Personal Learning and Development Plan - Desklib

This article provides a Personal Learning and Development Plan with a SWOT analysis, setting goals, and personal objectives. It includes short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals to improve time management, leadership skills, and become an HR manager. The article also suggests opportunities and threats and provides references for further reading.

Personal learning and
development plan

Table of Contents
SECTION 1- PERSONAL ANALYSIS .........................................................................................1
SWOT analysis ...........................................................................................................................1
SECTION 2- SEETING GOALS ...................................................................................................2
Personal development plan ........................................................................................................2
SECTION 3- PERSONAL OBJECTIVES .....................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

SECTION 1- PERSONAL ANALYSIS
SWOT analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
 One of my strengths include effective
communication skills which helps me
in representing my opinions in front of
others clearly. My effective
communication skills assist me in
understanding perspectives of other
persons and conveying relevant
information to people without any
misunderstanding. This strong ability of
mine also assist me in enhancing my
relationship with others as it builds
interactions with them(Gonzaga, 2019).
 Another strength of mine is critical
thinking. This ability has helped me in
thinking creative that could develop
innovative ideas. This skill of mine has
also assisted me resolving conflicts
among people by making them
understand each other. This is an
important ability which is required in
any profession.
 I lack in time management which
makes me inefficient in completing all
activities on required time period. I am
unable to organise my daily activities
and completing my tasks. This
weaknesses has impacted my desired
objectives.
 Another weak skill of mine is unable to
become effective leader which
represent my lack in leadership
abilities. I am not good in providing
correct guidance and supervising
people which might impact my
professional live (Moosavi, 2019).
Opportunities Threats
 I could explore the opportunity of
enhancing my technical skills that can
help me in understanding more
software. In present situations, it is very
 My inability in organising activities
might become a threat for me as it
represent that I am not able arrange any
activities. This could harm my image at
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essential to have technological
knowledge which I could grab and
increase the usage of digital tools.
 I could also utilise the ability of team
work by working in coordination with
my subordinates(Hajebi, 2020). This
would provide me an opportunity to
build interpersonal relationship with
my colleagues and improving my
personality.
my workplace and to become an HR
manager it is very essential to have
good organisational skills.
 The ineffective transferable skills might
also become threat for me as I will not
be able to adjust myself in other
departments. This represents that I do
not conduct any team spirit and
motivation to learn something new.
SECTION 2- SEETING GOALS
Personal development plan
What do I want to
lean
What do I have to
do?
How will I measure
success?
Target date review
I have to learn how to
manage my work and
completing them on
time. I have to
enhance my time
management abilities
so that I could learn to
organise my daily
activities.
I have to make
schedule and establish
a specific time limit to
complete certain tasks.
I also need to priorities
my work so that I
could complete my
goals on time
(Mpungose, 2020). I
also need to utilise
technological software
that could keep me
update about my
targeted aims that I
need to accomplish in
I will measure this
success by evaluating
how effectively I am
finishing my tasks. I
will also examine this
by seeking how
efficiently I am able to
achieve established
tasks in the set period
of time.
The targeted date at
which I will review
my improvement in
time management
would be around 2
months.
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the set time.
I also need to develop
my leadership style so
that I could provide
right guidance to my
subordinates. I have to
gain knowledge about
how to supervise
people along with
maintaining discipline.
I am required to learn
about how to influence
people so that they
could put maximum
effort in
accomplishing desired
goals.
I need to implement
strategies to develop
leadership skills of
mine. I am also
required to observe my
superiors so that I
could acquire
knowledge that are
needed to become
effective leader
(Ferreras-Garcia,
Hernández-Lara and
Serradell-López,
2019). I also need to
take feedbacks from
my colleagues and
seniors about my
behaviour so that I
could improve my
leadership style.
I will measure the
success by analysing
how effectively I am
mentoring my team
members. I would also
seek reviews from my
team members that
will assist me in
analysing myself as a
leader.
In order to improve
this ability I will
require a time period
of around 3 months.
SECTION 3- PERSONAL OBJECTIVES
Short-term goals (next 2 months)
Improve time management.
Medium goals (next 2-3 months )
Improve leadership skills.
Longer goals (beyond 3 years)
To become an HR manager.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Ferreras-Garcia, R., Hernández-Lara, A.B. and Serradell-López, E., 2019. Entrepreneurial
competences in a higher education business plan course. Education+ Training.
Gonzaga, J.S., 2019. The development of personal entrepreneurial competencies (PEC) on
business plan implementation. International Journal of Advanced Research in
Management and Social Sciences, 8(2), pp.363-375.
Hajebi, M., 2020. Flipped Classroom as a Supporting Plan for Iranian EFL Learners' English
Improvement in Super Intensive Courses. Theory and Practice in Language Studies,
10(9), pp.1101-1105.
Moosavi, Z., 2019. 21st Century Education on the Dalton Plan.
Mpungose, C.B., 2020. Is Moodle or WhatsApp the preferred e-learning platform at a South
African university? First-year students’ experiences. Education and information
technologies, 25(2), pp.927-941.
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