PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Different types of approaches...............................................................................................1
1.2 Encouragement of lifelong learning......................................................................................1
1.3 Benefits of self-managed learning .......................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Evaluation of own current skills ..........................................................................................2
2.2 Identification of development needs.....................................................................................3
2.3 Identification of Development opportunities........................................................................4
2.4 Development plan on the basis of identified need................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Process of implementing the development plan....................................................................5
3.2 Document development activities ........................................................................................5
3.3 Own learning against development plan...............................................................................6
3.4 Update development plan......................................................................................................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................7
4.1 Solution for work-based problem..........................................................................................7
4.2 Different types of style..........................................................................................................7
4.3 Effective strategies of time management..............................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Both personal and professional development is formal form in which an individual sets
his/her goals and strategies to attain personal as well professional growth. There are different
ways or methods by which person can develop skills and knowledge to improve personal or
professional work by attending conferences, seminars and meetings. It is process through which
people get new information from particular firm or institution (McNiff, 2010). Now-a-days, self-
managed learning helps individual to solve their problems by using effective methods at
workplace. This report will discuss about personal or professional development and different
approaches for self-managed learning. Individuals take part in such kind of development to
improve their skills and knowledge which help them to achieve desired goals and objectives in
personal or work life. Here, there will also be discussion about various types of self-managed
learnings and skills required to attain the organisational goals.
TASK 1
1.1 Different types of approaches
Self-managed learning is also known as self-directed learning in which individuals take
initiative to find out own learning needs without support of other people. When their need
identified, they set learning goals or objectives and on regular basis, evaluate outcomes of inputs,
which encourage people to take full responsibilities to meet with their learning needs. It helps
individuals to improve their existing knowledge and skills by acquiring new information
according to desired plan. There are different types of approaches to self-managed learning
which are defined as below:
Internet: In today's times internet is most appropriate method to enhance self-managed
learning. It help to learn so many new things through the help of internet.
Social media: Through the help of internet people can interact with so many peoples. Any
people can create network with so many persons with the help os social sites.
Seminars: It help to enhance learning skills of individual because through this, person
can get to learn new skills and knowledge by others. It help to synchronize the managing with
learning. So, by attending different seminars individual can enhance their knowledge and can
collect new information.

These are some important approaches through which people can enhance their skills and
knowledge and can improve self- managed learning. All this kind of acquisition help people in
their personal or professional development.
1.2 Encouragement of lifelong learning
To fulfil personal and professional objective it is important for persons to have lifelong learning.
This can help individual to solve work related problem easily. There are different ways in which
lifelong learning can be increase, these are defined below: Self-directed: In this kind of learning people learn new things and skills by his own
direction. The most useful part of these study is that people can start his learning at any
time and any place. In this people are accountable for his losses and profit, he do not fell
need to take help other people.
 Other education: People can also encourage their lifelong learning by pursuing other
education. Through the help of this method people can keep engage in learning process,
which will help in their personal and professional growth. Many company recruit
employee who have high qualification and it can be done by pursuing other education.
The above mentioned points help people to encourage their lifelong learning which help them to
solve their personal as well as professional problems. By acquisition people can improve their
knowledge and develop their personality for lifelong time.
1.3 Benefits of self-managed learning
Benefits to Organisation:
 The company has many benefits of self-managed learning as by the same, they have
hard-working, dynamic, responsible and dedicated people who help to achieve
organisational goals on time by using their skills and knowledge. Employees with self-
managed learning present role model in the environment of organisation. They can give
the best to organisation by doing hard work in making something unique and innovative
in business.
 They are capable to handle every situation in the organisation by taking responsibilities
of all lower or upper level authorities as they have high knowledge and skills which help
them in their work (Kumari, 2011).