one’s well doing and problems
faced to make personal assessment (Goh, 2010). By going through the process of self appraisal a
person will gain new strengths, recover his weaknesses which will result in a positive
performance review.
Q2
Peer appraisal is a term which shelves the assessment made by the peers or work colleagues
about the person of one in order to provide constructive feedback in the activities of the person
(Aird, Kennedy & Mcintosh, 2016). Peer appraisal works as a exercise in team building as
significant and constructive feedbacks build trust within the team.
Q3
Work planning defines objectives and goals for the team which mobilizes efficiency and target
based operations.
It provides motivation for team work and initializes team effort by establishing dependency and
coordination between the team members.
Planning helps in predicting issues that may be face during the process and identifying solid
measures to prevent or changes to overcome the issue.
Q4
S – S stands for specific, which articulates that a goal must be specific which carries a particular
target to reach.
M – M stands for measureable. A goal must be involve a quantitative or qualitative trait which is
to be achieved (Bovend'Eerdt, Botell & Wade, 2009).
A – A goal should be set with a real expectation, which is it must be attainable in the given time.
R – A goal must be set with a relevance, as in it must be relevant to the business and its
objectives.
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T – T stands for time bound. A goal must be set with a deadline which will help the team in
focus and team will have a target to achieve.
Q5
Pareto principle is a simple time management technique which focuses on performance
enhancement through remedying issues that exist on personal and non personal grounds which
might increase efficiency of the person (Mongin, 2016).
Q6
Lack in concentration – Stress can lead to development of difficulty in concentration.
Isolation – Social seclusion and staying away from people is an important sign of stress.
Behaviour – Change in behaviour, developing irritation towards others and behaviour is outright.
Performance – In stress condition a person’s performance reduces and the productivity of the
person diminishes (Greenberg, 2012).
Symptoms – Stress makes a person seem sad while they suffer through anxiety and depression.
Q7
Work-life balance is a concept which adheres that there must be equilibrium between the
personal and professional life of an employee (Delecta, 2011). The concept focuses on making
an arrangement such that the employee gets enough time for his personal errands and programs
after his or her professional goals are achieved.
Q8
Make a plan to complete the given tasks through breaking it down into small and controllable
goals to enhance productivity and save time.
Make a more open gesture in front of people and share the feelings of distress among friends
and colleagues (Chiesa & Serretti, 2009).
Set personal goals for professional tasks to get a sense of achievement.
Get counsel or help for stress related matters and find guidance from professionals if necessary
to remedy the cause and increase proficiency in personal and professional life.
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In order to over the issue, identify the cause, find alternate solution to the cause and apply most
appropriate option to overcome the situation.
Q9
The personal use of technology can effectively lead to reduction in employee’s efficiency. While
a notification can distract a person from the task he is assigned which in return leads to less
proficient work and quality is compromised.
Q10
A business shall provide more flexible hours of work to employees for inducing a more efficient
culture rather than rigid hours job.
An organisation can promote working from home to enhance personal life growth along with
work (Beauregard & Henry, 2009).
Encourage social activities within office as well as invite friends and family of employees to
have a healthy social environment.
Q11
Volunteering – Volunteering for a new challenge is always the best way to get out the comfort
zone and grab new knowledge from the task.
Mentoring – A mentoring exercise can bring about a lot of growth in a person, learning a new
skill while mentoring or mentee is highly successful (Tattum & Tattum, 2017).
Friendship – Befriending people from other departments can be another way of learning a new
skill.
Q12
Form a tasks management by evaluating work preference and manage task accordingly.
Divide the work at hand into smaller parts to achieve goals on short notice which enhances
motivation.
Procrastination must be effectively stopped to manage time. One should give up procrastination
and work while they are in access.
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Q13
Personal development planning can be referred to as developing a plan for self progress while
considering the attributes, goals and worth to be achieved (Eisele, Grohnert, Beausaert & Segers,
2013). Such a plan is helpful in attaining personal growth.
Q14
Awareness – The most important component to building up a personal development plan is
awareness of one’s own abilities, attributes and worth.
Planning – Another significant component is creation of a plan by studying purpose of plan and
targets to achieve (Eisele, Grohnert, Beausaert & Segers, 2013).
Assessment – An assessment on regular basis is needed to find variances from the target which
can be prevented by making adjustments.
Time – To reach the goal, a deadline must be set to motivate the person into giving more efforts.
Development – Once the plan is in execution, one must keep an eye on dynamic aspect of the
plan while evaluating continuity in development.
Q15
Behavioural assessment can be defined as technique to identify behaviour of employees which
increases self awareness and helps in team building.
Q16
Behavioural assessment helps in creating a more efficient hiring system which can lead to cost
effectiveness for the business. Such an assessment helps in understanding the employees in a
more precise which helps in increasing employee satisfaction.
Q17
Visual – In this style of learning a person learns most from seeing images and pictures.
Aural – This kind of learning style possess learning abilities from sounds and music.
Verbal – A verbal learning style is based on learning through listening to words.
Social – In this kind of learning people tend to gain knowledge via socialising or groups.
Self – Such a learning behaviour includes studying alone for maximum efficiency.
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Learning style is significant to a person’s knowledge gaining and further influences their life in a
great way. The style of learning is centre to the fact that how a person processes information
along with their retention of that knowledge (Schmeck, 2013).
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Bovend'Eerdt, T. J., Botell, R. E., & Wade, D. T. (2009). Writing SMART rehabilitation goals
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Chiesa, A., & Serretti, A. (2009). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for stress management in
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Delecta, P. (2011). Work life balance. International Journal of Current Research, 3(4), 186-189.
Eisele, L., Grohnert, T., Beausaert, S., & Segers, M. (2013). Employee motivation for personal
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Goh, C. C. M. (2010). Listening as process: Learning activities for self-appraisal and self-
regulation.
Greenberg, J. (2012). Comprehensive stress management. McGraw-Hill Education.
Mongin, P. (2016). Spurious unanimity and the Pareto principle. Economics &
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Schmeck, R. R. (Ed.). (2013). Learning strategies and learning styles. Springer Science &
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Tattum, D., & Tattum, E. (2017). Social education and personal development. Routledge.
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