Personal and Professional Development

Personal and
Professional
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................1
1.1) Evaluate approaches to self-managed learning....................................................................1
1.2) Propose ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional contexts could be
encouraged..................................................................................................................................2
1.3) Evaluate the benefits of self-managed learning to the individual and organisation............3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1- Evaluate own current skills and competencies against professional standards and
organisational objectives.............................................................................................................4
2.2- Identify own development needs and the activities required to meet them.........................6
2.3- Identify development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs...................7
2.4- Devise a personal and professional development plan based on identified needs...............8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
3.1- Discuss the processes and activities required to implement the development plan.............8
3.2- Undertake and document development activities as planned............................................10
3.3- Reflect critically on own learning against original aims and objectives set in the
development plan......................................................................................................................11
3.4- Update the development plan based on feedback and evaluation......................................12
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................12
4.1- Select solutions to work-based problems...........................................................................12
4.2- Communicate in a variety of styles and appropriate manner at various levels .................13
4.3- Evaluate and use effective time-management strategies...................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is explained as the process which is required to be
conduct by an individual for the purpose of overcoming any of the challenges to meet out the
targets on time. It is crucial because it simply allows to improve the performance which directly
allows to accomplish the goals. It is directly or indirectly related with self-development and
enhancing efficiency and skills in different fields. The presented report is related with National
Trust which is one of charitable trust. It works for the welfare of environment and visitors.
The file is based on four different task where first task will be based on self-management
learning and its enhancement for lifelong development. Second task will relate about
responsibility for own personal and professional development whereas in task three there will be
review of own personal and professional development plan. Finally, fourth task will demonstrate
about acquired interpersonal and transferable skills.
TASK1
1.1) Evaluate approaches to self-managed learning.
Self-managed learning: Self-managed learning depicts the process that involves
commencement of self initiated learning activities by their own that means which are self
directed. This procedure involves identification of objective of learning with clear goal setting
and required resources that can improve self management skills of an individual in a finer way.
When an organisation is having people with self learning trait it will help the organisation to find
solution to their problems with effective implementation (Hicks and et. al 2014). There are
various approaches for self-managed learning which are as follows:
 Seminars and conferences: This approach is helpful in acquiring fresh opinion and
experience from another people with the help of interaction and effective communication.
Seminars plays important role in enhancing personal and professional skills.
 Internet: Internet is a path which can be used by an individual to access different sources
to initiate self learning. An individual may enhance level of their knowledge by surfing
internet and by using different websites to gain knowledge about management of
operational activities so that any uncertainty in business can be eliminated with no delay.
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