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

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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INTRODUCTION
Personal and Professional Development is a process through which any individual or
organization can determined to meet the challenging goals and process of learning (Allan,
2015). It is highly associated with essential prospect for the development of any individual or
group. There are certain factors that are responsible maintaining personal skills as well as
professional skills. This can be portrayed through impel maintenance of the personal and
professional development of the current skills. They are developed through different measures
like counseling, coaching and mentoring in a long term.
The assessment covers aspects of personal and professional development through evaluating
the areas for lifelong learning. Further, the approaches to self-management and core
competencies can be gained through identifying own skills. It has been assessed that the need
to develop the personal and professional development plan can be articulated with the help of
maintenance process activities of development plan (Bayar, 2014). In the end, the report
provides the effective use of strategies to maintain the growth and flow of operations.
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TASK 1
INTRODUCTION
The report presented here evaluates the approaches to self-managed learning and propose the
ways through which lifelong learning in professional and personal skills are encouraged.
Different measures are undertaken with respect to the self-managed learning. This can be
beneficial for both individuals as well as for the organization.
BODY
1.1 EVALUATE APPROACHES TO SELF-MANAGED LEARNING
Self-managed learning is the developmental process through which individual manages their
own learning. With respect to self-managed learning different programs are associated which
structure them and staff to develop certain directions (Voogt, et al. 2015). With the help of
these programs, Self-managed learning has been developed and progressed in a better way.
Individuals and organizations both are accessible to manage those extend of repertoire
capabilities without which needs are reliably managed. It is necessary to develop new learning
skills which empower knowledge and attitudes in support of the organization. Self-managed
learning is generally based on questioning to self about the past experiences, strength and
weakness an individual have, current situation and goals that are targets, different measures to
achieve those goals are set through critique to assess on learning measures (Noe, et al. 2014).
There are different approaches through which self-managed learning is maintained. They are:
 Coaching/Mentoring
 Seminars and Conferences
 Use of Internet
 Social Network
COACHING AND MENTORING
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Coaching and mentoring are the set of activities identified through learning and change.
Coaching and mentoring are strategic complementary services through which individuals
develop their own skills with tangible measures (Stewart, 2014). They can springboard through
coaching and mentor through facilitate exploration with the formulation of goals and provide
support for certain actions.
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
Seminars and conferences help in managing proper communication measures with the people.
This indulges in more amount can configure on presenting most effective ways of self-managing
learning. It is a most wonderful platform through which people share their knowledge and
views and associate in enhancing their skills.
USE OF INTERNET
The internet connects millions of people and contains lots of resources through which they are
transformed in information into the resourceful material. The people configure great
opportunity and knowledge through which social networking and other data related to learning
prospects are found. There is a lot of books available through which self-management can be
progressed (Allen, 2016). They are done through blogs, websites and other discussion forums
available.
SOCIAL NETWORKING
The people are likely to spend their time on the social sites that are gaining the acquaintance of
knowledge-based groups and current world events from the other's post. This shared
information provides the reliable means of developing gaining information on different issues.
One can follow other people through which ongoing event of the other person life can be
encountered through the self-managing way of learning.
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1.2 PROPOSE WAYS IN WHICH LIFELONG LEARNING IN PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS COULD BE ENCOURAGED
Lifelong learning is the activities that undergo the on-going, voluntary and self-motivated
means of encouraging personal and professional development features. It also enhances
sustainability along with social inclusion, active citizenship and competitiveness and
employability (Magpili and Pazos, 2017). There are certain means through which the lifelong
learning can be encouraged. This can be done through continuous improvement measures like
SWOT analysis and self-reflective learning. Through reflexive learning, the events that are
associated can track the developmental factors like seeking feedback can associate with
improving and make sure about the right track of development. By generating SWOT analysis
the fields that are associated can be reliable in guiding and active implementation of new
experiences. Other than this, Self-directing approaches can be independently motivated and
challenges that outlined through four key stages (Jackson, 2015). This can be done through:
Stage 1: Assess Readiness to learn (Higher Education with Industry)
The readiness to learn information helps in self-evaluating the situations and handling the
current situation supported by the network. It helps in extracting the concrete experiences
through actively learning.
Step 2: Set learning goals and continuous development
This can be attained through communicating effectively and leading to the advised instructions
that are critical. The developed goals are approached through maintaining the timeline for
completion of activities. The Goals that are targeted requires feedback and evaluation on the
regular interval in order to meet the desired target.
Step 3: Engage in learning Apprenticeship Process
The need of the learning process refers to the instructional methods also with the strategic
means such as self-directing to the ideas for applying the knowledge to the situations whether
personal or professional (Cushion, 2013). Group activities can be conducted through this.
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