Personal and Professional Development | Assignment-1

Running head: PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Name of the student
Name of the University
Author note

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Part 1
Section 1
1. Values and fundamental notions of what is important in life - There are several
expectations that I have in terms of my career. These expectations root from the
values that I have developed over time and can be listed as the following:
i) Achievement in the field of work.
ii) Ambitiousness.
iii) Relation building with the employees and customers.
iv) Leadership and management.
v) Influential abilities to be able to have a positive impact.
vi) Honesty in work to avoid discrepancies.
vii) Helpfulness.
viii) Tolerance.
ix) Patience to tackle difficult challenges.
x) Critical thinking abilities for problem solving.
2. Strengths – The certain identifiable strengths that I possess, which will aid me to
work as an efficient Sales Manager, can be listed as follows:
i) Adaptable towards change.
ii) Trustworthy and reliable.
iii) Capable of building enthusiasm.
iv) Team-building capabilities.
v) Skills in effective communication.
vi) Capability of actively listening.
vii) Capable of inspiring.
viii) Diligent in performing tasks assigned.

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ix) Engaging in constant self-improvement.
x) Quick thinking abilities.
3. Weaknesses – The certain weaknesses that I have identified in myself and needs to be
worked upon can be listed as the following:
i) Too self-critical.
ii) Lack of confidence under certain circumstances.
iii) Lack of industry experience.
iv) Acute sense of perfectionism leading to delay in performance of duties.
v) Inexperienced in delegation of tasks among individuals.
vi) Difficulty in identifying individual interests of others.
vii) Disorganization to a certain extent.
viii) Tendency to take up excessive responsibility.
ix) Occasional lack of punctuality.
x) Highly competitive.
4. Characteristics of the job of a Sales Manager – The role of a sales manager is to
effectively apply techniques for the purpose of managing and inducing greater sales
for the organization. the characteristics of such a job can be listed as the following:
i) Adaptability
ii) Active listening skills
iii) Communication skills
iv) Emotional intelligence
v) Capability to bring about changes
vi) Influence and inspiration
vii) Industry knowledge
viii) Integrity

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ix) Innovation in techniques
x) Confidence and leadership skills
5. Characteristics of ANZ Bank – Following are the characteristics of the my ideal
organization:
i) One among the four largest banks in Australia.
ii) As of 30 September 2018, market capitalization valued at 81 billion Australian
dollars and total assets worth 942.6 billion Australian dollars.
iii) Over 40,000 employees and 50,000 shareholders.
iv) Operative in several Asian countries apart from Australia and New Zealand.
v) Priorities in environmental sustainability and financial wellbeing.
vi) Purpose and aim is to transform and develop individuals and businesses
through their banking facilities.
vii) Business concerning building relationships with customers creating value.
viii) Strong Corporate Governance
ix) Customer satisfaction through the provision of a variety of services and
complaint resolution.
x) Separate committees operative under the board of directors, namely ethics,
environment, social and governance committee, risk committee, human
resources committee, and digital business and technology committee.