Professional Development Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the importance of professional development in career growth. It outlines various techniques and strategies for self-managed learning, including seminars, conferences, and group meetings. The report also emphasizes the role of company managers in supervising employee performance and making strategic decisions for organizational growth.

Personal and Professional
Development

Cover Letter:
Thomas George
PQR Road, Main Street, New York 7694, Telephone [phone], Mobile: [phone]
[e-mail]
Mr. X
National Centre, MS-215
12210 Sunrise Valley Drive
New York
Respected HR Manager,
I am happy to apply for the position of Intern in National centre that are very popular firm and I
have send my CV for your website.
I am completed my post graduation in Business management. I have many skills such as
communication, managerial and time management skills and I am able to take accurate decision
for the company. I have ability and quality to deal with difficult situation in smooth way. Doing
work in this firm, I am capable to make perfect decision for the welfare of business operations
and functions. I have also identified may skills for developing and improving communication
skills in innovatively.
This resume will aid you in providing may all details and information. I am comfortable with
my work timing and pattern.
I look forward to proceeding from you.
Yours sincerely
Thomas George
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INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development activities are the one where an individual set their
goals, strategies and get results of training and learning. It is used for providing large variety of
specialised training, professional learning that assist administrators and other trainers who teach
and train in effective manner. It includes increasing essential skill and knowledge for achieving
specific task. A effective professional development provide higher growth for an individual
career (Avalos, 2011). This may includes some necessary skills such as controlling team
members, motivate person and also they need to manage and control skill of an employee. This
report is based on Royal national hotel which is three star hotel. It is situated in Woburn Place,
Bloomsbury, Central London, England. It is biggest hotel of UK and it has approx. 1630 rooms.
The main purpose of this report is to analyse various approaches which are used for managing
self learning and also understand self managed learning for development of skill of an individual.
An organisation also measure current abilities and skill of professional and organisational
standard.
TASK 1
1.1 Different approaches of self managed learning
Self managed learning refers to a process by which an individual identify various ways of
learning within an enterprise. It assist in accomplishing their goals and objectives.
 Conferences and Seminars- An individual gain knowledge and skills by attending
seminars programmes and also attend meeting for gaining opportunities to know the
views and opinions. The main motive of the conferences and seminars sessions help in
conducting programmes for exchanging information and views with each other. This will
assist in increasing confidence among employees in each level.
 Internet- It is an important factor which help in searching anything and allow people to
access information or data. It assist in providing different types of information which are
required for developing person self skill. This gives correct and right solution for a
specific query.
 Social media- This is that factor which help in connecting one people to another in all
over the world. Every person should learn how to use social networking sites which are
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provide extreme knowledge and develop skill. An individual can implement these
knowledge in their real lives which help them in choosing correct career.
There are some different approaches of self managed learning which are discussed as under:
 Meta learning- It is a learning which is generally evaluate strategic level of self learning
that can provide central modification that is known as meta learning (Personal and
Professional development. 2017). If an organisation can not change their mentality, there
is a waste of acquiring skill, abilities, capabilities and knowledge of person.
 Motivational learning- It is the basic learning which is important to adopt by every
organisation's employees that assist in enhancing attributes and capabilities at workplace
(Bauer, 2010). It help in identifying accurate knowledge and appropriate measures which
evaluate variations in different learning styles of an enterprise and their staff members.
 Strategic learning- This learning using evaluation method which help a person for fast
learning from their work so they easily adopt effective strategies for developing growth.
The benefits of this learning is that it help in managing workplace activities. Company
managers focus on learning each things that assist in developing approaches of strategic
which overcome some occurring issues within an organisation.
1.2 Lifelong learning in personal and professional
Royal National Hotel used various ways which can encouraged lifelong learning process
in the firm. An organisation need those employees who interested in learning new things for
enhancing their growth and development in personal as well as professional life (Busse, Aboneh
and Tefera, 2014). There are some things which can motivate their workers for learning:
 Internet- It is an important factor which help in searching anything and allow people to
access information or data. It assist in providing different types of information which are
required for developing person self skill. This gives correct and right solution for a
specific query.
 Social networks- This is that factor which help in connecting one people to another in all
over the world. Every person should learn how to use social networking sites which are
provide extreme knowledge and develop skill. An individual can implement these
knowledge in their real lives which help them in choosing correct career.
 Seminars and conferences- This is an effective tool which offers opportunities for
person to enhance their skill and abilities. Royal national hotel provide seminars and
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conferences to their employees which increase their confidence in speaking among huge
audience and it also develop presentation skill that is used for enhancing growth in
career. Seminars are those activities which help in gaining knowledge and skills of person
in effective manner. This will assist an individual for increasing and sharing knowledge
with each other. Conferences are also similar with the seminars where one person give
lecture and share their views and experience in front of the large audience. This activity
help in enhancing confidence of an individual related to speak among people.
 Research- This help in gaining extreme knowledge for employees (Croft and et. al.,
2010). If a person done research on some specific topic or project that enhance their
capabilities and abilities in effective way.
There are various approaches which help in doing personal and professional development that
are as under:
 Self motivation- It is that key term which assist in achieving the success of their own. It is
very effective way for avoiding the irritation, frustration, stress and depression which
negatively effect on firm.
 Self modification- This is essential for improving and changing own skills and
capabilities at different level and at some time they face challenges. Alteration is that
process which support in achieving various tasks that should be needed as per the
external environment.
 Self management- In this approach, an individual can manage and control themselves
according to the plans, policies, strategies and principles. It will help in smooth running
of desired business for reaching the target goals and objectives.
1.3 Advantage of self managed learning to the organisation and individual
It is an important learning which help in improving abilities and knowledge and they will
take an accurate decision by using these self managed learning in different situations. These are
some basic appraisal of this which are as follows:
Communication and engagement skills- It is an essential skills in that level when an
individual deals with customers and provide other brand services. This will assist in
communicate the accurate message effectively and in proper manner so that it can achieved task.
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Leadership skills- This can also assist in improving leadership skills and build good
team which help in accomplishing their goals and targets. By using this skill an individual can
able to perform better with full of confidence, enthusiastic and adaptive to collect the team.
Applying swot analysis- This will help in identifying strength, weakness, opportunities
and threats of an organisation. They can examine internal factors which assist in evaluating
correct financial position of firm (Hadar and Brody, 2013). It also help in searching direction for
employees which assist in achieving desired goals and objectives. They need to scan external as
well as internal environment which help in adopting strength, grab opportunity, and eliminate
weakness and threats.
Benefits of individuals:
 They have ability to solve complex issue and problems
 Improvement in the working performance and its quality
 Enhancing confidence level
 A person can increase their whole personality in proper manner
 Help in taking decision which is appropriate for the organisation
Benefits of organisation:
 Motivate and encourage employees
 Generate more income and revenue
 Gaining maximum profit for achieving goals and targets
 Improving whole firm performance
4.1 Solution of work based problems
There are some steps which help in making solution of the work based problems which
are as under:
 Identification of issues- If managers solve any issue they need to analyse the entire
organisation and identify that issue which occur problem in business operations and its
activities.
 Potential solution- This is that solution stage in which they need to found out situate
resolution of business problems. Such as conflicts between colleagues, misunderstanding
and pressure of work.
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 Evaluation option- It is that business resource which have to choose best solution for
arising problems and issues (Hamza, 2010). They need to provide strong result of work
based conflicts.
 Perceiving regarded interest- This is one of the essential part of solving specific
problem which need to convenience and provide full focus on it. It also destructing the
whole environment at work place.
There are various issue and problems which help in supervising which need to follow certain
steps that are as under:
 Identifying barriers and hurdles
 Evaluating the interest of every employee member
 Developing list of different solution
 Select the best option in proper manner
 After that choose an appropriate option
 Agreements of documentation
 Evaluating and monitoring procedure
4.2 Communicate various learning styles which help in overcoming problems
This is important for managers to solve various issues or problems in effective manner
which will help in learning new things by an individual. There are different learning techniques
which enhance skill and attributes of worker such as seminars and conferences that should be
adopted by Royal national hotel (Throop and Castellucci, 2010). There are many styles of
communication which are discussed as under:
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(Source: Learning styles, 2017)
Controller style- This is an autocratic style, in which they want demand of work by
themselves (Learning styles. 2017). They are not good in dealing with their team task. It help in
enhancing their and perform good work by using orientation and also achieve gaols and
objectives.
Supporter style- In this style, a person are usually low minded personality and they
praise other members for doing effective work and maintain interest in task work.
Analyser style- These personality individual are assets of an organisation (Maskit,
2011). They are highly skilled and have capabilities to deal with various difficult situations.
Promoter style- They are known as social and extrovert persons and they easily make
comfortable place for working for them as well team members. They are enhancing growth in
efficiently and effectively manner.
Honey and Mumford learning styles
 Activist- They are those people who are learn by doing various things. They are required
to take actions and gain experience for learn new things.
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Illustration 1: Learning styles, 2017

 Theorist- These are those person who always try to understand the reason behind each
learning theory. They are also interested to know the background of information.
 Pragmatist- the people who learn from observing real life situation and they gain
experience to different theories, concepts and ideas for taking more time.
 Reflector- They are those individual who learn things by watching and thinking of
happening.
4.3 Utilise effective time strategies
It is an important strategy which should be adopted by every organisation that will
increase their efficiency level. This type of strategy provide less resources and inputs. There are
certain things which evaluate effective time management are as follows:
 Using designing tools- The time management strategies use various design and planning
methods for implement work. So they required to increase productivity and profitability.
 Informing how to spend time- A individual will use each and every time period with
utilising some abilities and capabilities and also observe other person for acquiring new
learning (McNiff, 2010). To use time appropriate manner which help in gaining
knowledge and enhance skill.
 Setting preferences- A person will set their main objective in the list which should
achieve in given time period and it provide effective learning skill to them.
 Action organised- There is no benefit provide for disorganised work or task. They need
to manage and coordinate their work in proper manner. It help in performing better work
at workplace.
There are certain steps which required to follow for controlling and managing individual
duration that are as under:
 First step is begin the day with full focused and give attention
 Develop changing task list
 Select beneficial and unique task which required for complete in effective manner
 Focus on minimising non required work pressure and load
 Delay in working
 Reducing the level of multi tasking system
 In last, they provide reviews and opinions for whole task
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TASK 2
2.1 Personal skills audit and evaluate against professional standard
Self assessment is that point in which an individual can willing to modify their ability and
quality (Sutherland, Howard and Markauskaite, 2010). It assist in managing whole scenario that
will manage task in each different manner. There are some self evaluation skills which are shown
in tabular form and also examine own knowledge which compare to the external environment
and how to improve that in achieving all goals and objectives which are as under:
Career Objective: Willing to build a career in reputed organisation of the country, through
which my skills, knowledge and qualification get more enhance in very better environment and
I can put best work with more and more efforts and achieve all targets.
Academic Qualification:
 Graduation in B.COM
 Masters in marketing and finance
Experience:
 Done work at multinational company Within 2 years.
Strength:
 Hard working
 Loyalty
 Team spirit
 Patience
 Time Punctual
 Leadership skills
Declaration:
All the above information are totally true and mine.
Name:
Address:
Telephone number:
Email:
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2.2 Identify personal improvement requirement and methods to reach them
The purpose of requirement and some other activities which achieve difficult challenges
and they tries to solve issues or problems (Stenfors-Hayes and et. al., 2010). It also examine
performance and development reviews that can be implemented on various aspects. There are
some stages which are as under:
 Comparison of actual and standard deviation- It is necessary analysis which help in
identifying accurate direction for achieving desired goals and objectives. This process
assist in improving the ability and skill which should be monitor for enhancing self
development.
 Monitoring skills, concepts and knowledge- In this process, an individual need to be
managed and controlled their skills and deviations. They should develop and implement
some task and work for organisation (Moon, 2013). If the challengers gives insufficient
questioning then they will get some true answer. It will assist in enhancing confidence
which required for the challenges.
 Perceiving original concept of skills and knowledge which is needed for job- If a
person assigned some specific job then they will need to make sure that it acquiring some
required abilities and capabilities. This is essential for preparing knowledge and attributes
to face these types of problems which need to be increased and scan whole idea for
accomplishing job targets and goals in effective and efficient manner.
2.3 Improvement possibility to meet present and future needs
An individual should looks on higher benefits which help in achieving opportunities from
external and internal environment. Some of these identification of certain criteria are as under:
 Strategic planning- An organisation needs to take proper action for accurate reaction
which are provide strategically reaction (Nicholls, 2014). Without strategical planning
company can not able to express and want any opportunity which improves occurrence to
counter.
 Demand plans linked with business goals- Company will develop plans and achieve
objectives for enhancing growth and development. For analysing these gaols and targets
an organisation make new strategies or policies which assist in accomplishing satisfy
objectives. So, the enterprise have to make confirm that goals are help in complete task or
work.
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 Flexibility and redevelopment- The company demand for redevelop of each project
which are necessary for growth. So an external environment will always unsure and
unpredictable for solving some essential problems in difficult situation (Stenberg, 2010).
The flexibility plays an important role for change task at set time period.
2.4 Identified need of professional and personal development
S. No. Leaning
objectives
Current
skilfulness
(good-5
2.5- average
1 weak)
Target
skilfulness
Development possibility Time
scale
1 Problem
solving
4 5 It help in reducing all the conflicts
at the work place which also
encourage to work more efficiently.
2 months
2 Leadershi
p skill
2.5 5 A leader provide direction to the
whole team which help in
providing the best kind of services
along with alteration and
improvement to lead in proper
manner.
2.5 months
3 Team
working
skills
3 5 There are several task in which the
the organisation assign to their
members in the respective teams so
they have to do work hard to
maintain and make coordination
with the all team members through
which all the task can be
completed.
1 month
4 Technolog
ical skills
4 5 Market is very dynamic and on the
specific time interval this is keep
changing along with the various
2 months
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modification and inform. For an
effective result they have to neglect
all the technological changes as
timely.
5 Communi
cation
skills
4.5 5 Required to change these abilities
because of the better growth and
the success by there own.
Half
month
6 Listening
skills
3.5 5 Need to do more work on this to
enhance potential and other ability
to stay well mannered when it
comes to listening need to be more
focused.
1 month
3.1 Activities required to implement on development plan
If strategic implementation is not working in accurate manner the their whole process of
other terms are also fail an events of learning. Styles that are mentioned by kolb, so according to
them the assimilation character of individual who act with different styles (Nofziger and et. al.,
2010). There are some steps which needs to be execute plan which are as under:
Goal Short term Mid term Long term
Achieve all targets
for organisation
Need to enhance skills
and ability in better
manner.
It will assist in the
improving all abilities
and capabilities
To accomplishment of
the objectives at time.
Learning new skill
and knowledge
To enhance my ability
at the highly level.
Working with the
other skills which help
me in encouraging
more towards by
objectives.
Need to figure out
more ways and
approaches to develop
efficiency at great
level.
Acquire skills and
knowledge
Need to add more skill
through use of various
ways such as
Through various books
and other magazines
which enhance
It will be effective to
learn by observing
other people while
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newspaper and media. knowledge. doing working
strategy.
Required resources Various seminars,
discussions
group meeting Research and innovate
number of new things
Time schedule 2 months 6 months 1 year
Start 1st April2018 1st September2018 1st April 2019
Finish 20th may2018 20th November2018 20th May 2019
Completed step Mid-April Mid-September Mid-April
3.2 Undertaking and documenting development activities as planned
Period of task Action
interpreted
What is learnt
up till now
What required
do next
Time
April- May Choose
democratic style
for effective
leadership
Learning how to
take decision in
difficult situation
Attending
meeting and
actively
participating in it
Same period
August- Sept Adopting new
technologies and
methods
Learn how to fill
log books and
design effective
websites
Need to focus on
data management
by using various
methods
Within this period
3.3 Evaluate own learning against the original aim and objectives
It is an important activity which assist in developing market condition which increase
effectiveness in proper manner. The main aim of company manager is to supervise performance
of workers and help in making growth in an organisation (Reeves, 2012). Thee are certain
methods which evaluate process of learning are as under:
 Formal meetings- It is essential methods which help in evaluating person current and
future performance. Then they also present this report in front of top management and
they will help in taking accurate decisions for increase growth.
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 Motivation- Company manager can encourage their employee for achieving effective
target goals and objectives. They required to motivate workers for finish each task with
co-workers within an organisation. The main objective of managers is to analyse each
work of employees and checked it.
 Experience of senior management- A firm senior managers help in developing
strategies and plans that accomplish target goals. They provide knowledge and skill
which assist in solving work related issues or problems.
 Maintaining data and records- Company need to maintain all the respective data or
records while on the immediate computation about the up coming steps can be effective
to complete all objectives of an organisation (Shortland, 2010). The actual appropriate
level can be evaluate need to be fulfil through the various approaches and methods. It
also help to be collect short time objectives which demand to be connected with the
respected business firm.
 Superior knowledge and experiences- Company managers need to be evaluate skill and
knowledge of workers in an organisation. It is all about the past knowledge deals with the
work which is very primary for any of the special improvement of the task and situation.
Learning cat be disappoint to any one of them because it also assist in acquiring the
education from different objectives and plan of development.
3.4 Updating development plan which is based on feedback and evaluation
Objective number Objectives Objective evaluation
1 Adopting latest technology and
methods
Need to focus on data
management by using various
methods
2 Improve my leadership skill Need to attend seminars and
conferences and group
meetings
Objectives met YES
Updating action plan
Action plan objective Why the objective What required to be Date for completion.
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was not achieved
undertaken to
achieve the objective.
Improvement in time
management strategies
Lack of tools and
techniques
Adopt latest methods
or technologies
20th august 2018
Enhancing leadership
skill
Lack of proper
guidance of seniors
Attending more
seminars and
conferences
20th October 2018
CONCLUSION
As per above mentioned report it can be concluded that professional development
provides higher growth to an individual career. They may includes some necessary skill such as
controlling team members, motivate person and also they need to manage and control skill of an
employee. Self managed learning is a process by which an individual identify various ways of
learning within an enterprise. It assist in accomplishing their goals and objectives. There are
different learning techniques which enhance skill and attributes of worker such as seminars and
conferences that should be adopted by Royal national hotel. The main aim of company manager
is to supervise performance of workers and help in making growth in an organisation. They
required set their long term, short term and middle term goals. Firm also need to update
development plan which is based on feedback and evaluation.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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