Professional Development and Ethics

This document discusses the importance of professional development and ethics in the field of management. It covers topics such as goals, competencies, and the role of ethics in career growth. The document provides insights and resources for individuals looking to enhance their skills and knowledge in the management field.

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Professional development and ethics
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note

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Table of contents
Self-introduction........................................................................................................................2
Megatrends and challenges........................................................................................................2
Goals..........................................................................................................................................4
Ethics and professional values...................................................................................................7
Competency assessment.............................................................................................................8
Professional development summary........................................................................................10
References and Bibliography...................................................................................................12

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Self-introduction
I am a student of Apic College. Currently I am pursuing Business and Project
management course. In future, my ambition is to become a project manager. One of the most
important goals is to increase professional knowledge through training. Along with this, I
also intend to increase the earnings and improve my performance in the work processes and
maintaining the stability in the professional relationships. One of my other goals is to gain
new experiences for unleashing my leadership skills, abilities and competencies.
Megatrends and challenges
I am aware of the shifts in the environmental, economic and social conditions. In this,
I can point the major possibilities regarding the achievement of stability and sustaining the
future. As per the revelations of Csiro.au(2019), one of the possibilities is “more from less”,
which I think relates to the shrinkage in the employment opportunities in the current
competitive scenario of the market. In order to attain flexible employment opportunities, I
need to improve my personal skills, abilities and competencies. In this process, I would be
able to gain acquaintance with my capabilities. At some time, it would make me feel that I
am losing the opportunities. However, with constant dedication, perseverance and
commitment, I would be able to preserve my resources and capabilities. In this context, I can
cite the example of the depleting flora and fauna from the environment. The major drive
behind this is the exploitation of the resources by the humans for fulfilling their needs. Here,
my question is who would take the charge of preserving the ecological biodiversity in such an
alarming state? This issue has compelled me to take up the issue, generating within me an
interest towards taking environmental science as a research topic for project.
Csiro.au(2019) reveals that one of the other shifts is that of the Silk Highway. In the
coming years, the world witness transcendence from the west to east and north to south in

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terms of the economy. The area in focus is that of the threshold of Asia. Along with this, the
areas of South America and Africa would also encounter transition in the cases of poverty for
the people belonging to the middle class, with middle income. This shift would be a
prospective one in terms of improving the trade relations between China and India. Foreign
investments would indicate the upgradation of the standards and quality of the economy and
trade.
As per the assumptions of Csiro.au(2019), mention can also be made of the ageing
population, which is an asset for the economy. Typical example of this is the OECD
countries, which influences the decision-making power of the ageing population through the
provision of flexible working opportunities. In this, the challenges are wide retirement
savings and rapid escalation in the health expenditures. Developing policies and health
benefit insurances would be effective in terms of the catering to their needs, demands and
requirements. Maintaining balance in the demand and supply would be a productive aspect
for research in the project.
Virtual learning conglomerates the community people, individuals and government
agencies in the same thread. Technological advancement has enhances the ease of the
individuals in terms of fulfilling their needs through just a click (Csiro.au 2019). I can
mention about the impact, which online retail and teleworking has created on the economy.
Specific reference can be cited of the digital media, which has provided access to the people
regarding the execution of offshore marketing. Seeking different communication channels
has enhances the process of establishing contact with the stakeholders and shareholders.
Within this, cybercrimes and information leakage to the third parties is an evident challenge.
I can also make mention of the great expectations of the people regarding the
products, which are in demand in the market. In this case, the megatrend is personalization of

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the services, so that the specific needs, demands and requirements of the customers are
fulfilled. Reference can be cited of the Australian retail sector, where the governmental
interventions has resulted in the smooth functioning of the delivery of the orders (Csiro.au
2019). I think this is due to the judicious use of the resources, which is crucial in terms of the
attaining success. The challenge here is that people would have more expectations regarding
the possession of quality and branded products. As a matter of specification, they would seek
higher potential in terms of the income and mass supply of the orders. Within this, social
media marketing is productive in terms of the interacting with large number of stakeholders
at the same time. In this, the community people cannot be mapped, as they do not have the
access to the social networking sites (Csiro.au 2019). Countering this, now most of the
community people are provided with the access to contact the governmental agencies for
voicing out the issues, which they are facing while investing in the services.
Goals
 To increase professional knowledge through training
Specific Attending workshops or certificate courses
Measurable Getting admission in the colleges providing personality development courses
Achievable Getting proper motivation and encouragement from the peers and supervisors
Realistic Emerging successful in completing the activities in less time than the
estimated time
Time 1 year
Table 1: SMART criteria for the developed goals
(Source: created by the author)
My own career goal is to become a project manager in future. I think attending
workshop or certificate courses would help me in unleashing my leadership skills, abilities
and competencies. Getting admitted in the colleges providing courses on personality

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development would be productive for me in terms of the upgrading my personal and
professional skills, abilities and competencies. I also feel that attending motivation courses
would be effective in terms of modifying the drawbacks persisting in my performance. Using
keyword search would be productive in terms of directly getting to the required information
without any delay. Indulging in discussing with the peers would help me in assessing the
feasibility and effectiveness of the plans. I feel that this is a productive step in terms of
improving the stability in the relationships, which is a vital aspect in the workplace.
In terms of attaining flexible and competencies in leadership skills and abilities, I
need to interact with a lot of people. This interaction would be of great assistance in delving
deeper into their mindset. These interactions would seem productive in terms of seeking an
insight into the suggestions regarding the prospective avenues for enhancing the professional
skills, abilities and competencies. I can make mention of the personality tests, which would
be productive in terms of mapping whether I am flexible enough for adjusting within the
workplace environment. I am aware of the fact that negligent approach towards dedication,
commitment and perseverance would make my professional skills obsolete. In such a
situation, I may lose the job of a project manager, for which I have worked so hard from my
childhood.
I think that consideration of hierarchical ladder is vital in terms of maintaining the
stability in the societal relationships. Information in this aspect is fruitful in terms of exposing
conscious approach towards execution of the tasks according to its mechanism. In this, I feel
that internship programs offered by the company would be helpful in terms of increasing the
competency level in all the parameters of the workplace operations. The duration of the
internship would enhance my awareness about the roles, responsibilities and duties, which I
am expected to perform in the workplace. I feel that conducting self-assessment would help
me to map my skills, competencies and abilities in terms of the available resources.

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Increasing the responsibilities is crucial in terms of gaining competence and flexibility in
terms of making judicious use of the resources and sustaining them for the future needs.
Financial parameter is crucial in terms of maintaining balance between the personal
and professional sphere of an individuals’ life. I know my friends, who have taken a job only
to achieve financial security. In this, I can point out that monetary gains is not always the
concern. Instead, financial independence is the main concern. In this context, the short term
goal would be to learn lessons from the job, which would be useful in terms of enhancing the
standards and quality of life.
Goals of the employer\ clients
According to the current competitive scenario, the companies and organizations
require employees, who are flexible in terms of handling projects, which are time bound and
have to be completed within the stipulated deadline. For this, they organizing various training
programs. I think that indulging in these training programs is effective in terms of upgrading
the knowledge about the dynamics of the business operations. I can relate the concept of
cognitive learning in this aspect. This is because training results in the gradual development
of my performance towards the leadership skills, competencies and abilities. Within this, I
can state the example of setting time limits for the tasks, which I am allotted. Consciousness
and rationality in this approach is productive in terms of getting productive results.
I also feel that keeping back up plans help in averting the instances of missing on the
deadlines. These backup plans are alternatives in terms of avoiding encountering the illegal
instances and issues. For example, if I do not get the project manager job, alternative backup
plans would be productive in terms of being exploited with the current professional skills,
abilities and competencies from companies to companies.
GOALS – Long Term GOALS – Short Term How D

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Consistency in the
performance
Setting time limits for the
tasks
Exposing dedication, perseverance and
commitment towards enhancing the
efficiency within the performance
Gaining control over the
emotions for unleashing the
leadership skills, abilities
and competencies
Taking the emotional
intelligence tests
Considering the scores of the emotional
intelligence tests would be productive for
achieving an understanding of the
mechanisms of the business operations.
Keeping back up plans Adopting problem solving
cycle, Gibbs reflective
cycle
The theories would be effective for gaining
an insight into the alternatives for solving
the potential issues
Improve on the decision
making skills and
capabilities
Taking logical reasoning
tests
These tests would be effective in terms of
enhancing the logical reasoning, upgrading
the standards and quality of the judgmental
skills and capabilities.
Ethics and professional values
For positioning myself as an effective project manager in future I will consider
following suitable professional values along with most appropriate set of ethics that I will
follow in my future career. Considering same, the set of ethics those I feel can support me in
guiding my professional conduct are indicated below:
 Integrity: In will always act ethically through not compromising on the
organizational values

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 Diligence: I will maintain attitude care through maintaining the ethical quality of
being responsible towards all tasks
 Efficiency: I will focus on producing the profitable results with least efforts, cost or
waste
 Equality: I will uphold the ethical principles of maintaining equal social, cultural and
economic rights
 Equity: I will abide by the principles of justice, fairness and impartiality
 Freedom: I will maintain ethical consideration of maintaining rights of individuals to
have full freedom of acting, speaking, thinking or moving devoid of restraints
 Honesty: I will always encourage the truth even when it is materially against an
individual’s business or personal interests
 Honour: I will always support maintaining the esteem, reverence, respect along with
reputation in most expressions and feelings of these characters
 Knowledge: I will maintain pursuit of knowledge, reflection along with experience
and will also develop cognitive and intellectual faculty
 Loyalty: I will develop the quality of remaining loyal to self and others, specifically
with reference to an individual’s obligations and duties along with delivering on their
promises
 Pleasure: I will support the right to the state of pursuit along with happiness of
satisfying activities
 Safety: I will encourage the freedom of risk, damage or injury
 Security: I will sustain the freedom of doubt, stability and reliability regarding the
future
 Trust: I will abide by the firm dependence on integrity, ability or character of an
individual that implies the assurance and depth of such feeling

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 I will also maintain ethical code of conduct in the organization though abiding by the
shared values such as honesty, respect, reasonability, compassion and fairness
Competency assessment
Stages of Competencies
Description of
Competencies
Aware Informed Involved Competent Transformati
ve
Leadership I believe that I am aware
regarding the basics of
the project management
but I believe that lack
skills in applying suitable
management leadership
tools in order to enhance
the commitment of team
members along with the
project and client needs.
As I am aware and
informed regarding the
fact that I need to attain
more skills in suitable
implementation of
leadership skills, I feel I
will be able to bridge
such competency gap
after I perform real life
In this stage
I have
gathered that
I have
certain
competency
gaps that
need to be
addressed by
me in
attaining
success of
successfully
accomplishin
g project
management
projects. I
have realised
that I need to
From
analysing the
existing gap I
have
regarding
necessary
skills and
knowledge
required for
successfully
accomplishin
g the project
management
task is, I
intend to
enhance my
target
competencies
such as
In
transforming
my existing
skills and fir
addressing the
gap that I have
revealed that I
need it develop
leadership
role.
Moreover, I
will also focus
on attaining
expertise
attending
motivation
courses would
be effective in
terms of
Team
Management
Resource
Management
Communicati
on
Planning
Leading
Organizing
Change
Management
Cognitive
Knowledge
and Skills

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projects and get a chance
to act as a leader in
managing all the involved
teams.
get rid of my
mental
rigidity and
fear of
facing
difficult
situations
through
building
more
confidence
in
accomplishin
g complex
activities in
the projects
in a relied
manner. In
addressing
the gap I
have
considered
to develop
the skills of
guiding the
communicati
on skills,
budget
planning, risk
assessment,
strategic
thinking and
dealing with
major
activities in
the project
that can
facilitate me
in building
confidence
along with
easing out my
mental
rigidity
modifying the
drawbacks
persisting in
my
performance.
I feel that this
is a productive
step in terms
of improving
the stability in
the
relationships,
which is a vital
aspect in the
workplace.

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individual
along with
team self-
direction
Professional development summary
After I have identified the skills and competency gap that I have, I have considered
including certain important skills development activities in my personal development plan. In
this plan I will focus on attaining internship programs offered by the company that can be
supportive in terms of increasing my competency level in every major activity of my
workplace operations. Moreover, I have observed that I have low leadership and Socio-
cultural competency in which I have an opportunity to develop the competency through
developing skills of teamwork, self-management and engagement with other activities during
my internship program.
Strengths
 I have positive trait characteristics
 Have necessary project management
based knowledge, skills and
experience
 Necessary training, education,
recognition and awards are attained
 Better interpersonal skills in
managing project management
activities
 Enthusiasm and passion in the project
Weaknesses
 I have certain negative personal traits
such as lack of motivation,
confidence , poor work habits along
with low communication skills
 I have insufficient as well as
irrelevant experience along with
absence of specialised training needed
to conduct project management
activities
 I have lack of better education on

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management field
 Better creativity
 Ability to maintain effective time
management
project management theories
 Decreased network along with
unemployability
 I face the issue of lack of focus on
developing the career goals
 Poorly developed communication
skills
Opportunities
 I have observed that there are positive
trends in the project management
field and it is a profitable period for
perusing such profession
 There is an increased demand within
labour market for having
specialization on project management
 Development of new job roles and
companies
 Favourable geo-political and
economic context
 There is high compatibility between
attained personal skills and project
management domain
Threats
 Existence of unfavourable work
condition
 Decreased opportunity for carer
progression
 Decreased employments and chances
of restructuring
 Changes in the market condition that
has direct impact on the acquired
positions
 Decreased compatibility between the
personal skills and the domain
requirements
 Presence of competitive aspects from
certain other skilled individuals than
me along with having years of
experience in the project management
skills

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