Personal and Professional Development

Personal and Professional development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Approaches to self managed learning..........................................................................................3
1.2 Ways in which lifelong learning can be encouraged..........................................................................4
1.3 Benefits of self managed learning.....................................................................................................4
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Evaluation of own skills and competencies against the standard objectives......................................5
2.2 Identification of own development needs..........................................................................................5
2.3 Identification of development opportunities......................................................................................5
2.4 Personal and professional development plan.....................................................................................6
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Processes and activities required for implementation........................................................................6
3.2 Undertaking and documenting the development activities.................................................................6
3.3 Reflect on own learning against original aims...................................................................................7
3.4 Updation of the development plan.....................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The professional and personal development are considered as two main aspects of life
which helps the person in setting the goals, methods and the outcomes of the learning and
training process. The plans of each individual may vary from one another but it leads to the
lifetime learning of an individual. The personal and professional development of a person is
essential because it helps in the inner development of a person and their profession as well. The
report is about understanding how important personal and professional development is in the
growth of an individual.
TASK 1
1.1 Approaches to self managed learning
Self managed learning can be considered as a process in which people can gain a huge
amount of information by using some means themselves. Self managed learning can help in
enhancing the lifelong development of a person which can help the individual in professional
a well as in their personal life. These can be used for shaping culture, communication,
behavior as a person can learn a lot of things which can help in shaping their life n a very
positive direction. Some of the self managed learning factors are discussed as following :
Social networks
There is a very wide range of social networking option by which people can interact with
each other and also, it can be used to gain information. Major part of the population spend
most of their time on these social networking websites such as face book, twitter. By these
means, they can interact with various people and along with it, they can also gain a he
amount of information. So, social networking media can act as a very helpful and efficient
tool for gaining the information and with interacting with people as well.
Seminars and Conferences
One can participate in various seminars and conferences for gaining a good and quality
information. Many people feel shy in the starting but participating in such gives a lot more
confidence to the people. Seminars act as a very effective tool as it gives the person, an
opportunity in presenting their knowledge in front of people and it also helps in boosting the
confidence of the person. So, seminars and conferences are also a very effective tool for
gaining information and along with this, it also helps in presenting the person in front of a he
amount of people, which further is useful for boosting the confidence of the person.
Internet