Developing Skills through Training and Professional Development

Individual development can be achieved through various training methods, which aid companies in achieving their goals and objectives. The report discusses work-based problems of UCB company and explores different leadership styles to learn properly. Additionally, it highlights the importance of self-managed learning approaches to enhance individual knowledge. The references provided include books, journals, and online sources that support the development of individuals through professional training.

Personal and Professional
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Skills required achieving the organizational goals and objectives, CV which reflects
competencies..........................................................................................................................4
2.2 identification of personal and professional skills.............................................................6
2.3 Development opportunities required to meet both the current and future needs.............7
2.4 Plan to achieve your intended goal...................................................................................7
3.1 Short term objectives and long term objectives,..............................................................8
3.2 Document your planned activities....................................................................................9
3.3 Learning against the aims and objectives.........................................................................9
3.4 Evaluation and feedback...................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development plan is a method which aids a supervisor to set out
the various goals, strategies and learning and training outcomes. The following plan should
clearly determine the time frame, activities in order to defined aim and dates of conducting the
specific meeting with the supervisor. Union Chimique Belge (USB) is a multinational
pharmaceutical company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. It is a company with the revenue
generation of about £3.3 billion by the end of the year 2014. The following report is going to
depict about the different methods of the learning which in turn will aid to identify the types of
learning style which helps to achieve the organization objective. In this report approaches and
benefits of self managed learning are discussed. At last different type of work based problem and
its relative solution are identified.
TASK 1
Self managed learning is the one of the best way to make the individual present in the
organization in order to make them learn everything. Learning will be effective only when an
individual knows the objective of learning (Ali and Panther, 2008). Self managed teach also aid
the individuals to come up with the new ideas, thoughts and strategy in order to overcome
various problems and achieve the desired goals. Self managed learning also assist the individual
to improve their knowledge and skills and learn various techniques which will help an individual
to enhance its personal and professional life. Thus, some of the approaches which company can
consider in order enhancing its employee’s knowledge are as follow:-
Seminars and Conferences: - It is one of the best ways of self managed learning. This
approached aid the individual to enhance its personal and professional skills by shares their
ideas, thoughts and experiences.
Internet: - By conducting an internet surfing an individual can get knowledge from
different website. This in turn will aid the individual to deepen his and other co-workers
knowledge by share the thoughts learned by him (Alsup, 2006).
Different type of learning style helps the individual to learn deeply about the various topics.
Some use auditory style for learning, in which an individual learn more properly by listening to
the things than that of reading it. Similarly, some use Visual style of learning, in which an
individual learn more properly by watching the things like charts, graphs, diagrams and so on.
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Moreover some of the other style which an individual uses to learn are analytic, global, Tactile
and kinesthetic.
Various learning and development methods which I as a Human Resource manager of
UCB Company will use in order to enhance the personal and professional skills are self
evaluation and self learning (Brinkerhoff, 2006). In case of self evaluation SWOT analysis have
been made in order to find out the strength, weakness, opportunities and threats available to the
individual in order to enhance the skills and knowledge.
Therefore, in order to develop the individual and encourage lifelong learning in personal
and professional manner I will recommend the performance evaluation and self managed
learning method. Because performance evaluation will aid the company and individual to know
about the work performed by him and where he is lacking behind from others. This in turn will
create the competition among the individual .increased competition will increase the level of
productivity of the individual (Gray, 2005). Similarly, another method which an organization can
use is self learning. Self learning will aid the individual to share their ideas, thoughts with the
other people. This in turn will build up the confidence among the individual to speak in a public
and enhance its lifelong personal and professional skills.
Therefore, these are some of the methods which a human resource manager can use in
order to enhance the personal and professional skills and knowledge of the every individual
person present in the organization.
Self managed learning not only aid the individual but it help the organization as a
whole. Benefits of self managed learning to an individual are; it will help an individual to
enhance its skills and knowledge (Hunter, Laursen and Seymour, 2007). Self learning will built
up the confident level of the individual to speak in public. It wills also the individual to share its
ideas, thoughts and experiences with the company to solve various problems. Self learns also aid
the individual to mold itself according to the use of the technology.
Similarly, self managed learning also assist the organization to achieve its desired
target. In lieu of which organization make an efforts to enhancing the knowledge and skills of the
individuals by making them knowing about the actual cause of learning. Increased skills and
knowledge of the individual will help the organization to easily implement the various changes
which will be easily adopted by the individual like change in the technology, working methods
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and many more. At last it can be said that development of an individual will assist the
organization to achieve its desired objectives easily and quickly.
Work based problems are the problems which are faced by the individual available in the
organization related to the working environment, productivity, redundancy, discrimination and
many more problems (Loucks-Horsley and et.al., 2009). These problems can arise between the
employee and employers, manager and staff, workers and supervisor, employee and employee
and so on. Therefore, as a human manager it is identified that working culture of the organization
is not good. Discrimination and Harassment & bullying are constantly taking place without the
organization. This in turn reducing the productivity of the individual who are facing these
problems. Due to this problem rate of absenteeism and turnover is also increasing. Thus, on the
other hand arrival of this problem is also reducing the profitability of the company. Therefore, in
order to overcome the problem of discrimination and bullying manager of the company should
conduct the various training methods like role playing, workshops, job rotation and so on. By
using this method individual present in the organization should be taught that all individual are
equal in the organization no matter from where they belong.
There are various types of learning style available which an organization can use to
overcome the various work based problems (Malm, 2009). Therefore, one of the most effective
styles which UCB company can use in order to overcome the problem of discrimination and
bullying; is 'Balancing and Adapting style' of learning. This style will aid the company to
overcome the organization with the problem faced by them. This style aid the organization to
create the balance between the various activities taking place in the organization. This style also
said the company to strengthen the relationship between the various individual available in the
company. Under this style all the individual are free to communicate to each other easily at every
level which in turn will reduces the various difficulties faced by the organization. Therefore, use
of this style will assist the company to eliminate the problem of discrimination and harassment.
Moreover, UCB Company can communicate this information on different levels by using various
methods. On Strategic level individual can be communicate by conducting a board meeting. At
tactical level information can be communicate through mails and at operational level information
can be communicated by organizing the conference (Meijer, Morine-Dershimer and Tillema,
2005).
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Various type of time management strategies which an individual need to follow in order
to manage its time more efficiently are as follows:-
Avoid multitasking: - One of the psychological has said that an individual should avoid
the multitasking. Multitasking work does not reduces the time, it increase the time (Moon, 2013).
Therefore, in order to manage the time more efficiently an individual should avoid multitasking
because multitasking work breaks the concentration of the individual.
Prioritize the assignments: - An individual in order to manage all its activities
efficiently should tries to differentiate the work according to its important. An individual should
try to complete the more important work first and then the less important. This in turn will aid
the individual to complete its important assignment first.
Keep the record of all activities: - In order to manage the time more efficiently an
individual should keep the record of all the activities which he needs to perform (Munro, 2008).
Recording of all the activities in the form of charts, notes etc. aid the individual to remember all
the things on time which in turn help the individual to manage its time effectively.
Thus, these are some of the methods which an individual can flow in order to manage all
its task and assignment more efficiently.
TASK 2
2.1 Skills required achieving the organizational goals and objectives, CV which reflects
competencies.
There are different types of skills which an individual need to enhance in order to achieve
the organization set target and objectives (Penuel, W.R. and et.al, 2007). Development of these
skills will not only prove beneficial for the organization; it will also aid the individual to enhance
its personal and professional skills and knowledge. Therefore, some of the useful skills which in
turn will prove beneficial for both individual and company are as follows:-
Communication skills: - In order to achieve the organization goals and objective
communication skills of the individual should be strong. An individual should have the
capability to convert its new and creative ideas, thoughts and words into reality in a positive way
in order to achieve the organization goals. Strong communication skills will also aid the
individual to easily develop its presentation skills.
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Conceptual skills: - Availability of conceptual skills in the individual will prove to be an
important factor for the organization to achieve its goals (Rees, Shepherd and Chamberlain,
2005). Conceptual skill is the talent of using the various information in order to resolve the
industry troubles and problem, recognizing the opportunities available for improvement by using
various statistics and information.
Interpersonal skills:-It is the skill in which an individual has the capability of training
and mentoring the others, functioning with variety of people and civilization. Thus, availability
of this skill in an individual will aid the organization to achieve its desired goals.
Curriculum Vitae
John Katz
1062, Jones Branch drive, Lead East, United kingdom.
Mobile No. 13257859852394
Email Id- [e-mail]
Education Qualification
Master in Business Administration(HR) (2012)
Bachelor's in Commerce (2009)
Passed Senior Secondary (2008)
Work Experience
Appointed as Human Resource Manager in UCB company at Brussels, Belgium.
Roles
Business Associates
Quality control
Hobbies
Learning about new thing
Smart worker
Competencies
Leadership quality
Strategic thinker and learner
Personal detail
Father name: Robert Katz
Mother Name:- Mary Katz
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Date of Birth: 12/8/1990
2.2 identification of personal and professional skills
Skills required Need to improve the skills Activities to be performed Time taken
Communication
Skills
Communication skills need
to improve because it
assists the individual to
express his ideas and
feeling in front of other
with confidence. These
skills enhance the listening
and asking questions
capability of the individual.
In order to improve this skill
face to face communication
could be made with variety of
people. By giving presentation
in front of large mass of
people (Tienken and Stonaker,
2007).
Time taken to
improve this
skill is 2
months.
Interpersonal
Skills
This skill need to be
improved in order to
develop the capability of
training and mentoring the
other individual in order to
make them move towards
the achievement of
organization goals.
In order to improve this skill
knowledge of different things
should be there. An individual
should be confident to speak to
any one easily.
Time taken to
improve this
skill is 1.5
months.
Conceptual
Skills
As a Human Resource
improvement of this skill is
every important. This skill
will help to resolve the
various issues and problems
faced within the
organization by using the
available information.
This skill can be improved by
attending various seminars and
conference. It can also be
improved through internet
surfing.
Time taken to
improve
conceptual
skill is 2.5
months.
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2.3 Development opportunities required to meet both the current and future needs
Professional
Skills
Current
level(Strong=5,
Average=3,
Weak=1)
Example Ways to improve
Presentation
skills
3 Not able to properly
present the things properly
in front of large mass of
people.
Building up the confidence
level in order to easily speak
in front of others.
Technical skills 5 Highly capable of using
various types of
technology.
Try to make use of user
friendly site in order to train
the individual.
Coordination
skills
3 Not able to properly
coordinate the various
organizational activities.
Making efforts to plan all
the activities properly in
order to develop
coordination skill.
2.4 Plan to achieve your intended goal.
Skills Current proficiency Future proficiency Activities Time taken
Communi
cation
skills
As a Human resource
manager I am right
now able to speak to
only middle and
lower level
employees. I face lack
of confidence while
speak to higher
authorities (Caprino,
2012).
To speak confidently
to the all the
individual no matter
at which level they
are present.
In order to improve
this skill I will make
efforts to speak in
seminars and
conference, and
giving presentation at
various levels.
In order to
improve this
skill I would
require 2
months time.
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Interperso
nal skills
Write now I am not
able to training and
mentor the employees
present at high level.
Conducting a high
level training section
create problem for
me.
In future I like to
develop my
leadership skills in
order to control all
the organizational
activities properly
and at the same time
train all level of
employees.
In order to improve
this skill I will first
improve my
communication skills
which in turn built
confidence in me.
High level of
confidence will in
turn enhance by
leadership
capabilities.
In order to
develop this
skill I would
required 2.5
months
timing.
Conceptua
l Skills
Write now I am not
able to resolve all the
problems faced by the
company by
undertaking the
various ideas and
information.
In future I would like
to improve my
conceptual skills in
order to resolve
easily all the
problems faced by
the company.
In order to improve
these skills I will
make efforts to learn
and understand more
and more things about
the organization and
the business
environment. This is
turn will aid me to
properly analyses the
company surrounding
in order to resolve
various problems.
It would take
me 2.5
months
timing to
improve this
skill.
3.1 Short term objectives and long term objectives,
Availability of different type’s development plans assists the UCB Company to achieve
its both short term and long term objectives by improving various skills of the individuals. Short
term objectives of the organization can be improved by improving the communication and
technical skills of the individuals (Llopis, 2013). Proper communication among all the members
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present in the company no matter at what level aid the company to easily now and resolve
various problems. Face to face communication aids the company to achieve both its short term
and long term objectives. Thus, on the other hand long term objectives of the company can be
achieved by improving the conceptual and interpersonal skills. Development of this skill will
assist the company to easily resolve the conflict by training the employees and using various
available information.
3.2 Document your planned activities.
In order to improve the various skills I as a Human Manager of UCB Company will
undertaken the various activities. Henceforth, in order to improve the communication skills of
the individual I will make efforts to conduct seminars and conference through which they are
able to make face to face communication with all the members (Malm, 2009). Similarly, in order
to improve the interpersonal skills I will try to conduct various lectures and management games
which in turn will aid the individual to build up their leadership quality. Likewise, in order to
improve the technical skills of the individual I will conduct the various class and workshop
section in order to make them know how this technology can be used and how it will create
benefit for them.
3.3 Learning against the aims and objectives
It is very important for an individual to evaluate and analyze the things learned by him in
order to achieve the organization set goals and objective. By improving my communication skills
I will be able to easily solve out the various problem of the employee arises in the organization.
Improved communication skills will also aid be to easily communicate and listen to the things
employees want to say (Munro, 2008). By enhancing my interpersonal and conceptual skills I
will be able to teach the entire employee about the needs and wants of the organization and how
they will be able to achieve it by fulfilling their own needs. Improvement of these skills will also
assist me to motive the employee which in turn will help the company to achieve its aims and
objectives.
3.4 Evaluation and feedback
After analyzing and taking feedback from the employees it is found that about 90% of the
employee is able to overcome its weakness. It is also found out those there capabilities of doing
the work has also increased. They do not require being teacher again and again about the task
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need to be performed by them. It is also found that rate of absentees and turnover has also
reduced. Thus, use of various tools and techniques helps the individual to improve their skills
and knowledge. At last it is also found out that employees motivation level has been increased
which in turn aid the organization to achieve its set aims and goals.
CONCLUSION
From the following report it can be concluded various skills of an individual can be
developed by using various methods of training. In this report it is concluded that how
development of various skills of the individual aid the company to achieve its set aims and
objectives. In this report work based problem of the UCB company has been discussed. In this
report various leadership style are discussed in order to know how an individual can learn
properly. At last various approaches of self managed learning are also concluded in order to
enhance the individual knowledge.
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