Career Development and Lifelong Learning

This document discusses the importance of career development and lifelong learning in enhancing skills and achieving career goals. It explores different learning approaches such as Kolb's Learning Cycle and VARK Learning Style. It also includes a personal SWOT analysis and a PDP plan for skill development. The ways in which skill development enables career development are also discussed.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................4
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................4
Career Development and Lifelong Learning............................................................................................4
Ways in which the skill development enables the career development....................................................7
TASK 2.....................................................................................................................................................10
(A) BLOG: The ways high performance leads to the effective management of performance..........10
(B) High performance strategies in increasing the effective performance........................................11
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Skills and values are associated with improving career opportunities of an individual.
Continuous growth is helpful in order to plan, organise, construct and enhancing self-esteem of
an individual during accomplishing their own objectives and dealing with priorities as well.
Career development opportunities are playing significant role for an individual in a way that they
can define priorities and targets of their career in optimal manner. SWOT analysis of own skills
is helping an individual to examine their strengths and finding areas for further improvement as
well. These report discuses about the PDP plans, high performance and skills development for
career development.
TASK 1
Career Development and Lifelong Learning
Learning Approaches:
Learning approaches are defined as those learning capabilities that are undertaken by an
individual so that to enhance learning. These learning approaches are providing scenario so that
to recognise those personal attributes which are helpful in order to amplify personal capabilities
so as to attain knowledge. Some of the theories associated with learning approaches are
elaborated as under: Kolb’s Learning Cycle:This approach is having four stages in which high edge results
can be attained as outcome. The primal stage is related to undertaking experiences,
second stage is related with examine inconsistencies within personal experiences. The
third step is related with preparation of abstract so that to attain ideas in sufficient manner
within last stage. All these steps are accumulation of those inconsistencies that can lead
in eliminating learning process. In order to manage stressed situation and attain positive
thinking this theory may lead in stepping ahead over career(Wallace, 2019).
 VARK Learning Style:As according to this theory within learning cycle various ways are
inculcated due to which suitable approach can be selected. This learning approach is
associated with focusing on four fundamental learning styles such as learning, writing
skills, kinetics and questionnaire. These aspects are helpful in order to recognise new
concepts and concepts as well. VARK learning style is helpful in order to manage
stressed situation and dealing with positive thinking in appropriate manner(Espinoza-
Poves and et. al., 2019)
From the above learning theory this can be analysed that in order to enhance mental and
learning abilities these theories are playing significant role. VARK learning theory enabled me to

attain expertise so that I can deal with future expertise which are required in order to become a
successful marketing analyst.
This is required by an individual in order to evaluate and assess their own abilities and
talent so that to stay align to appropriate job position. An individual is requisite to analyse their
abilities and competences in direct manner so that to learn things according to their career goal
setting. I am planning to become a marketing analyst so in order to attain that position, personal
SWOT audit is carried out for the major purpose to determine own competencies and skills as
well.
Skill audit
This is a paradigm which is related to analysing soft skills and other competencies within
an individual(Trought, 2017). In order to become a successful marketing analyst acquiring
information is one of the prominent concept in which personal and professional goals can be
attained in earliest stage. Skill audit of my skills are elaborated as under:
S. No. Skill Good Average Bad
1 Creativity - - ✔
2 Interpersonal skills ✔ - -
3 Time management skills - ✔ -
4 Initiation - - ✔
5 Communication skills ✔ - -
6 Delegation - ✔ -
7 Stress management - ✔ -
8 Positive thinking ✔ - -
Personal SWOT Analysis:
This is a paradigm which is associated with own capacities, risks and opportunities that can
be inhaled. This is elaborated as under:
Analytical skills: As far I concern I have analysed that I am proficient in analytical skills
so in order to be at position of marketing analyst this skill is required to be held in prominent
manner. This is my personal strength due to which I can analyse various situations in effective
manner.
Critical thinking skills: This skill is associated with thinking beyond capabilities in order to
build up capacity of finding out hidden facts. Under this aspect I am weak which creates

difficulties as in the career of marketing analyst there are various situations where critical
thinking is required for making decision.
Tech savvy: This skill is associated with capabilities to use gadgets. I am very strong in
using emerging technology and I am curious to adopt the same in my life and learn regarding the
same. This skill is going to help me in order to deal with marketing gadgets and technology in
easy manner.
Leadership skills: This skill is helpful in order to lead and direct people in such a way that
benefits can be attained by individual and group associated. During the time of my academics, I
prominently held this skill and led people as well. Within the job role of marketing analyst
leadership skills can be highly beneficial for attaining success.
Interpersonal skills: This skill is related with attitude and behaviour of an individual so that
to establish appropriate interaction with each other. Under this skill I am weak in managing
stress due to which I acquire bad behaviour for some people.
PDP plan
PDP plan is defined as plan of development own skills by following development
processes and intensifying skills those are lacking(Lejeune, Beausaert and Raemdonck, 2018). In
this context PDP plan for my skills and capabilities are elaborated as under:
Target Action to achieve Evidence of
completion
Target date
Management skills With the assistance of
these skills
knowledge can be
implemented within
specified tenure of
time.
Trust of subordinates
and other associated
parties.
Within 3months
Positive thinking Thinking in positive
aspect along with
taking positive
insight as well.
By taking inner
feedback after
analysing situations.
Within 2 months
Creative thinking The assigned task to Taking feedbacks Within 3 months

me by higher
authorities should be
completed in creative
and effective way.
from higher
authorities.
Communication skills This is one of the
major and prominent
skills which are
requisite for dealing
with people during
job.
Increasing stage fear
and fear of public
speaking.
Within 4 months
Ways in which the skill development enables the career development
An individual brought into the world with void aptitudes and care which begin learning
things as indicated by its getting a handle on force and capacities. The fundamental learning rules
begin with scholastics instruction in schools, compositions and colleges. This cycle of learning
goes on with continuation till the life expectancy of a person. Adapting never stop in entire life.
It incorporates scholastics capability as well as thinks about morals, social information, and
conduct and climate decorum an individual having in it. Learning improves the information in
each field which upgrades its self-awareness at viable angles. An individual learn for the
duration of its life to be an additional better in its current field like for scholastic evaluation,
work position, bringing in cash. This conduct envelops a person to the way of advancement. In
the wake of achieving legitimate learning and information in its ideal field, an individual chips
away at feeble territory which requires remarkable aptitudes to perform better with some
inventiveness and advancements. Learning improves advancement and advancement upgrade
potential inside internal identity. An individual start learning, it won't go to stop it for long
lasting cycle and would discover arrangements and empower its abilities for better execution
(Abkhezr and et al., 2018).
The abilities which need in generally speaking advancement of individual are a greater amount
of getting, imagination, and investing additional amounts of energy towards the undertaking.

Each individual craving to get settle and make its best commitment towards its expert vocation.
This empowers an individual advancement with a working perspective, to improve work and it
require high potential and capacities in such a way that will advances its commitment into an
exceptional resource for the organization wherein an individual wanted working for, by
achieving a decent arrangement and information an individual would ready to make
arrangements and arrangement its vocation inside in an association (Blustein, 2017). Through
these abilities an individual define plans and arrangements for a business, give viable answers for
business emergencies, oversee and execute this arrangement in an associations favor. Not every
person could accomplish flawlessness in each field, rather it should more spotlights on high
potential in which they are acceptable at and make them amazing in its predefined task. This will
wipe out superfluous weight and inefficient exercises for both individual and its group, on
account of achieving high learning and experience an individual make expert in that work, so it
could viably spread its information to other and upgrade their advancement in a positive way. An
individual won't consider as a created individual until and except if it would not anticipate
inspiration in entire circumstance.
Inspiration is the vital system in a people individual or vocation improvement with the way that
while their being energy makes others consequently certain and a decent climate prompts better
development and advancement of each colleague. Direction is the primary perspective to
building abilities and moves out one's concealed ability likewise, convert it into successful work
potential at working environment. Deep rooted cycle of people vocation advancement
incorporates their self longings to accomplish and develop at more elevated level which make
them more conspicuous and devoted towards their work. This commitment makes a good
progression of inspiration among other colleagues and causes them to feel to function as an
equivalent potential and devotion towards profession objectives. Being inspired at working
environment is a critical route towards self turn of events. As the cycle require hit and
preliminary strategy which guarantees a person to check their presentation by giving it a
ceaseless preliminary until it get succeed. Consequently, this would empower a superior
development open door for colleagues by examining their own abilities and work towards
progress (Chang and et al., 2016.).
To accomplish the above standards of self improvement as a lifelong target, it assesses the
setting with an association how they utilize techniques for advancement of workers inside
association. All together with that an individual would keep up great administration abilities for
worker inspiration and maintenance. Authority aptitudes include people capacities to utilize
colleagues by doling out undertaking and propel them to perform viably. There are number of
business firms in the market which give representative their fulfillment by the method of good
compensation scale, benefits, awards just as inside respects to propel them by commending their
presentation in a positive manner, this causes worker to endeavor to and set their picture as they
pick up. These angles assume a pivotal part of worker commitment and maintenance, with the
goal that they would not anticipate new openings. In this regard, there are a few methodologies

and abilities that an expert individual would use to cause worker to feel propelled and get
maintenance for extensive stretch (Kim and Kim, 2016). These are referenced underneath:
Planning about the strategies about career development: This procedure assesses an expert to
set profession advancement plan for representatives, who will upgrade their consideration
towards workers and would empower to take care of them, this would put forth workers feel
esteemed and their attempts will be remunerated. This technique turns out altogether for work
searchers and draw in them towards the business likewise, advances great relations among
pioneers and representatives. Through this representative emphatically follow requests and
orders or pioneers and works with commitment.
Proper communication about profession: In association, few out of every odd representative
offers or discusses their future desires and vocation improvement with their supervisors or
pioneers out of dread or unimportance, so troughs should open the entryways for
correspondence. Which will help become more acquainted with about their representative desires
and plan their advancement as per that? These systems make the worker happy and respected
towards association and make them work by participating in high qualified undertakings (Kuang
and et al., 2019). This correspondence with the representatives tends the chiefs to design their
methodologies by investigating current position and abilities of workers and what more aptitudes
do they need to accomplish higher positions.
Execution check and actualizing plan: Every assignment or execution must get consideration
and in information on chiefs. By checking execution it very well may be dissect where to move
further zero in on aptitudes and capacities and demonstrate preparing for make improvement in
their presentation. These preparation programs comprise a bunch of apparatuses and information
in such a way, representatives should utilize them in their genuine functional assignment and
enjoy their educated aptitudes into their work. Subsequent to giving instructional meetings
troughs would set targets and indicated time for a particular work and check it on regular routine
which won't make disarray and maintenance of any left improvement. A trough couldn't do every
one of these exercises all by alone, for which it needs to set pioneers and group pioneers among
the colleagues who can possibly oversee adequately. Also, different individuals will undoubtedly
comply with their orders. This will prompt high inspiration of chosen pioneers by anticipating
them into higher position.
From the above methodologies for self and career development for a person, it has all around
dissected its qualities towards deep rooted accomplishment, by investing amounts of energy into
a positive and subjective way. These methodologies will help a person for the duration of its life
until learning would stop (Moskal, 2020). The principle key regions towards advancement are
self endeavors and devotion towards learning without it, an individual would not ready to

accomplish its ideal objective and feels pressurized. There is not kidding need to put
consideration on these viewpoints.
TASK 2
(A) BLOG: The ways high performance leads to the effective management of performance
Performance management is a significant piece of an individual life which is useful in
improving their capacities just as accomplishing the destinations in a fitting way. Utilizing
performance management inside association just as in own existence of individual is useful in
improving their performance just as creating proper framework with help better management of
individual and accomplishing the objectives and destinations in an opportune way. Utilization of
successful performance management devices will help the association in expanding an elite norm
just as creating fitting framework to accomplish better outcomes.
Utilization of managing of performance framework is useful in expanding the representative just
as remunerating them in a fitting way so association that enormous advantages. As per my
assessment, I distinguished from my own experience that there are different sort of
remunerations and acknowledgment framework under the performance management which are
useful in boosting the workers inspiration as a holding them for a more drawn out timeframe.
This is useful to the person in dealing with a significant prize framework which helps in
perceiving their significance just as accomplishing better outcomes to work the business
exercises. I additionally distinguished that there are different sort of acknowledgment framework
which are useful in accomplishing the outcomes as a playing out the capacity in a suitable way.
Ceaseless performance management cloud city workers with the goal that they can go past the
cutoff points just as assist them with keeping tabs on their development against the objectives
and self-awarenes (Osborn, Sides and Brown, 2020). This is a basic framework which is useful
in illuminating the dynamic just as empowering in extra synthesis, for example, pay rise and
rewards. Recognized from the experience just as giving different sort of information in diaries
that 80 percent of representatives working in the climate with a decent prize framework and
acknowledgments work get suitable situation inside the association and work. It is additionally
distinguished by be that 69 percent of the laborer will try sincerely in the event that they realize
that they will be valued constantly by the association later on management.
Performance management is additionally useful in boosting the representatives commitment just
as profitability as it caused them importance measuring the atmosphere exercises and remaining
longer with the association by including themselves at the work environment to deliver better
outcomes. This is additionally useful to the associations improving the degree of worker
commitment just as boosting efficiency as it will amplify the rate of profitability and will help in
acting in a proper way. Performance management made on-going discourse and help in keeping
up a proper environment where it will uphold the expanding pace of various people. It is
additionally recognized that it will build up a superior connection between various

representatives to that they can perform as per the necessities and prerequisite of association and
help the association in accomplishing its targets for playing out their capacities.
There is likewise distinguishing proof of performance management framework which helps in
making worker advancement techniques (Stebleton and Diamond, 2018). Nonstop performance
management implies that association can undoubtedly improve its profitability by building up the
workers just as covering their advancement needs. It is additionally recognized that it will
innovativeness since worker will get fulfillment while playing out the occupation as an upset by
the adaptable self-improvement destinations and keep up fitting framework to help the
imaginative climate. It is likewise distinguished that it will help in building the brilliant
objectives inside the representatives where half of representatives will work in a suitable way
and work as per their functions at the working environment.
It is fundamental piece of each association as it helps in boosting the performance of various
representatives just as accomplishing brings about a proper. This aides the association in setting
proper performance norms which are useful in accomplishing targets just as acting in a fitting
manner so that firm can accomplish its business destinations and become performance
successful. There are a few downsides and disappointments inside the performance management
framework which are tested however unique. For example, absence of correspondence
ineffectual objectives inappropriate management measure and different other. Absence of
correspondence is a central point which sway under the performance management framework
disappointment where the performance management framework succeed when the
correspondence is credible and straightforward and on the off chance that it isn't continued in a
fitting way and there will be improper framework inside the line of correspondence then it can
prompt disappointment of performance management framework. This framework defining
ineffectual objectives is a significant effect full framework which additionally direct to driving
the performance management framework danger (Syed and et al., 2017). This is on the grounds
that objective setting needs to picture clear which will help in improving the capacity where the
objectives must be simple and will help in fulfilling the requirements of representatives just as
decreasing the difficulties at the working environment. It is a fitting framework which helps in
expanding the stretch just as creating proper framework so association can improve its working
just as diminished d inspiration in various representatives. This is useful in improving the
capacity just as accomplishing powerful so that structure can stroll in and community Venice by
building up a fitting framework among chief and representatives.
For improving the performance, the organization uses some of the motivational theory, the
motivational theory used by this organization is theory X and Theory Y for motivating their
employees. In the theory X, the manager shows the negative consequences to his employees if
they would not complete their task. The employees in this category are very lazy towards their
work and do not perform very well also. The manager uses the strategy of carrot and stick to
make them work. But in the theory Y category, employees are very much in zeal and motivated
in performing their work. They are very much creative and innovative with respect to the task

they perform. To motivate these kinds of employees the manager uses various motivational
factors like bonus, increment in salary, promotions and so on.
(B) High performance strategies in increasing the effective performance
It is essential to keep up high performance in their professional life. This high
performance will guarantee the best possible development and improvement of a person. High
performance is important to keep up which will guarantee the best possible pursuing the
accomplishment of objectives and goals. An individual should chip away at diminishing the
degree of interruption which will go about as a system for high performance the executives.
Control is vital to progress and this will guarantee the opportune conveyance of work of a person
in the workplace. Plan constantly more definitely which will help in anticipating the future
targets course of events. This will help in setting short focuses to accomplish which will be a
way for greater targets. An individual must set the course for the objectives which will dispense
the objectives of the association productively. Compelling administration of time will guarantee
that the individual fulfills their time constraints on schedule. Most significant undertakings must
be finished first as they are main concern which will guarantee high performance. An individual
can likewise receive a methodology of the executives by target to accomplish the high
performance level. After unmistakably characterizing the objectives, it will be anything but
difficult to appoint the work over the groups as indicated by their aptitudes and encounters. This
technique is the possible strategy which will decrease the operational expense of the
organization.
The SMART goal is essential to be set adequately. The goal must be explicit, quantifiable,
attainable, time-delicate a practical. The outcomes are additionally imperative to be investigated
to guarantee that the enhancements are done effectively. High performance can likewise be
accomplished by 360 degree examination strategy which includes the performance criticism of a
person from the administrative competes, peers perspectives, subordinate and self-sees about the
working of a person. High performance must be appraised to spur the person to break their
objective and accomplish more development possibilities in not so distant future. For dissecting
the high performance of an individual, the conduct assumes a significant job. The subjective and
quantitative characteristics will guarantee the high performance of a person. The brain research
of an individual likewise assumes an anticipated function for high performance. It will portray
the potential and capacities of a person.
Culture likewise influences the performance of a person as it reflects in their working style. An
individual must have the versatility abilities which will help them in working in a unique climate.
Pioneers additionally go about as a controlling apparatus for a person in their working. Without
the best possible direction an individual can't accomplish the objectives. Pioneers give the
training to individual to which will help in the objective accomplishment and improvement of
creative abilities (Topol, 2019). High performance support is significant as this will help up the
confidence of the person. They will have the option to comprehend their own type and abilities
and work harder towards the objective accomplishment. Change the board is additionally

significant as this will lead a person towards all the more developing and fruitful way. Group is
the reinforcement of a person that on the off chance that the objectives are not accomplished on
schedule, at that point the group will uphold in their working. Group is a proficient device that
underpins the individual and furthermore rouses them for working in complex circumstances.
Group likewise helps in the upgrade of information on a person which will help in improving the
chart of high performance. Dynamic procedure additionally isolates the assignment and
guarantees fats conveyance of work. An individual must utilize his procedure towards the
compelling working. Positive conduct of an individual additionally upgrades the degree of high
performance. Negative contemplations will block their way to fruitful considerations
conveyance. An individual ought to impart in the group as this will lessen their anxiety and rouse
them for work. Exhausting timetable diminishes the performance guidelines of an individual and
he attempts to keep away from the work which diminishes the degree of their performance. It is
fundamental to keep up the working principles as this will fortify their inspiration towards the
work.
The organization or the pioneer must confide in the individual and their working propensities for
successful administration of work. The pioneer must give preparing to the person which so they
will work with maximum capacity. Prizes acknowledgment is likewise a significant methodology
for acknowledgment of high performance of a person. This will helps a person in keeping up a
harmony among energy and cynicism in the workplace. An individual must zero in on manners
to drive the beat practical outcome to guarantee high performance. An individual must monitor
their performance improvement level which will stay away from excess in their working. Group
the board is significant as this will empower sharing of work. This will likewise diminish their
inadequacies in their attempting to energize the high performance principles. Cooperation of
work is significant as this will help in connecting with various kinds of work. Connecting with
labor force in complex assignments will help in profession development improvement of a
person.
Advancement arranging will guarantee that the individual are running after their profession way
a successful way. It is additionally essential to keep up equilibrium in the working and realizing
which will guarantee consistent advancement. Human asset is a basic instrument for keeping up
the high performance for a person (Xie and et al., 2018). This will help in the decrease of
operational expenses and at last expands the net revenue. Goals must be set by the performance
of a person based on their qualities and type. Performances are decided based on their outcomes
which will choose the course of their vocation way. Inclusion in the work with centered
endeavors is essential to keep up their high-performance principles.
All these strategies like 360- performances degree, performance management, benchmarking and
so on are the tools which helps an employee in making some improvements in there. All these
strategies will enable in deleting the barrier which an individual might face in work and try to
bring an increase in their performance. These strategies help in identifying the gap and the areas

where the gaps are present along with the reasons so an employee can work towards that
direction to bring improvements in their performances.
There are other factors also which helps an employee in attaining the high performances which
are:
Perception and attitude: Perception is the image which an individual has made up towards a
things or person. Whereas attitude of a person is the behavior towards a particular person or
object. When an employee has a positive attitude and perception towards the things, he gets
ready to bring a positive change in that. But if an employee has negative perception and attitude
towards the things, it will be quite hard for them to bring any kind of change for improving their
performances.
Communication and motivation: Communication is the flow of messages from both or one
side of party. Communication is very necessary when a manager tries to bring an improvement in
their performance. This will help in eliminating any barrier which an employee faces in his work
and hence enables him to attain the high performance. The motivational factors also help to a
great extend in increasing the performances as they provide the employees with the factors which
they are looking for or give them the reason to work hard.
Learning and development: The learning and development is a continuous process. In this
competitive environment where the changes take place in a very short period of time, it has
become very important for the employees to cope up with that change. The organization can also
provide the employees with these learning and development program which ultimately will help
these them in bring the high performance in their employees and also in the working of
organization.
CONCLUSION
From the report presented above, a PDP plan has been prepared which has mentioned about the
skills and development which as an individual I need to inculcate in me. Also the blogs upon the ways the
skills development leads through performance management and high performances.

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