Personal and Professional Development Report

This report explores the significance of personal and professional development, focusing on self-managed learning approaches, SWOT analysis, and the creation of a development plan. It examines the benefits of self-managed learning for individuals and organizations, and provides practical strategies for effective time management and communication. The report also includes a critical reflection on the learning process and an updated development plan based on feedback and evaluation.

Personal and professional
development

Executive Summary
Personal and professional development plays significant role in the human life, it helps in
gaining more career opportunities and rising skills of individuals. Present study discusses self
management learning approaches. It describes Kolb's experiment model that helps the person in
learning through various ways. Furthermore, report covers own SWOT analysis by this way
strength and weakness of individual is being analysed. In addition, personal and professional
development plan is being prepared through which individual can improve its lacking points and
can strength their strong points. It can be summarized from the report that there are several
strategies which can be used for effectual time management. Hence, it can be presented that by
prioritizing activities and creating a schedule one can manage work as per the time frame in the
best possible way. In the highly competitive environment, for building distinct image within the
unit one needs to develop and improve skills as well as proficiency level. Hence, by participating
in different activities and taking initiatives individuals can enhance knowledge and skills to a
great extent. It can be seen in the report that by doing SWOT analysis individuals can assess their
strengths and identify the areas which require improvement. Thus, by taking suitable measures
on time individuals would become able to improve abilities and carry out activities more
efficiently.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
A Approaches to self- managed learning and ways to encourage lifelong learning in an
individual and professional contexts......................................................................................1
B. Benefits of self-managed learning to the individuals and organisations...........................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
A. Evaluation of my current skills and competencies against professional standards and
organisational objectives and Identify own development needs and the activities required to
meet them...............................................................................................................................1
B. Identify development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs and Devise a
personal and professional development plan based on identified needs................................1
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................3
A. process and activities required to implement the development plan and Undertake and
document development activities as planned.........................................................................3
B. Reflect critically on own learning against original aims and objectives set in the
development plan and update individual development plan..................................................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................5
A. select solution to work based problems and communicate in a variety of styles and
appropriate manner at various levels......................................................................................5
B. Evaluate and use effective time management strategies....................................................6
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................6
Presentation............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
Books and journals.................................................................................................................7

TASK 1
A Approaches to self- managed learning and ways to encourage lifelong learning in an individual
and professional contexts
Self-managing learning is the process of developing itself and it helps to grow personnel
skills, knowledge, and learning. it helps to learning new things for whole life and help to increase
self-confidence. Self-motivation is very important for lifelong learning.
Some relevant approaches are given below:
Visual: it is referred with maps, diagrams, pictures it also basic of learning approaches, I am also
leaning through visual it is the way in order to produce the image that I see with my eyes and that
are encoded by my brain and it is the process of observation. Social networks: I am spending lot
of time internet and searching so many things like how to improve my communications skills,
writing skills and almost time I am using these aspects on my work place. It is very help for
developing my skills and increasing me confident. Seminars and conferences: I am learning
through seminars and conference, it is very effective tools for me, it gives me the opportunities to
present my knowledge and increasing my speaking skill in more public and developing my
presentation skills or transferable skills that is very beneficial for me or my organisation through
this aspect I share my views on my seniors.
Auditory: it is related with lecture or group discussion some time I am preferred listen to my
whole group member, what they are discussing it is very helpful for developing my hearing skill.
Kinesthetic: it is consisted with physical experience and particle experience like through
feelings, or touch.
Propose ways to encourage lifelong learning in an individual and professional contexts
It also helps to lifelong leaning in personal and professional context could be encouraged
means self and professional development plan are long-term and I develop myself, leaning new
things for whole life. It starts from my childhood and new ideas in the market encouraged me to
grow my confident continuously. It helps to updated with me new innovations as if I am using
new technologies my businesses. If I learn something today so it is very beneficial for my future
like so many opportunities are available for me. Self-motivation is very important it helps to
stimulating itself and it is helpful for future like demand for my skill, knowledge my work and
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people offering me best jobs. Self-confident is one the great way to stay motivated to learn
something new and finding my weaknesses and it helps to improving my imperfection Without
self-motivated I want to able to keep myself grow my personally as well as professionally so it is
very important aspect. Without it no anyone achieves his or her goal. It gives more confident
and independent personally and professionally and it helps on getting the best opportunities like
businesses, jobs etc. in the organisation, I will have more skills to show my resume it helps in
finding my strength and weakness according to my work.
Kolb's experiment model
this is the learning method, it also helps to improving the skills individuals. It is the
process of increasing the knowledge of person and it has six main features. It is the best method
to developing their leaning skills and it is continued process, it involves the peoples and
environment. It aslo create proper knowledge between social and personnel knowledge.
Sources :( Kolb's experiment model )
Honey Mumford model
is is also leaning model it also help to developing skills and knowledge to individuals. It is also
learning style , it is refer with the activist, theorist, pragmatist, reflectors these are the features of
this medel.
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souces: (Kolb's experiment model)
B. Benefits of self-managed learning to the individuals and organisations
Self-managed learning is very important for improving skills as well beneficial for an
organisational is very beneficial for both personnel and corporations. It helps to improves my
inter personnel skill like the one communication through self managed learning I improve my
writing skills also I easily communicate with my team member. Through my communication I
will able to make myself stronger and maintaining relationship with my whole staff and other
individual who work with me. I am attending some seminars and conference and it will very help
me in improving my presentation skills. In now days it is very common to all how to present own
self in front of others, so it is very important part of professional life.
Organisation is encouraging the worker through self-managed learning or professional
and personal development; it is also beneficial for the business also for employees. Management
has to provide training developing their employees self managed confidence, it will useful for
gaining the knowledge of staff and hence the teammates also stay for long time with the industry.
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TASK 2
A. Evaluation of my current skills and competencies against professional standards and
organisational objectives and Identify own development needs and the activities required
to meet them
I have improved my entire life from the people around me and also I have learned from
my collage. I have learned many types of management subject like finance, human resource,
marketing, information technologies. It will help me in my job or professional life. I have a good
communication skill as I am sharing all my views in front of other without any fair. I can explain
everything in front of my team leader. I have best in leadership skill qualities like I am self
motivator and focus on my work and also motivating my employees. I player as a Capitan of bad
mention in my collage and it has help me in improving my teal played and leadership qualities. I
am very punctual like I am completing my task on time, it is my favourite qualities , I am
learning this good thing from my school time and it is very helpful for me or my whole life.
Identify own development needs and the activities required to meet them
Every person need to some areas where he or she has to develop himself. Therefore, it is
very important part of every individual life to improve that portion which shows their weakness
points in front of others. So similarly I am not good in writing skills as if I can't write easily
research paper, so I will join English class for improving my writing skills within one month. I
am not managing more than two assignments at a time. Therefore, I need to increase my speed
on my laptop and try to submit my task on time. Some time am not taking right decision so I
need to improve my decision making skills. This can be improved by taking particular
knowledge from my team leader. I will start making decision on particular time and explaining in
front of other. I also need to attend stress management class to work without any stress. Some
not is feeling pressure on work like is not handling more work so that why it is important for me
joining session; it is helpful for mental health and reducing the level of pressure.
B. Identify development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs and Devise a
personal and professional development plan based on identified needs
I am management student has more demand in the corporate sectors. I am good in human
resource management and marketing. Therefore, there is high opportunity of reputed
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organisation in private and public sectors. There is a best chance for me to implement my
theoretical knowledge in particle world. Working under experienced person, they teach us so
May new things as if they improve my work management, improve my decision making power.
It is very useful for able to learn time management, leadership and teamwork skills. Organisation
is also providing lot of opportunities to develop self-knowledge and I am ready for future taking
risk. Company where I work also giving me chance to increase my skills and make me ready for
coming opportunities ( Stenfors and et.al., 2010) . So will try to learn too much and I am will try
how to manage my work and how to increasing my knowledge day to day. I have already
explained my skills, strength and weaknesses, it is very important for future development and
help to in my career through this learning process I am increasing my knowledge human
resource like how to handle all work, how to recruit for right person for right job and how to
maintaining relationship between among employees between workers.
Devise a personal and professional development plan based on identified needs
S.N
O
OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES
TIME SCALE
1 Work efficiency improve my work on
time, so I am taking advice
my seniors how to
increasing my working
efficiency
One month
2 To manage my stress
management skill
I am attending seminars,
or sessions to maintain
my mental health.
Two months
3 To improve my decision
making skills
I take help from my
others team members how
to make effective decision
for long term.
3 months
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Planning is very essential to work on weakness and help to develop their self by
individually and professionally. I will join sessions on stress management it is important for my
pressurise work or mental health it will help in my work time, I managed my entire work on
myself. Every day evening I will note all the assignment to be done and then managing my work
on time. So planning is very necessary for improving own skills and it is helpful for my jobs.
TASK 3
A. process and activities required to implement the development plan and Undertake and
document development activities as planned
Below those points to develop my skills and implement the developing plans.
Firstly I am doing to SWOT analysis my seal and find out my weaknesses on the basic of this
weakness and opportunities I will ready the development plan.
Then I will make some important strategies for developing myself at particular time it is very
essential because without making strategies how can I achieve my short term or long term goal.
The third step is to deciding the action on my plan for example I will decide attending seminar
for reducing the workload or stress. It is also very crucial during stress I am not doing well work
or no any individual manager their work so it is important for joining stress management
classes.
Next point is deciding on the detailed of plan which includes long and short term goals for
example I will decide the improve my decision making with the help of my seniors or through
effective training programs on specific time. Lastly evaluating that plan and make changes on the
basic of my growth.
Undertake and document development activities as planned
I will explain what I have already done to improve my weaknesses and I am learning
how I am improving myself by individually and professionally. I am also defined how to make
decision and how to build-up strategies for long term or short business. Some am reading books
on my favourite authors in management stream (Stenfors-Hayes and et.al., 2010). Through
reading books and attending yoga session improve my stress and increasing my social life. As I
mentions that I want to improve my decision skill improve through my seniors it is important
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aspect for my future, if I am not participated any activity in organisation so I cannot develop my
this skill. It is very useful for me taking quick decision like how to increasing productivity in
businesses which types are resources have to need so all types of decision are very crucial and I
learn how to take and how to implement.
I am joining yoga class in my local area nearby my house it also helps to increasing my
confident level and reducing my stress level (Stenfors-Hayes, and et.al., 2010). Through this
session it is very useful for me, stability of my mind.
B. Reflect critically on own learning against original aims and objectives set in the development
plan and update individual development plan
I have explained above that I am working on my weaknesses point like decision-making,
stress management and time management. Nevertheless, I trust that I am too backside of my goal
and objectives. I want to be perfect in decision-making and more learn how to manage my entire
work on times. However, I have learned only theoretical portions and I need to concrete on my
task and doing hard work for improving myself (Opdenakker, 2006). I want to take right decision
or effective every one follows my useful decisions. I want also manage my whole work on time,
it is also very important for increasing my performance level day by day and I am also satisfied
with my work handling on time and am managing two or more assignment at time. It is very
helpful for achieve my objective in my professional life. If I cannot try complete my tasks on
time so my performance is not easily improve.
update in individual development plan based on feedback and evaluation
INDIVIDUAL
OBJECTIVES
ACTIVITIES RESOURCES
To develop my decision
making skills
I am taking advice from my
managers to improve my
decision making skill
Team leaders, highly educated
employees more experience
people requires as resources.
To improve my time
management skills
Attending seminar or
conferences it is more useful
for improving my time
management skills like how
Experts, through internet, guest
faculty
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to complete task on times.
To manage my stress I am attending stress
management sessions or
joining yoga class for
maintain my metal heath it is
very beneficial for work -ing
time, it helps to reduce the
level of stress
Institutions, classes, through
effective training session in
organisation, reading books
TASK 4
A. select solution to work based problems and communicate in a variety of styles and appropriate
manner at various levels.
In this portion I will choose a problem which is faces by most of the corporate and
provides a solution for that. The problems I have select that part which is created so many
problems in work places that is stress management. Therefore, organisation is also take right
decision how to handle work pressure, if some employees are not managing their work so
company providing the stress management session every week. It is very important for worker
feels better and stays happy with their task (Turner, and Conkel, 2010). Firms also take steps
how to increasing their staff work efficiency, they providing effective training. They discus with
whole team leader and help to managing their work pressure. Manager should try to create
healthy environment and friendly entire the team so that every employee looks each other
equally. Some time management need to take strict decision for generating the performance of
whole staff.
communicate in a variety of styles and appropriate manner at various levels.
Communication is the process of exchanging ideas, information from one place to
another place through social media, messages, email, etc. It is very important for every business
(Nespor, 2014).
There are several communications styles for different work level in corporate.
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Horizontal communication: it refers with the workers of same level is known as horizontal
communication. Manager communicate face to face with their employees in meetings through
messages, chat etc. it is helpful for creating friendly environment in the workplace or
organisation.
Upward communication: it is related with lower level worker to top level staff is known as
upward communication. It is used for this communicate process through smart phones, calls,
emails, chatting etc.
B. Evaluate and use effective time management strategies
I have already defining the importance of stress management strategies (Schuller, and
Watson, 2009 ). I have work on it daily for improving my mental health. There are main two
strategies which can be used for managing stress.
The first techniques are to reading books, on my favourite management author. It is very help
ful for me, when I am start-reading books then I feel free of mind and I learn lots of things
through reading and it helps to increasing my knowledge.
The second techniques is I am attending yoga class nearby my house it is helpful for mental
relaxation and through this session I am feeling better and completing my task without any
tension on time.
TASK 5
Presentation
Covered in ppt
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that self-management is the most crucial aspect of an individual and
professional development. I need to have an effective plan for future development. The main
purpose of this files to developing personnel skills and professional skills, I can mention all
those aspects which is useful for my career or coming opportunities.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Nespor, J., 2014. Knowledge in motion: Space, time and curriculum in undergraduate physics
and management. Routledge.
Nicholls, G., 2014. Professional development in higher education: New dimensions and
directions. Routledge.
Opdenakker, R., 2006 Advantages and disadvantages of four interview techniques in qualitative
research. In Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research (Vol. 7, No.
4).
Schuller, T. and Watson, D., 2009. Learning through life: inquiry into the future for lifelong
learning: summary. Leicester: NIACE.
Stenfors-Hayes, T. and et.al., 2010. Being a mentor for undergraduate medical students enhances
personal and professional development. Medical teacher. 32(2). pp.148-153.
Turner, S. L. and Conkel, J. L., 2010. Evaluation of a career development skills intervention with
adolescents living in an inner city. Journal of Counseling & Development. 88(4). pp.457-465.
Oline references
Kolb's experiment model, [online]. Available through https://www.google.com/search>
Honey mumford model, [online]. Available through http/www.google.com/search?
q=Honey+mumford>
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