Personal Professional Development Assignment (PPD)

PERSONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Approaches to self managed learning and different learning styles.....................................1
1.2 Ways to encouragement of lifelong learning in personal and professional..........................3
1.3 Benefits of self managed learning to organisation and individuals......................................3
4.1 Work-based problem and solution for it...............................................................................4
4.2 Communicating information at different levels and learning style to overcome problems. .5
4.3 Various time management strategies which can be used by individuals for managing time6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Own current skills and competencies against professional standards and organisation
objectives.....................................................................................................................................7
2.2 Own development needs and activities required to meet them.............................................8
2.3 Current and future needs.......................................................................................................9
2.4 Personal and professional development plan based on identified needs...............................9
3.1 Short term and long term objectives and activities required to meet them.........................10
3.2 Undertake and document activities planned.......................................................................10
3.3 Reflecting own learning against original aims and objectives............................................11
3.4 Development plans as per feedback and evaluation...........................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
A personal and professional development is an continuous activity which supports
individuals in developing their own skills and abilities for their personal and professional life
(McNiff, 2010). This process involves self examination of own strengths and weaknesses which
further helps in developing plans for developments in other to meet identified needs and for
career achievements. It is also a process of learning by which an individuals can acquire
significant knowledge through different ways and this assist in enhancing own skills and ability
to perform in order to achieve desired goals and objectives of personal and professional life. The
following assignment aim on identification and evaluation of personal qualities and development
of plans in order to minimise gap between current and desired skills. Assignment will helps to
understand different approaches to self managed learning and various styles of learning by which
skills can be developed (Avalos, 2011). Along with this, various ways to encourage life long
learning is being descried effectively.
TASK 1
1.1 Approaches to self managed learning and different learning styles
Self managed learning is an effective process by which individual tries to identify various
ways for acquiring knowledge in order to achieve desired goals and objectives. It is directly
linked with determination of own goals and objectives and purpose behind self managed
learning. This effectively assist in formation of development plan by which objectives can be
achieved with a time frame (Blair, 2016). There are different approaches to self managed
learning which are described as follows with various styles of learning.
Approaches to self managed learning:
Seminars and conferences: It is most effective approach of self managed learning, this
significantly supports individuals in acquisition of knowledge through seminars and conferences
organised by experts. It is only an approach which enables individuals to share their views
among large number of audience which assist them in enhancing communication skills and
develops level of confidence to speak among peoples (Elliott, 2011). It is also most best as it
develops presentation skills within large number of peoples.
Research: It is another significant approach towards self managed learning. According to
this, individuals have great opportunity to conduct research on different topics as per relevancy
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