Analysis of Professional Development Studies

This assignment involves analyzing a collection of research papers and articles related to professional development. The provided sources cover a wide range of topics, including continuing professional development for allied health professionals, domain of competence for personal and professional development in academia, and the effectiveness of web-based learning platforms. Key findings from these studies are examined, highlighting themes such as the importance of self-efficacy in adopting new technologies, the role of collaborative CPD, and transformational tasks in counselor identity formation. The assignment aims to provide a synthesized overview of current research on professional development.

Personal And Professional
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 self-managed learning methods ............................................................................................1
1.2 Propose life long learning in personal and professional contexts.........................................2
1.3 Advantage of self-managed learning to the organisation and individual .............................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Present skills and competencies against organisational objectives and professional
standard.......................................................................................................................................3
2.2 Identify personal improvement requirement and methods to reach them.............................4
2.3 Improvement possibility to meet present and future needs ..................................................4
2.4 Identified need of professional and personal development ..................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Activities needed to apply on the development plan ...........................................................6
3.2 Planned document development activities ..........................................................................7
3.3 Self learning against objectives set in improvement plan and original aims........................8
3.4 Development plan based on evaluation and feedback .........................................................8
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
4.1 Solution of work based problems .........................................................................................9
4.2 communicate in various styles and appropriate manner at different levels..........................9
4.3 Utilize effective time strategies.............................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development can be described in which an person set some of
the goals. Strategies along with the outcomes of training and learning. In this case of special
traits and characteristics in which an person's talent and personality, learning management along
with self education go through and become one of the cause of profession and personal
improvement (Rabow and et.al., 2010). This self managed learning basically promote and focus
on the various unique and different approaches of the education which create long lasting
technique of learning for individual as well as professional.
As according to this following assignment, examination of self managed learning can be
done so on their impact on improvement procedure and how it will be beneficial and profitable.
It basically overlook entire objectives and purpose of learning and improvement to evaluate
strategies along with plans to analyse their personal and professional development. Some of their
own development necessity and other practices which required to compass them. This also
analyse few of opportunities this personal and professional development as according to their
future an present requirements along with by managing the time and using that effectively as
well as efficiently (Scott, Cortina and Carlisle, 2012).
TASK 1
1.1 self-managed learning methods
Individual also can make educate by himself as adopting various techniques and tools
which can be very beneficial for them. Self managed learning can be go through with wide range
of the observation in which they include both operant and conditional leaning. This is quite
necessary for the self improvements to apply it by different approaches to accomplish the goals
and targets. There are some for the self managed learning are as follows :-
Conferences and seminars :- An individual can also learn from these seminars and
conferences are held on some topics and there are various expert who tell and discuss
information about that (Richter and et.al., 2011). So on it is quite effective method to raise
information and knowledge by communicating over on some particular subject.
New media :- Internet basically consist with wide and infinite range of the knowledge
regarding any of the topic. New idea posses of various things such as journals, e books, online
education, chapter, websites, blogs, social media and many more. Through these they can collect
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the information through e books, videos, images, audio these facilities re provided by the
internet.
1.2 Propose life long learning in personal and professional contexts
Life long learning basically go through with the individual to learn lot more to improve
their knowledge, abilities and skills which will be very profitable for the future circumstances.
There are few approaches in the context with personal and professional development are as
follows :-
Self motivation :- They is the key term through which they can accomplish the success
by own. This is very pretty way to avoid the frustration, irritations and depression to along with
negative through. This will always keep an individual boosted (Schostak and et.al., 2010).
Self modification :- It is important to improve and modify own skills and ability at each
level and phase this will help to face further challenges. Modification is very essential to achieve
task it would be needed to update themselves as according to the external environment . This will
be very beneficial although.
Self management :- When an individual initiate with managing themselves as according
to the strategies, plans, principles and codes. This will help to go smoothly on the path way to
achieve the targets and goals of an individual.
1.3 Advantage of self-managed learning to the organisation and individual
Self managed learning assist to the individual so on to improve capabilities through
which they will take decision by manage themselves as in pressure and stressful situations. There
are appraisal of the self managed learning criteria are as follows :-
Leadership skills :- This can also improve leadership skills which help in building good
team level by accomplishing their goals and objectives at effective and efficient level. Through
these skill they can be more able to perform better with enthusiastic, proactive and adaptive to
accumulate the team (Moss, Gibson and Dollarhide, 2014).
Communication and engagement skills :- This is very important skills at that stage when
an individual deals with the consumer and other engagement brand services. This will also covey
the message effectively and in appropriate manner so that can be reach as it is conveyed to them.
Applying SWOT analysis :- This will overlook all the strength, opportunities, weakness
and threats. Through this they will examine all the aspects and utilize them in the path way to
secure strong footing in order to meet the goals and targets. They have to utilize strengths and
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overlook the opportunities at their best way to reviver weaknesses and stay away from the
harmful threats.
TASK 2
2.1 Present skills and competencies against organisational objectives and professional standard
Self assessment is sentential at the point where they are willing to improve their
respective skills and abilities. This assist in all scenario win which they manage the task in very
appropriate manner (Moon, 2010). Some of the self evaluation skills are shown in the tabular
form and to examine own self as compare to the external environment and how to improve them
to lead and accomplish all the targets and objectives although are as follows :-
Carrier Objective: Willing to build a carrier in reputed company of the country, through which
my skills, knowledge and qualification get more enhance in very better environment and I can
put vary work with more and more efforts in order to achieve the targets.
Academic Qualification:
 Graduation in business administration Masters in marketing and finance
Experience: done work at multinational company Within 2 years.
Strength:
 Hard working even in Pressure
 Loyalty
 Team spirit
 Compete in any situation and grab opportunities
 Time Punctual Leadership skills
Statement:
I solemnly announce that all information are totally pure.
Name:
Address:
Telephone number:
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Email:
2.2 Identify personal improvement requirement and methods to reach them
The determination of requirements and other activities which achieve the challenges and
task to which is always challenging and everlasting in existence (Kennedy, 2011). It also
examine the development ad performance review which can be applied on he various aspects.
There are combined few stages are as follows :-
Comparison of actual and standard spot deviations :- It is important to analysis whether
they are going on the right path way in order to meet the objectives and goals. Through this
process To improvise the quality and skills through need to be monitor themselves as by in
consideration of self development.
Monitoring skills, concepts and knowledge :- In this procedure that person required to be
controlled by their own deviations and skills. If they develop in order to be apply in the
accordance of the challenges and task. If the challenges goes with the insincere questions then
they will get some honest answers. This will help in to boost up the confidence to which is
required to the challenges.
Perceiving essential concept Skills and knowledge which is needed for job :- If an
individual assigned to do some of the particular job ten they required to be make sure that they
posses some of that required skills. That is important to prepare with the knowledge and skills to
face that challenge which need to be gained and overlook the entire idea regarding the achieving
the job at in very effective and efficient way (Vloet and Van Swet, 2010).
2.3 Improvement possibility to meet present and future needs
The higher absolute benefits need to be achieved when an individual start looking for the
opportunities to the external as well as internal environment . There are identification of the
certain criteria are as follows :-
Scope of flexibility and renovation :- project demands for the optimum level of
feasibility. Although an external environment is always very uncertain and unpredictable so on
the unpredicted issues at the wrong time in that situation flexibility plays effective role as a
emergency exit.
Strategic planning :- In an organisation they ensure that the action needs for an probable
reaction which should be planned strategically (Kao, Wu and Tsai, 2011). Without the strategical
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planning company will not able to look and seek for the opportunity and improve contingencies
to counter.
Plans demands to be linked with business goals :- Plan should be develop as in concern
with the objectives, initially every organisation figure out the goals and target then accordingly
they make strategy which although satisfy the objectives. So, the organisation have to make sure
that the goal relate with target if not then all things will go in vein.
2.4 Identified need of professional and personal development
S. No. Leaning
objectives
Current
skilfulnes
s
(good-5
2.5-
average
1 weak)
Target
skilfulnes
s
Development possibility Time
scale
1 Problem
solving
4 5 It actually assist in reducing all the
conflicts at the work place which
also encourage to work more
efficiently.
2 months
2 Leadership
skill
2.5 5 An good leader is actually direct to
the whole team which help in
providing the best kind of services
along with modification and
development to lead in appropriate
manner.
2.5 months
3 Team
working skills
3 5 There are various task in which the
the organisation allot them
members in the respective teams so
they have to work hard to maintain
and cope up with the all team
1 month
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members through which all the task
can be accomplished.
4 Technological
skills
4 5 Market is very dynamic and on the
particular time interval this is keep
changing along with the various
modification and tidings For an
effective result they have to
overlook all the technological
changes as timely.
2 months
5 Communicati
on skills
4.5 5 Need to improve these skills
because of the better growth and
the success by there own.
Half
month
6 Listening
skills
3.5 5 Need to do more work on this to
gain potential and other skills to
stay well mannered when it comes
to listening need to be more
focused.
1 month
TASK 3
3.1 Activities needed to apply on the development plan
The strategy implementation if not working in proper manner then their other term will
get fail events of learning (Johnson and Golombek, 2011). The style which is already mentioned
by the kolb, so as according to that the assimilating character of the learner who act with the
various different styles. The steps will go through with the execution of the plan are as follows :-
Goal Short term Mid term Long term
Goals is to achieve
targets for
Achieve all the
respective targets and
It will assist in the
raise all the level of
To accomplishment of
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organisation. objective so on
through that will get
chance to enhance the
skills and ability at
more for the
betterment.
improvement. the objectives by time.
Learn skills and
knowledge
To enhance my ability
at the highly level.
Carry out and working
with the other skills
which help me in
encouraging more
towards by objectives.
Need to figure out
more ways and
approaches to develop
efficiency at great
level. Although
identify new tactics to
improve efficiency.
Acquire skills and
knowledge
Need to Addition of
the cognition more
through the various
ways such as
newspaper and new
media.
Through various
books and other
magazines which
promote the
knowledge.
It will be effective to
learn variants stuff by
observing other people
while doing work
strategy.
Needed resources Various seminars,
discussions
group meeting Research and innovate
number new things
Time schedule 2 months 6 months 9 months
Start 1st April2018 1st September2018 1st Decenber2018
Finish 20th may2018 20th November2018 20th February
Completed step Mid-April Mid-September Mid-December
3.2 Planned document development activities
There are some of the undertaking of the documented planned activities are as follows :-
Organisation study groups :- In the process of making the successful projects at the
every part of negotiator which required to be more documented subsequently and precisely
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(Gibbs, V., 2011Hicks, P.J., and et.al., 2014Jimoyiannis, 2010). As according to the further
external environment, it is although very uncertain as well as unpredictably so they demands for
the more improvement while performing tasks. There is only few of the documentation which
assist to perform various feasibility needed for the alteration.
Monitoring and supervising :- The on going regular process of period which can be
enhance and improve the efficiency at the any of the regarding project at the great extent. If they
found any of the respected deviations then the firm can be taken from the impactor as well as
essential action against it to counter them.
3.3 Self learning against objectives set in improvement plan and original aims
There are the several ways which based on the some mentioned scenario are as follows :-
Maintaining estimations and records :- By maintaining all the respective records while
on the contiguous estimation about the up coming steps can be effective to achieve all the
objectives of the organisation. The actual optimum level can be anticipating need to be
accomplish through the several approaches and ways. It also assist to be compile short time
objectives which demands to be linked with the respected bushiness company.
Prior knowledge and experiences :- This is all about the past cognition deals with the
work which is very essential fro any of the particular development of the task and challenges.
learning cat be disappoint to any one of them because it also help in getting the experience from
various objectives and plan of development.
Initial meetings and preparation :- While the work it is crucial to do meetings for the
project improvements (Fullan, 2014). The other competencies, weaknesses, covered strength,
capabilities among the team can be disclose in such kind of meeting and practice.
3.4 Development plan based on evaluation and feedback
These Is the development plan based on the feedback and evaluation criteria which can
be illustrated are as follows :-
Workforce analysis :- The evaluation and development initiates with the very basic part
in the this. Competencies, learning the resources, continences of the strategies can be consider in
workforce analysis. This can be provide the short scenario along with fundamental function.
Forecast needs :- The next step is to figure out the requirement so the forecasting. With
all the organisational resources can be lack of the specific needs at particular external effects and
policies etc.
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Analyse requires gaps :- The individual requirements needs to a=examine the gaps in
between the actual as well as standards plan of action.
Developing contingency :- External environment influence to the business so this plan
need to develop the favourable support at the centre plan which is more flexible.
TASK 4
4.1 Solution of work based problems
There are some of the steps which lead with make solution of the wok based problems are
as follows :-
Identification of issue :- To solve any problem need to be observe the whole organisation
and figure out the issues which is occurring at the business and other things due to which it arise
the problems (Dabbagh and Kitsantas, 2012).
Perceiving regarded interest :- It is important part of the problem solving to do he
important solution they need to be convenience and focus more about this. Basically it also
ruining the environment at the work place.
Potential solution :- It is brainstorming phase in this they have to found out the solutions
of the problems.
Evaluation options :- It is accordingly with the business resources and other strength od
capital is best option which require to be choose.
4.2 communicate in various styles and appropriate manner at different levels
There are several communication styles which leads to be in very proper manner which
can be illustrated are as follows :-
The controller style :- In this case-it demands to be more autocratic, they want the work
by themselves. They are not enough good in-dealing with the team work. They try to do enhance
themselves as the orientation of the work orientation and implicit achieve success.
The promoter style :- This type of personality are known as very social and extrovert and
they easily get comfortable working with the team they find very enhancing and efficient at this
case scenario (Byrne, Brown and Challen, 2010).
The supporter style :- These personality usually very low minded and tend to be flatter
other key members for their own individual interest.
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The analyser style :- They are actual one personality they have highly ability if analytical
and cognitive. They are assets of the organisation.
4.3 Utilize effective time strategies
There is evaluation of these effective by the management of time are as follows :-
Knowing how to spend the time :- The individuals demands to utilize their appropriate
time for the value added in their life as the precious components of the life.
Setting Priorities :- the person demands to settle all the objective in the list in order to
their priority in effective manner (Barak, Gidron and Turniansky, 2010).
Using planning tools :- These experts utilize several planning of the techniques for the
implementing work. So, they need to be raise the productivity of planning tool.
Organised action :- There is no beneficial sequences from the disorganised work. So,
although they required to be arrange in that order for the betterment of the work.
CONCLUSION
As according to this following study, it can be concluded that the self learning is very
essential fro the personal and professional development fro the arranging and their learning and
respective education. So, along with this they basically accomplish success in these matter and
other carrier, they demands for the setting of goals and their required objectives in order to meet
them at specific time. The accurate planning, organising, develop by adopting several methods
for the self learning and controlling their own activities for the betterment. They need to be
make professional develop plan through which they examine their own capability and conceal
them by improving those. The time management is vary important to go through with organising
and save time for the other skills and lead to the punctuality by accomplishing objectives.
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