Personal and Professional Development: A Comprehensive Guide to Self-Managed Learning

This comprehensive guide explores the importance of self-managed learning in personal and professional development. It delves into various approaches to self-managed learning, including seminars, observation, reading, conferences, internet resources, and social networks. The guide also proposes ways to encourage lifelong learning in both personal and professional contexts, evaluating the benefits of self-managed learning for individuals and organizations. It further examines the process of evaluating one's skills against professional standards and organizational objectives, identifying development opportunities to meet current and future needs. The guide culminates in the creation and implementation of a personal and professional development plan, including critical reflection and revision. It also explores effective communication styles and time management strategies for overcoming work-based problems and achieving organizational goals.

UNIT 13 PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................3
LO1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3).........................................................................................................4
TASK 1- ESSAY...........................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................4
BODY........................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................7
LO2...............................................................................................................................8
TASK 2..........................................................................................................................8
2.1 EVALUATE OWN CURRENT SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES AGAINST
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ORGANISATIONAL OBJECTIVES. . .8
2.3 IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET CURRENT AND
FUTURE DEFINED NEEDS...................................................................................11
LO3.............................................................................................................................13
TASK 3........................................................................................................................13
2.2, 2.4, 3.1 AND 3.2 – PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PLAN.......................................................................................................................13
3.3 CRITICAL REFLECTION..................................................................................17
3.4 REVISED PDP..................................................................................................18
LO4.............................................................................................................................19
TASK 4........................................................................................................................19
4.1 SOLUTIONS TO WORK-BASED PROBLEMS................................................19
4.2 COMMUNICATE IN A VARIETY OF STYLES AND APPROPRIATE MANNER
AT VARIOUS LEVELS............................................................................................20
4.3 EVALUATE AND USE EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES....22
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................23
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................24
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INTRODUCTION
This assignment will render better insights about the personal and professional
development by an evolution of own skills and capabilities. This self-evaluation and
learning process will help to achieve the goals and objectives. We will analyse the
approaches to self-managed learning that will help to improve the effectiveness of
individual which ultimately drives towards organisational goals. Through the SWOT
analysis, we will discover the prevailing strengths and weaknesses and will identify
the areas of improvement through designing and following a personal and
professional development plan. This will help to understand the importance of the
learning process that is an on-going process which enhances the skills and lays the
areas for self-improvement in daily life.
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LO1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
TASK 1- ESSAY
INTRODUCTION
Self-managed learning is a series of actions that take place where individuals carry
out the assessment on him and aspire to become a better version. This self-
managed learning is based on the self-assessment without getting any assistance
from others and takes decisions according to the goals set. In this essay, the
approaches to self-managed learning will be undertaken that has become a part of
learning due to the learning experience at my workplace. In next part of the body, we
will devise some ways which will help in life-long learning in personal and
professional context and will evaluate the benefits of the few approaches from the
self-managed learning undertaken (Quintanilla and Wahl, 2015).
BODY
1.1 Evaluate approaches to self-managed learning
Through a variety of resources available an individual can enhance the knowledge
and skills through a self-directed learning process which will involve self-evaluation.
There are many approaches through which self-managed learning can be
undertaken which are as under:
Seminars
Through the shared experiences of the individuals at seminars and conferences, one
can learn a lot and can improve the knowledge to a better extent. Through this self-
managed learning approach, the managing skills and the confidence can be
managed and will help to gain better experience from the knowledge being shared.
This allows one individual to grow and prosper by learning through the experiences
of others and develop new skills and ideas (Pacleb and Bocarnea, 2016).
Observation
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This is the most vital approach that can inject in an individual a self-managed
learning. This is a quality that renders learning from mere observations. Through the
observation direct learning can take place and through this, the power and
leadership qualities can be enhanced. This can also render better decision making
and communication skills development that will also help one to analyse the
situations better. This approach helps in becoming a self-directed learner that will
help the individuals to analyse the situations better and then take decisions by
becoming a good manager,
Reading
This approach will help to gain better knowledge and theoretical knowledge through
the means of articles and journals that will render learning through different ideas
and theories. Through this approach, I can gain better skills that will help me to boost
my reading and understanding skills and will help me guide towards becoming a
better planner and decision maker. This best suits a leadership style that helps a
professional in a long run (Nagarajan and Edwards, 2015).
Conferences
Through this approach of self-managed learning, the confidence and the
presentation skills can be boosted up. These skills that can be used in the
organisational settings and will help in the empowerment of the organisation as well
as individuals.
Internet
This is one of the best source and approach to gain self-managed learning that
renders the vast amount of data. It also allows easy access to academic journals and
the articles through Google scholar and helps to access information through a
collection of divergent topics. It enables personal development as well as
professional development as it renders information and studies by different authors
which will help in better management studies and the risk management projects.
Social networks
Learning can take anywhere and it can come from anyone. Social networking sites
like My Space, Twitter and Facebook are those social networks that bring a wide
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community together and where the exchange and sharing of thoughts and ideas take
place. This helps in learning new things through the tagging, posting, commenting
and reviews that are common here on bulletin boards and forums (Harks, et al.
2014).
1.2 Propose ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional
contexts could be encouraged
On being an assistant manager the decision-making abilities are necessary to be
evaluated so that the organisational goals can be achieved. For the same, I involve
myself in the following approaches that encourage the learning process in the
personal and professional context.
Planning
This is another vital way that can encourage the lifelong learning in the personal as
well as professional context as it will help to lay out the framework that defines the
right policies and the availability of resources that can help in better monitoring and
control of the limited resources. This will help to achieve the desired outcome and
inject better coordination between all the employees and workers of the workplace
(Hofseth, et al. 2017).
Self-evaluation
In order to achieve the organisational objectives, self-evaluation forms a vital part
which will encourage lifelong learning and will help to undertake corrective measures
on time. This process helps in identifying the decision-making skills and will help to
boost the confidence. This helps in discovering the areas of improvement and draw
out corrective measures that can be used in enhancing the performance and will
help to minimise the gap between the current and the desired standard of the quality
and management.
Internet
Through the vital content, available online and the videos that are available on the
internet will help me to gain better knowledge and theories that I can utilise in my
workplace to motivate and encourage team spirit in the team members. This will thus
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encourage me to keep myself updated with the current knowledge and trend so as to
ensure lifelong learning.
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1.3 Evaluate the benefits of self-managed learning to the individual and
organisation
The self-managed learning can render many benefits to an individual as well as an
organisation which can be understood from the following discussion:
BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES
 Self-learning help to improve the leadership and communication skills that will
help to benefit the employees and this will draw them towards a new job title
and will help them to perform best (Goetsch and Davis, 2014).
 This helps in boosting the confidence level of the employees that helps to
achieve optimum out of the available resources rendering higher satisfaction
and efficiency to them.
 This helps in improving the time management skills which also injects in
employees through self-managed learning the innovative ideas that ensure
efficiencies.
BENEFITS FOR ORGANISATION
 The self-managed learning also render benefits to the organisation as it helps
in achievement of the desired goals and help to render better communication
and coordination within every staff member.
 This helps in render quality services that help to achieve the goals effectively.
 It also benefits an organisation as self-managed learning helps to better
understand the customers and provide the services qualitatively which helps
to achieve the customer satisfaction (Magee and Webb, 2015).
CONCLUSION
As a conclusion, it can be connoted that the personal and professional development
forms an essential part for every individual that must be emphasised through
employing several approaches of self-managed learning which can render many
benefits for an individual as well as for organisation as a whole in long run.
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LO2
TASK 2
2.1 EVALUATE OWN CURRENT SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES AGAINST
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ORGANISATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Every individual and organisation has a set standard that is important to be fulfilled
so as to achieve the organisational objectives. So the evaluation of own skills will be
carried out under which will help to rate and perform the skills audit against the
professional standards and objectives of the organisation.
SKILLS PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS
5=STRONG
1= WEAK
CURRENT
EXAMPLE
WAYS TO
IMPROVISE
 Communication
skills 4 I have no stage
fear as recently I
presented
myself in a
seminar and I
was effectively
able to
communicate
and deliver the
information to
the people
The only area of
improvement
left is to control
my restlessness
while presenting
on stage
(McGrath, 2014)
 Leadership skills 5 I have recently
held an event at
an organisation
which depicted
I need to learn
to stay patient
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my effective
leadership skills
through effective
management
 Managing skills 5 I was able to
properly plan
and organise
the event at my
organisation
recently
I need to pre-
plan and lay
more focus on
the goals
 Presentation skills 3 While
presenting some
time my
confidence gets
shed down
which I recently
noticed while
presenting on
stage recently
(McConnell, et
al. 2015)
In order to boost
my confidence
while
presenting, I
have to attend
sessions and
classes
 Problem-solving 2 I have many a
time failed to
solve the
problems that
arise at a
workplace of my
colleagues
I have to be
analytical and
be focussed on
the effective
analysis of the
situations
 Teamwork and
collaboration 4 In the vents held The area of
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by me at an
organisation, I
was able to
considerably
demonstrate the
collaborative
skills and
effectively work
with the teams
improvement
left is to build
trust among the
people and
team members
 Self-management 4 I can effectively
manage myself
and handle
pressure
through effective
self-
management
I have to draw
timetable so as
to effectively
manage my
work
 Professional
Knowledge 2 In terms of
professional
knowledge, I
lack in skills and
language
commands
I should gain
classes and
training that will
render me
professional
knowledge
(Dolmans, et al.
2015)
 Time management 2 I face difficulty in
completing the
tasks on time
I will have to
regularly
maintain a diary
in order to
effectively
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manage the
time
2.3 IDENTIFY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET CURRENT AND
FUTURE DEFINED NEEDS
In order to identify and develop the opportunities that will help to meet the current
and the future defined needs SWOT analysis will be carried out that will draw out the
strengths and weaknesses and will lay out the various opportunities available that
can be converted to strengths and there are also some factors that are presently
known as threats that c=must be mitigated to reduce the weaknesses.
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
 Communication skills are strong
and effective that helps to share
information effectively and avoid
misunderstandings with my co-
workers
 I am keen and dedicated towards
my work and I am goal oriented
 I am a highly optimistic person
and always explores the positive
vibes in every aspect
 I always get inspired by the
leader's experiences and work
towards the achievement of
targets
 I am a quick learner and is always
keen to learn new things
(Dolmans, et al. 2015)
 I sometimes face the introvert
issue as I feel shy to express my
ideas and views (Hamid, et al.
2015)
 Sometimes not responding on
time makes me regret later
 I am slow in decision making
 I become restless while presenting
on stage
 I sometimes lose my emotional
stability and loses my patience
level
 It then hinders healthy relations
with my co-workers
 I also lack analytical skills that
create problem in decision making
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OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
 There is a scope for overcoming
the weaknesses like restlessness
and emotional stability
 There are many sessions and
training classes that can be
attended by me which will help me
to overcome my skills lacking
 I am an effective team leader that
will help me to manage my teams
effectively
 My optimism will take me to new
heights of success
 Through meditation, I can conquer
restlessness and boost my
patience (Hamid, et al. 2015)
 Time availability is limited which
will hinder the development
opportunities (Busse, et al. 2017)
 The routine life will face issues as
a result of depression and stress
 There are some co-workers that
make me feel left out and leave
me demotivated.
 Trust on online sources and risks
involved in new plans
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LO3
TASK 3
2.2, 2.4, 3.1 AND 3.2 – PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
2.2 THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO MEET THE
SKILLS IDENTIFIED
There are development needs that are aligned with the presence of current
knowledge and criteria that remain unfulfilled for the personal and professional
growth. For these development needs some activities are required so that the needs
that are lacking can be accomplished.
Through the SWOT analysis conducted above the skills that are identified to be
improved are the communication skills and the presentation skills that lack the
command over the language. In order to cope with these lacking skills, the
development needs that are required to meet the needful skills include the use of
online video and audio that will help in overcoming the lack of presentation skills and
will help to grab a better command on the language and ideas. The better practices
with relation to the professional standards will help to build strong relations with the
employees and will help to boost the communication skills (Krupitzer, et al. 2015).
The development activities to fulfil the needs of skills development will include the
time management activities and planning projects. The scheduling and log
preparation will help in completing tasks on time and the seminars will be attended
so as to develop better presentation skills and boost the confidence.
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2.4 A PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
The following personal and professional development plan will help in effective
management of personal and professional skills and will help to draw out a timeline
in which the desired skills can be achieved (McGrath, 2014).
SKILLS IMPROVEMENT
REQUIRED
IMPROVEMENT
ACTIVITY
TIME
FRAME
EVIDENCE
TIME
MANAGEMENT
Effectively plan
out so as to
deliver the tasks
on time
Time can be
allocated to each
task so that task
can be effectively
managed
2.3
months
Norms and
events can be
managed
(Hamid, et al.
2015)
PLANNING Plans should be
laid according to
the needs of the
human resource
Strategies can be
framed so as to
remove faults
prior to actions
3
months
Evidence o the
tasks will be
undertaken so
as to lay out a
better plan
COMMUNICATION Professional
communication
skills to be met
Online learning
and live
participation
method (Savery,
2015)
2
months
Effectively
getting engaged
in
communication
LEADERSHIP Requires
employee
satisfaction
through effective
motivation
Effective
observation will
be undertaken to
analyse the
capabilities and
needs of
employees
1 month Motivate the
employees and
achievement of
organisational
goals.
PROFESSIONAL
KNOWLEDGE
Language
command needs
Sessions and
classes will be
attended
2.5
months
Using
presentation
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3.1 PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Certain activities and processes will be required in order to implement the
development plan that is devised above. The following activities and processes will
be employed to conquer the negatives.
Meditation
In order to win the diverse situations in my career path, it is required to overcome the
stressful situations with the help of meditation. It will help to behave effectively with
the co-workers and will help to inject better understanding with them boosting greater
satisfaction.
Mentoring
In order to render better motivation to the employees at a workplace and to render
progress, it is essential to mentor them so that the professional skills and knowledge
can be developed and the time management problems can also be fought with.
Mentoring will help to deliver effective solutions and solve the problems easily which
enhances the productivity as well as the quality of the work (Hamid, et al. 2015).
Training and classes
In order to keep the knowledge and skills updated it is essential to attend the training
and other classes that will boost the professional skills and will help to manage
effectively all the activities and direct other so that the desired goals can be
achieved. The same knowledge will be transferred to others so that others can also
learn from experiences (Quintanilla and Wahl, 2015).
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3.2 DEVELOP AND DOCUMENT THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AS
PLANNED
The following document will help in developing and documenting the activities that
are planned:
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES DOCUMENT FOR PLANNED
ACTIVITIES
PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT  Teamwork development
 Effective analysis of the resources
usage
 A better understanding of the
organisation
 Check and monitor the employee
activities (Pacleb and Bocarnea,
2016)
ORGANISATIONAL DISCLOSURE  Employee recognition
 Gain effective feedbacks from
employees
 Discover and analyse the changes
according to customers
INTERPERSONAL TALENT  Development of multi-lingual
nature
 Ensure employee participation
activities (Davies, et al. 2017)
 Strong motivation
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3.3 CRITICAL REFLECTION
In the context of the original aims and objectives that were laid in the professional
development plan, a critical evaluation will be carried out so that I can make
improvements in my personal and professional skills. In order to enhance the skills, I
underwent certain training courses and the classes which have helped me to gain
professional knowledge and other skills. I also planned mentoring and meditation so
that I can boost my skills and make my employees and co-workers motivated and
satisfied. Through mentoring, I am now able to better render strong understandings
and motive the employees and through meditation, I am now able to face all the
challenges and difficult situations in my career with ease and efficiency. I generally
seek feedbacks from my co-workers so as to ensure proper organisational disclosure
which has helped me to analyse the talents and skills of the co-workers and also
helped me to discover the same for me. This has also helped to enhance my
leadership skills and has improved the effectiveness relatively more. Through the
feedback, I also came to know about my improvement in the communication skills
which helped to effectively present my ideas and thoughts to others (Davies, et al.
2017).
But with the work overload I am still facing difficulties and thus I some time fails to
effectively manage the time due to which the tasks gets delayed. I am also facing
problems in resolving the issues on time which affects my decision making. I am
using the time management books and videos that are helping me a lot to get out of
this issue, as a result of overall evaluation I have reached to great proficiency with
respect to qualities and skills needed.
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3.4 REVISED PDP
On the basis of the evaluation and feedbacks there are some changes needed in the
personal and professional development plan which are as under:
UPDATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN
QUALITIES REASON IMPROVEMENT
ACTIONS
TIME REQUIRED
Decision making There is lack of
quick and
responsive
decisions
Make the effective
analysis of issues
and learn from
previous
approaches
1 month
Time management There is difficulty
solving the issues
on time and
complete the tasks
on time
Using theoretical
and practical
experiences to
resolve time
management
issues (Busse, et
al. 2017)
2 months
This revised personal and professional development plan will help to mitigate the
defects present.
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LO4
TASK 4
4.1 SOLUTIONS TO WORK-BASED PROBLEMS
In the work-related contexts, there arise various work-based problems that are
necessary to be resolved with time. The various communication and time
management styles can be followed so as to create sound work culture and
overcome the problems with ease.
Some work based problems that are encountered at workplace includes the problem
of time management that leads to delay of the work. There also arises a lack of
support from the employees that leads to coordination issues. This also leads to
misunderstandings. There also arises difficulty in reaching effective decisions and
solve the problems that are work-based (Dolmans, et al. 2015).
These problems can be solved by employing a process to solve these work-based
problems which follow the following steps:
 Identifying the problems
 Gain insights into the interest of everyone
 List out the solutions available
 Evaluate the solutions (Hofseth, et al. 2017)
 Make choice between all alternatives
 Monitor and evaluate with respect to effectiveness
In order to solve the work based problems employees can be motivated and
encouraged so as to create the better understanding of them and listening to them
effectively so that the coordination issues can be mitigated. Another solution that can
be generated for the time management issues is the development of effective plans
and timelines that will render the time frames in which the tasks can be
accomplished so as to remove the time issues. Seeking for regular feedbacks and
plan activities such that more employee engagement can be ensured and the issue
of support and trust with the co-workers can be resolved.
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4.2 COMMUNICATE IN A VARIETY OF STYLES AND APPROPRIATE MANNER
AT VARIOUS LEVELS
Some other communication styles include the formal sessions like meetings,
conferences, written forms like CV, emails and notices (Hopkinson, 2014). There are
various styles that can be sued to communicate at various levels one amongst all is
through the use of the CV which is depicted as under:
Jonathan Brown
Flat 10 Bounds Green Court
London, UK
Email- [e-mail]
Profile:
A hardworking and conscientious individual with high management capabilities that
is keen to work with an organisation that renders diverse opportunities for future
growth. I am self-motivated with quick learning skills and have a good knowledge of
managing people at the workplace. I have considerable experience in coping with
the dynamism of the professional environment and overcome the challenges. I am
willing to give a rich exposure to my career by extending knowledge on diverse
assignments.
Work history:
Relationship manager at Joe’s café from March 2017 until January 2018
Worked as the trainee at La Pasta Restaurant since October 2016
Education:
Completed diploma in Hotel Management, London in 2016
Key skills:
Good knowledge about the management practices
Goal oriented
Committed towards duties
Highly optimistic
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Quick learning
Strong relationship building
Professional and system skills:
Internet knowledge
Operating windows
Languages knew:
English
Romanian
French
References:
Available on request
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4.3 EVALUATE AND USE EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
One of the crucial factors for the success of an organisation is the time management
that helps to achieve the desired results and help to keep pace with the
competitiveness. Some of the time management strategies are devised under:
Diary maintenance
By maintaining the diary it will help in allocating time scales to particular tasks and
help in effective management of the work. This will help in setting the order of the
work and recording the completion of the work.
Division of work
On dividing the work among the different people according to the specialisation it will
help in accomplishing the tasks efficiently and will help to manage the time
effectively. It will also help to enhance the results in long run (Busse, et al. 2017).
Prioritising the work
According to the importance and urgency of the tasks, the work should be prioritised
that will help to manage the task easily and important tasks thus could be
accomplished on time.
Avoiding mobiles and telephones
Avoiding the mobiles and telephones during the work hours may help in enhancing
the performance and will help to better reach the objectives on time.
Avoid social networking sites
During the work hours the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, My Space
and others should be avoided as it consumes a lot of time in chatting and gossiping
which may delay the other tasks (Hopkinson, 2014).
Thus through effective utilisation of these time management strategies, one can stay
multi-tasking and will better achieve the organisational objectives by eliminating the
time wastages.
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CONCLUSION
In a Nutshell, self-managed learning has come up as an important part played in the
personal and professional development as through proper development plan laid one
can easily analyse the skills that are lacking and the needful activities that can help
to overcome the lacking in the skills. Through the skills audit, one can rank and mark
his own skills which are present and then rank according to self-evaluation. The
SWOT analysis has helped to trace out the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
and threats of an individual in the context of his personal and professional skills set.
The development plan focuses on the needs of the individuals which are aimed to be
enhanced with time. Some time management strategies have also been laid out
focusing on the use of effective time management. And together with it, some
strategies are also devised that helped to overcome the work-related problems which
helped to maintain professional and personal growth as well as render benefits for
both employees and the organisation.
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