Personal and Professional Development at Travelodge Hotel

This study emphasizes the significance of personal and professional development (PPD) for organizations seeking to achieve their objectives effectively. Using Travelodge Hotel as a case study, it highlights the importance of organizing seminars and programs to implement effective aspects in the organization. The assignment also touches upon problem-solving skills, listening skills, technological skills, and team working skills, suggesting ways these can be improved within the business context.

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Self managed learning approaches and its evaluation......................................................1
1.2 Methods to increase lifelong learning..............................................................................2
1.3 Benefits of self managed learning....................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Evaluation of skills...........................................................................................................5
2.2 Own development needs and activities............................................................................7
2.3 Improvement Opportunities to meet present and future needs ........................................8
2.4 Personal and professional development plan...................................................................8
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
3.1 Process and activities which are useful in implementing plan.......................................10
3.2 Development activities as plan.......................................................................................10
3.3 Own learning in respect to aims and objectives of development plan...........................11
3.4 Development plan after feedback and evaluation..........................................................11
TASK 4.........................................................................................................................................12
4.1 Work based problem solution.........................................................................................12
4.2 Various communication style at different level..............................................................13
4.3 Time management strategies, its use and evaluation......................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Personal development helps the individual in number of way like to enhance the knowledge,
living standard and many things that are required for their development. Personal and
professional development makes the person more efficient so that they can perform task in
organisation in more effective manner. There are many measures that are adopted by the
companies so that they can enhance the level of performance of their employees. It helps the
business to get success. This aids to provide strength and confidence to people so that they can
work effectively (Avalos, 2011). Self-learning can be increased through different ways like
seminars and conferences. It provides path for more job opportunity because it builds talent and
potential of work. This report is based on Travelodge Hotel that is effectively providing their
services to large number of people. This company want to hire those personal who are effective
in performing task so that organisation can attain its goals and objective. In the present report
there is an explanation regarding self-managed learning and its evaluation, ways to enhance
lifelong learning, evaluation of skills. Furthermore, explanation related to opportunity to meet
present and future need, Personal and professional development plan are also considered in it.
TASK 1
1.1 Self-managed learning approaches and its evaluation
Self-managed learning is one of the important factor for people. This learning style traced
from different approaches like self-confidence, seminars. This is important task for an individual
that is required to consider so that person can attain the success and enhance the level of
satisfaction. It is important for Travelodge Hotel to consider self-manage learning so that they
can achieve their goals and objective in better way. The employees and worker of this
organisation consider this approach because it aids to provide development to them and also
helps to the firm to attain the objective in effectual way (Bolton, 2010).
There are some of the self-managed learning are as-
 Learning through research
 Learning from others
 Social media
 Mentoring
 Internet
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 Interviews
 Conferences
 Coaching
 Seminar
These are the important part of self-managed learning that helps to perform every task in
effective manner. Some of the learning approaches are explained below-
Internet-
This is one of the important source to learn different learning styles. Through this channel, an
individual can learn different ways to perform well and it helps to enhance their performance on
high graph (Black and Plowright, 2010). Large number of videos, audio and articles are available
on internet that provide assistance to people to learn such techniques so that they can attain
success at workplace.
Social media-
It is also effective source to enhance self-learning style of an individual so that people can
perform well in organisation. This is also available through internet. Social media is important
channel to link large number of people of different culture and nature. This provides a platform
to have interaction among them so that they can be more effective at workplace.
Seminars-
This is key way to increase the self-learning style of an individual in better way. There are
different seminars and programmes are organised by the company and by social group so that
they can enhance the knowledge and attentiveness of people toward their work. Some of the
leading and renowned personalities are invited in such programmes who have expertise
knowledge in their field. They spread their views on various points that help to make the growth
of individual (Brody and Hadar, 2011).
1.2 Methods to increase lifelong learning
It is important to make personal and professional growth. It is important for Travelodge
Hotel to consider such ways so that they can be able to enhance the lifelong learning of their
employees so that their worker can perform well in organisation. This is also required to make
interaction with them so that they can identify the problems that are being faced by their
employees. It is the duty of employees to have good relation among them so that they can
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together work for common goal. There are some of ways that aid in lifelong learning related to
personal and professional context-
 Self-directed learning:
This helps the individual to take effective initiatives so that they can address the issues in this
regard. The whole responsibility is with the person and if something went wrong then such
individual is responsible for this (Desimone, 2011). In this individual assess its learning and
apply it to the situation. This can be considered at any time, at any place. It provides assistance to
manage all the activities and help to address the situation that is faced in uncertain business
environment.
 Continuing professional development:
It states that professional must have some professional knowledge in filed so that they can
address every situation in effective manner. This helps to establish linkage between professional
education and real life education. It is required for the cited company to consider effective
measures in their operation so that they can develop professional knowledge of their employees
so that they can perform task in effectual manner.
 Further education:
This is related to higher education that is required at the time of performing task by the worker. It
is required to have more and more educational system so the employees of the organisation can
be more effective in term of educational as well as professional development. This is important
task for the company to consider such ways so that they can enhance the knowledge of their
worker (Dopp and et. al., 2010).
 Apprenticeship:
It helps to enhance the level of performance of the employees at workplace. This is important
task for the company to organise tanning programmes and other seminars where they can provide
information regarding handling of task and its performance. It helps to enhance the morale of the
worker in organisation and through this they can perform well in business organisation.
 Recognition of prior learning:
Through this way, organisation can be able to identify the activities of individual that is outside
the class room. It provides assistance to make the evaluation of the employees. This also helps to
increase the knowledge apart from books and aids to increase personal experience.
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1.3 Benefits of self managed learning
This is one of the important task for individual and to the organisation. It is important for
both to consider it so that they can enhance their performance. This is important for the
organisation to recruit those personal who are effective in their way so that they can perform well
in the organisation to attain the goal and objective of the company. Self-managed learning is
effective for individual as well as for the business (Ebert-May et. al., 2011).
Benefits to individual
 This provides assistance to individual to work more effectual manner under individual
role model. It also helps to build more skills and work more effectively to devote their
best effort.
 Through this, person can integrate both the functions of learning and development. This
function leads to learn by performing various task and provides assistance to make the
development of skills and attributes.
 An individual can learn how to perform in the organisation. It makes people more
effective to perform task in effective way within the business environment. In business organisation, large number of employees perform their role so it helps to
learn the skills and knowledge that is required to consider for better performance.
Benefits to organisation
 Organisation has main focus on personal, profession development of individual that has
impact over the performance of the organisation. Through this, business can become
more effective to attain its goal in better way (Forte and Flores, 2014).
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 It helps to improve the staff participation in common goal.
 Self-learning provides assistance to organisation to get success and perform well in
competitive era.
 It leads to motivate the individual so that they can be effective to provide best result to
organisation.
TASK 2
2.1 Evaluation of skills
Self-evaluation is important thing that is required to consider by individual so that they
can make assessment of their own skills. It helps to identify those skills of people so that they
can identify that they are effective in competitive market (Hadar Brody 2013).
Following is the self-evaluation skill table that provides where I am going to stand in competitive
era.
PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS
CURRENT LEVEL
5= strong
1= weak
BEST EXAMPLE METHODS TO
IMPROVE
Communication
skills
3 For the effective
communication, it is
required to have
complete and accurate
information. According
to me, it is necessary to
make regular interaction
with employees and
management.
Furthermore, it is also
required to convey
necessary information to
them.
For enhancing
communication skills, I
have to make interaction
with different people so
that it can address my
hesitation (Hopkinson,
2014).
Leadership skills 3 Leadership skills are
very important to
For improving this style, I
have to refer to some
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perform task in effective
manner. It helps to
achieve the target in
better way. For this, I
have to perform my bet
effort in this regard. It
further resulted in
achieving the best
outcomes.
authors and famous leader
so that I can work on my
leadership skills. It will
provide assistance to learn
team management skills.
Problem solving
skills
2 It is required to perform
well on this skill. I have
to work on it and to
reduce the conflicts. I
have to work on
different ways to
address the issue. This is
required to have skills so
that I can solve the
problem that are faced
by people.
For improving this skills, I
have to refer to internet
puzzles and articles so that
I can be more effective to
solve problems. Problems
can be solved in better
way by referring to
previous solution (Hamza,
2010).
Listening skills 5 This is one of the
important thing and I
have good listening
skills that helps me to
achieve best result out of
it.
I am effective in this and
to make necessary
improvement in this,
meditation is effective way
to improve this situation.
Technological
skills
3 In have to work on my
skills and be aware with
the new technological
up gradation. It helps to
I have to use internet and
aware with latest
technology so that I can
work more effectively.
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increase the
effectiveness and
efficiency of
organisation.
Team working
skills
4 It is important to have
the team management
skills so that task can be
performing in effective
way.
I have to take active
participation in team so
that I can build team
working skills.
2.2 Own development needs and activities
This is important to make the identification of own strength and weakness so that it can
be identified that the future obligation can be fulfilled by the individual in effective manner or
not. I have to examine opportunities that are available within organisation so that I can address
the future threats that can be faced in near future. The factors of SWOT are important that helps
to identify the aspects that provide growth and build opportunity (Moon, 2013).
Strength: It is the important factor that is helpful to achieve the best result. My effective skills
are listening skills, team work, high level of motivation toward the work. These skills and efforts
make be unable to get best outcomes.
Weakness: The biggest weakness of mine is communication skills. It creates hurdle to make
communication with other members. This is one of the barrier to my success.
Opportunity: I can make effective decisions which are effective and beneficial for future growth
of mine. In the present environment, there are many opportunities that are available that can be
considered for future development.
Threat: The biggest threat in present time is increase in competition and market development.
This creates issues in the success and growth of the business. There are many employees who are
working in organisation that create advantage to address such problems (Hudson, 2013).
All the above things are important to consider. By the factors of SWOT, it is easy to
identify the future development and growth that can be faced by business. This further result in
the growth and success of the organisation.
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2.3 Improvement Opportunities to meet present and future needs
Opportunities are the important that provide assistance to make the future growth of the
business. There are many opportunities that are available to business and individual that are
required to consider so that future objective can be achieved in better way. By the correct
utilization of opportunities that are available in market, it helps to secure best advantage and
provide best treatment to people. Development needs are important to consider that provides
helps to get best outcomes. By the effective utilization of skills that are mentioned above, one
can be effective to address the problems that any likely to arise in future.
Own learning skills are required to consider so that current and future need can be
addressed in effective way. It is important to consider various programmes, seminars,
conferences, interviews and meditation etc. these factors are effective to provide future
development that can be effective to address the current and future needs. With the help of such
seminar, person can identify the needs and wants in better way. This makes the development of
individual in positive sense (McNiff, 2010).
2.4 Personal and professional development plan
LEARNING
OBJECTIVE/
GOAL
PRESENT
PROFICIENCY
TARGET
PROFICIENCY
IMPROVEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
TIME
SCALE
Communication
skill
3 5 I have to develop this skill
because it helps me to the
growth and development of
my own skills and to grab
future opportunity. It
provides me help to remove
hesitation that I feel to
communicate with others.
2 Months
Leadership
skills
3 5 It is the quality of the leader
to lead the team in effective
way so that they can
collectively work to achieve
2 Months
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their goals and objective.
This is important for me to
work on it so that I can be
effective in leading my team
in positive manner (Kumar,
2011).
Problem solving
skills
2 5 Problem solving skills are
important so that conflicts
and issues can be addressed
in better way. There are
different ways that can be
considered in this regard to
make necessary
development.
1.5
Month
Listening skills 5 5 Listening skill is at high
level in me but there are
some points where I have to
work so that I can be more
effective in this regard.
Nil
Technological
skills
3 5 In the present time,
technological developments
are required to be adopted so
that one can be effective in
their work. Internet is one of
the important source to work
on it.
2 Month.
Team working
skills
4 5 An individual should be
effective and capable to
work in team so that they
can effectively work to
1 Month
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achieve their goals.
TASK 3
3.1 Process and activities which are useful in implementing plan
For the effective implementation of development plan, it is necessary to consider some of
the actions and factors so that development plan can be implemented in effective manner.
Systematic planning and process is one of the major factor that help to lead development plan in
better way (McArdle and Coutts, 2010).
Following are the activities that are required to be followed in this regard-
 To develop the communication skills and it can be maintained through the consideration
of interaction with others. It helps to address the hesitation that is person faced while
communication (Kalén and et. al., 2010).
 To achieve the best outcomes in problem solving skills, it is required to discuss all the
issues with each and every individual so that it can be solved in better way.
 A perfect team has to be establish so that they can implement development plan in better
way. It helps to build effective team so that they can achieve best result.
To achieve the best result, preparation is required to be done so that plan can be more
effective. It is required to consider all that influence tat have impact over personal and
professional development. To overcome the issues, all the factors are required to be managed in
effective manner.
3.2 Development activities as plan
Development activities are those activities that are required for the future development.
One of the important factor of this is training. It helps the individual to develop skills and
knowledge. For this, it is required to consider carrier path. This is important to carry out some
activities so that skills can be developed.
 First to achieve long term objective, I will attend various training session and also
conduct research on different topic. To achieve knowledge from these actions, I will use
it in practical life so that benefit can be secured.
 I will attend different techniques so that I can learn time management techniques so that
it can make necessary development (Lago, 2010).
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3.3 Own learning in respect to aims and objectives of development plan
Own learning is one of the important factor that can be considered in development plan
so that it can be implemented in effective way. Necessary improvement in different activities
because it promotes vision of all objective and aim. I can get different style in attentively attend
different seminars and programmes. It will help to to enhance communication and leadership
skills. This helps me to attain goals and objective in better way so that future development can be
made.
Another advantage of this, it helps me to remove hesitation while communicating with
others. By making effective interaction with other, I will be effective to learn new knowledge
and skills that will help me. It helps me to get knowledgable things from others. It will help me
to get information about different culture and ethical values (López‐Pastor, Monjas and
Manrique, 2011).
3.4 Development plan after feedback and evaluation
Feedback is one of the important thing that is required to consider so that it can be identified that
the outcome has been achieved or not. Following is the development plan after consideration of
feedback and necessary evaluation-
LEARNING
OBJECTIVE
S
CURRENT
PROFICIEN
CY
TARGET
PROFICIEN
CY
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
TIME SCALE/
REMARK
Communicatio
n skills
Improved Development
objective
attained.
More opportunities
are available for
further developments.
Nil.
Leadership
skills
Improved Development
objectives
attained.
Leadership skills have
been improved now
but there is some
opportunity that can be
taken in this regard.
Nil
Problem Not improved Objectives not Information from 1 Month.
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solving skills attained. different sources can
be taken into
consideration to
effectively solve the
problem (Maskit,
2011).
Listening
skills
Improved Objectives
attained.
It was previously
improved and after
consideration of
feedback it has been
completely improved.
Nil.
Technological
skills
Improved Attained. It is improved within
time and the habit to
consider latest up
gradation from internet
has been built in
effective way.
Nil
Team working
skills
Not improved Not attained. There are some of the
factors on that, it is
required to work so
that future objective
can be attained in
better way.
1 Month.
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TASK 4
4.1 Work based problem solution
4.2 Various communication style at different level
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4.3 Time management strategies, its use and evaluation
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CONCLUSION
As per above study it can be said that personal and profession development is essential
for every organisation. This is required for every business to consider it effectively so that they
can attain their objective in better way. Travelodge Hotel is effective in this regard and they
consider PPD in their operation so that they can attain best result. There are some factors that are
required to consider by this business so that they can make necessary improvement. It is required
for cited company to organise seminars and programmes time to time so that they can implement
effective aspects in their organisation.
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