Lifelong Learning for Professionals

This assignment delves into the crucial role of lifelong learning in professional development. It analyzes the essential competencies required by modern professionals and investigates effective strategies for skill enhancement. The impact of continuous learning on career advancement and professional success is also discussed.

PROFESSIONAL AND
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Approaches to self- managed learning, and suitable approaches for staff at Travelodge
Hotel............................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional can be encouraged...............4
1.3 Benefits of self managed learning.........................................................................................5
TASK 2 REPORT AN D PLAN......................................................................................................6
2.1 Own current skills and competencies against Professional standards..................................6
2.2 Own development needs and the activities required and needs of improvements................7
2.3 Identification of development opportunities that meets current and future needs................8
2.4 personal and professional development plan and three issues to develop the skills.............8
TASK 3 REPORT AND PLAN.......................................................................................................9
3.1 The processes and activities required to implement the development plan..........................9
3.2 Planned activities are undertaken for development implemented in own actions..............10
3.2 Own learning against original aims and objectives set in the development plan................10
3.4 Update of development plan related to feedback and evaluation.......................................11
TASK 4 POSTERS AND PRESENTATION..............................................................................12
4.1 Solutions to work based problems......................................................................................12
4.2 Communication styles to improve customer care at Paramount Travel Hotel....................13
4.3pri Use of effective time management and strategies to reduce employee turnover and
improve customer care at Paramount Travel Hotel...................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERpriENCES..........................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
In order to achieve future growth and development, self managed learning acts as
prominent role to boost knowledge, skills of individual by which successfully results can be
achieved. Increase in the level of knowledge enables individual to remove barriers and
hindrances that come across performances. In this report by being, assistant manager of
Travelogue Hotel In Iiford, approaches or the process of development of self managed learning
that enables lifelong learning have been detailed (Life long learning, 2018). Knowledge grabbed
by attending seminars, internet, self managed learning, further educations, recognition of prior
learning have been detailed. Need of effective communication skills and retention of turnover on
customer care hve been detailed in this report as follows.
TASK 1
1.1 Approaches to self- managed learning, and suitable approaches for staff at Travelodge Hotel.
Self managed learning: This learning is essential for development of future growth in
career which are accessed by improving self directed learning. It is performed with certain roles
and responsibilities being as assistant manager in Travelodge Hotel in Iiford, developed wide
range of professional and personal which promotes future growth and development. The
developments are made in the form of improving skills, knowledge, techniques of handling
things and attitudes regarding raised situations. The following are the approaches of self
manageprid learning that have been detailed. To boost the profit and results of Hotel the
performances have to be increased and for this purpose self managed learning acts as boom to
execute and explore the roles and responsibilities, to explore self manage learning are mentioned
in this report as follows (.Personal development plans, 2011).
 Attending productive seminars and conferences: Conferences and conducted seminars
on different subjects in Hotel and exchange of thoughts, viewpoints among the attendants
those are discussed and shared at last. It encourages acting creative while performing as it
helps in enhancing future and current growth in terms of knowledge
 Internet: Recently an online event conducted on internet which helped manager by
attending and knowing about effective performance in different ways those are discussed
and view thought are exchanged sufficiently which helps in increasing effective
priperformances.

 Online courses: The another way of self learning that helped to grab knowledge
effectively can be termed as online courses which provides sufficient data and
information for the means of exploring skills and development, which leads to future
growth. Including flexibility and expandability lifelong learning can be achieved at free
cost by various subjects and knowledge.
1.2 Ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional can be encouraged.
The ways of lifelong learning can be motivated by individual to own self and performed
by deliberating and enhancing the understanding level, which provides opportunities and
developments at large. The following are the ways, by which performances and manager can get
encouraged as mentioned in this report.
 Self directed learning: This method of learning, enables manager by enhancing in begin
competitiveness, self sustainability, and personal growth and development by which
nuances can be explored at large (.Development process, 2018).
 Recognition of prior learning: With the help of past knowledge and performances,
recognition can be made effectively by knowing about mistakes that were made
previously and necessary measures can be made in place of work to get groom solely or
individually by which
 priFurther educations: Another method of lifelong learning can be termed as further
educations, assistant manager of Travelodge Hotel in Iiford, with the help of education
advancement in knowledge can be achieved for lifetime, which can be noticed in their
performances and results. This boost the level of knowledge which leads assistant manger
to maintain quality based professional and personal development. With the help of
knowledge positive attitude can be created and maintained to explore the results.
 Continuing professional development: Knowledge never gets failed, it helps by
meeting one or another terms. With the help of grabbing knowledge in different field or
subjects allow the assistant manage to perform well and coordinate the place of work by
being sled motivated, understanding (Improve communication service. 2017). This
method allows the manager to grow and develop in terms of personal and professional in
terms of maximising potential at large. Hence, boost in knowledge leads the individual to
grow sufficiently and efficiently.pripri

1.3 Benefits of self managed learning.
The following are the benefits and advantages that are grabbed by assistant manager of
Travelogue Hotel in Iiford, have been detailed in this report.
 Boost self confidence and performances are initiative executed: The major advantage
or benefits of self managed learning are termed as boost in self confidence, assistant
manager of Travelogue Hotel in Iiford, cannot permafrost effectively without self
confidence. Increase in the knowledge leads to increase in talent, by which self
confidence can be boosted sufficiently.
 Opportunities are grabbed without fear: Increment in confidence leads the assistant
manager to effectively grab the opportunities which are available at particular time
period. Skills are required to perform roles and responsibilities by which effectiveness
can be brought out. Assistant manager successfully maintain and coordinate the functions
and operations of Hotel without fear, as knowledge in various department allows facing
the situations with confidence. These brings out the enhancement in knowledge by
expanding and nuances are encouraged while performing opportunities (Strategies to
reduce employee turnover, 2018).
 Effective communication leadership skills: benefits of self managed learning allow the
manages to communicate effective by which reduction in misunderstanding and
misguidance are made. Effective communication enables the manger to get doubts clear
and allow others with sufficient instructions which encourages them sufficiently, that can
be noticed in performances.
 Productive teamwork is established: With all the above positive impacts and
achievements teamwork in Hotel can be boosted. This boost in efficiency leads the
Travelogue Hotel in Iiford, to increase their productivity by means of teamwork who
acquires bundle of knowledge. The permanence sand execution are automatically
increased with higher the teamwork involvement and efficiency.
TASK 2 REPORT AN D PLAN
2.1 Opriwn current skills and competencies against Professional standards.
The following are the skills that are owned by Assistant manager of Travelogue Hotel in
Iiford, have been detailed in this report (Mastenbroek and et.al., 2015).

 Conceptual skills: Parameter can be known well with the help of conceptual skills. One
of the most prominent considered skills are termed as parameter skills as it enables the
assistant manager to boost performances by gradually gathering knowledge about
opportunists, highlighting the threats, most important decision and information are
considered with priority. Any kind of information, presentation, parameters and business
models can be framed rapidly with the help of conceptual skills.
 Effectiveness skills: To elaborate about the priority, effectiveness skills are highly
appreciated. The standard of the projects can be well maintained. Implementation and
modifications can be made with the help of skills that are carried by Assistant managers
can be termed as effectiveness skills. The interest of the people at large are maintained by
Effectiveness skills (Cottrell, 2015).
 Interpersonal skills: One of the self managed learning can be termed as interpersonal
skills. Detailing about the Travelogue Hotel in Iiford can be made by assistant manager in
terms of elaborating inside-out networking with the help of interpersonal skills. These
skills bring enhancement in means of meeting effective communication, mutual
understanding, use of jargon and slang for effective communication. By understanding
efficiently, knowledge can be improved and self managed learning can be opted.
 Communication and engagement skills: By means of efficiently and sufficiently
understanding, skills can be optimised and utilised with effective communication. In
order to maintain relationship and loyalty, diverse minds are easily understood with the
help of communication and engagement skills. This helps in enhancing the value of Hotel
and maintain trust and positive thoughts.
2.2 Own development needs and the activities required and needs of improvements.
In this report considering the scenario, following are requirements of improvements for
the purpose of own development of needs and activities are detailed as below (Berry, 2014).
 The skills, knowledge and understanding required for managing: Assistant manager
of Travelodge Hotel in Iiford, pursue skills, knowledge and understanding that are
required for the development of premises in order to maintain the effective team work
and profit ad potential. However, the assistant manager focus on boosting the
performances by which by performing necessary roles and responsibilities, the decided

pritargets and objectives in prior by the management of Hotel are carried forward by
continuing an improving the activities of affairs.
 Improvements and monitoring of skills, knowledge and concepts: Activities of the
team and other staff are monitored to know the fluency and continuation in performances
of work. In case any of the team lack in terms necessary help and knowledge are
provided to them. This apparently, motivates the employees and team workers of
priTravelodge hotel in Iiford to get boost in their performances. Improvisation can be
made better by analysing the previous method of execution and by monitoring the skills
and hidden talents the knowledges are enhanced in terms (Tattum and Tattum, 2017).
 Comparison of actual and standard bar to spot deviations: This task enable assistant
manager to compare the performances that are made to achieve the goals and objectives.
The lack of performances are managed with the help of team by assistant manager.
Necessary information, instruction and understandings are created mutually among the
team workers and managers to bring bout the effective performances to achieve in order.
2.3 Identification of development opportunities that meets current and future needs.
 Gap between skills are identified: Each and every individual carries their own skills and
knowledge. Gap between the skills are to be identified which are effectively executed by
assistant manager of Travelodge hotel in Iiford which helps them to know about the
hidden talents and skills by which results can be brought out by effective measures and
strategies that are framed. Concentration at large made on the results that have to brought
out, otherwise, team performing differently create collaborations among team and that
may mislead in achieving results of place of work (Springer and Werner, 2018). Hence,
the role of managers are expanded regarding exploring skills and talents.
 Managing skills and competency: Division of work and tasks made by mangers are
allotted particularly by knowing the skills and knowledge of employees to bring out the
necessary and positive results. Specific performances are given to the specifies team that
are allotted for the execution of tasks in order to meet the potential results by which
implementations and modifications can be made.
 Checking out of plans that are connected to objectives: Divide work are cross checked
by accumulating knowledges and proceedings from the view point of team and major

focus that are rendered while performing. The performances are checked to meet the
objective and to know at large about possibilities of achievement of goals and objectives.
 Strategic planning: The framed and planned strategies are taken into consideration for
successfully achievement of results of Hotel (Shinjo and et.al., 2015). In order to meet
the results right from planning, the activities are managed, directed and coordinated by
the mangers.
2.4 personal and professional development plan and three issues to develop the skills.
Personal and professional development plan and three issues to develop.
Skills required Resources Implementation Time
Communication skills Conference, books,
articles
By attending seminars,
conferences
6 months.
priMulti tasking skills participating in
seminar, online classes
Participating in online
classes and social
networks referenced.
3 months
Management skills Mentoring, journal, Performing and
managing conferences,
seminars.
2 months
TASK 3 REPORT AND PLAN
3.1 The processes and activities required to implement the development plan.
The following are process of implementation of development plan detailed in this report.
Communication: Innovation can be implemented in process of enhancing and boosting
coprimmunication skills (Fox and Wilson, 2015).
 Aligning training plan and strategy: the plan and training are sufficiently
communicated to acknowledge the growth and other terms in order to achieve results.
With the help of multi communication channels, in order to enhance in skills and
knowledge innovation can be opt by attending large audience and creating variety.
 Prioritising actions needs: Efforts can be made to attend the communication process by
internal and external by including the public staff and other relations in order to enhance.
They are treated equally to motivate and raise their value actions. With the help of

priconducting work and many other terms, multi tasking are mad effective and enlarged
to meet the objectives and results of the Hotel business.
 Measurable performances: The mismatch of internal and external communication are
considered to bring out the results and let go of lack of knowledge of any kind. As there
is lack of management skills that are performed by Assistant manager ( Foucault and
et.al., 2017). Initiative are taken by them to meet the efficiencies in order to bring out the
successful results. Any kind of deviation and reduction in the performances that are taken
into consideration to meet the potential results effectively and sufficiently.
The performances are boosted in terms of multitasking the activities of hotel manageable and
learning the management skills by the assistant manager of travelogue Hotel in Iiford. In order to
maintain the results of the Hotel the assistant managers should play their roles and
responsibilities by knowing where they lack in terms and meeting their effectiveness
successfully.
3.2 Planned activities are undertaken for development implemented in own actions.
The activities those are planned by assistant managers are undertaken for performing
them while processing of those plans. The following are the methods of undertaking the process
of plans and execution for the purpose of results that are decided earlier.
 Organising group study and performances: With the help of organising group for
bringing out performances by instructing the group and other staff to take part initiative
and render the performances based on quality by which objectives can be fluently
achieved (Richardson and et.al., 2015). As the nature and environment are unpredictable,
the performances and results of group that are bidden by assistant manager can bring out
the effective results. This can be called as milestones as the results in terms are measured
to know about the improvisation which reflects in execution and exploring. The
performances of the group are supervised by the to know about its accessibility.
 Coordinating and directing activities of group: After the process of organising the
group it is prominent to execute the part of coordination and direction. The group that are
framed cannot solely motivate and perform completely to meet the desires. The co-
ordination and direction are made by suggesting necessary and appropriate guidelines to
bring out the results of the Hotel.

 Monitoring and supervising: Another important factor that are performed by the
managers of assistant in Travelodge hotel in Iiford is monitoring and supervising the
activities of other staff by checking the process of reaching towards results. To boost the
performances and results at large by expanding the process of inventions and innovations
the activities and projects that are taken for the proceedings are pusher to great heights.
3.2 Own learning against original aims and objectives set in the development plan.
The aims and objectives that are set earlier to meet the efficiencies by which personal
grooming of assistant manager of travelogue Hotel in Iiford. Manager who is engaged in
activities of hotels are dealing and facing certain difficulties those and by overcoming from that
with the help of self managed learning, aims and objectives are against the objectives and plans
to meet the proceedings of developments have been considered in this report as follows (Mayor
and et.al., 2015).
 Initial meeting and preparations: The framed strategies in order to achieve set
objectives and goals, one of the important or prominent thing considered by managers are
termed as projects and other means that are explored by the managers and effective team.
They are formed in terms of crucial, capability, and profitability, competencies and
weakness of the desired work are discussed and preparation regarding them are
performed
 Knowledges and experiences from past: the carried and performed activities, function
helps the manager to grab the knowledge and conduct flow of work in the current and
future terms. The previous record of performances and execution of work are considered
primarily to maintain the flow of work by which effective results can be achieved. Any
kind of hindrances and barriers occurred to achieve the targets in the previous are
concentrated by bothering in order to reduce the certain and specific things in the future
(Mayor and et.al., 2015).
 Estimation and records are maintained: The effective and efficient management of
records and activities that are carried by the employees and staff while rendering
performances and other factors for the functioning and operations of the Travelodge
Hotel in Iiford are taken into consideration.

3.4 Update of development plan related to feedback and evaluation.
In order to update the plans of development on basis of feedback and evaluation the
following are the things that are considered by the assistant manager. Those are processed in
terms of meeting the six surplus steps by meeting the objectives and goals.
 Workforce analysis: By knowing the competencies and contingencies analysis of
workforce are made effective by meeting the results and objectives. To analyse the
workforce of the organisation this are acknowledged as important source and factors for
the process of initial growth and development (Carbone and et.al., 2017). From the given
case study without staff and workforce objectives cannot be fulfilled.
 Needs are forecast: The required perspectives and aspects are identified which are the
second step after analysing workforce. The development of learning can be made only if
he necessary instructions are considered as prominent and important. The designed rules,
strategies and frame work are conducted with continuation by shifting staff into various
methods.
 Required gaps are analysed: The standard and actual performances needs gap between
them which are analysed by the individuals or personnels of other. This postpositive
impacts the minds of the clients by winning their hearts with effective performances.
 Contingency plans are analysed: To impact positively and influence the minds of
authorities and assistant manager the employees render services of contingencies by
which assistant managers of Travelodge hotel in Iiford influence in terms of analysing the
plans of contingencies.
 Strategies are implemented: To meet the results of any f the organisation of Hotels the
management effectively frame the policies and procedures effectively to bring out the
efficiencies and necessary amendment are made at large (Nelson and Staggers, 2016).
 Monitoring and evaluation: with the help of monitoring and evaluation necessary steps
are taken for the purpose of concentrating on the performances of Assistant managers
either in terms of promoting or demoting them. To evaluate at large, the skills,
knowledge and techniques are considered priorly to boost the efficiencies.
TASK 4 POSTERS AND PRESENTATION
4.1 Solutions to work based problems.
Report attached

4.2 Communication styles to improve customer care at Paramount Travel Hotel.
Ppt attached
4.3 Use of effective time management and strategies to reduce employee turnover and improve
customer care at Paramount Travel Hotel.
Ppt attached
CONCLUSION
Approaches to the self managed learnings have been detailed in this report. Benefits are
discussed with own and current skills and competencies against professional standards. With the
help of scenario all the issues are considered and solutions to the issues have been provided
(Renedo and et.al., 2015). Without improvements the necessary performances cannot be
enhanced, though, by taking initiatives in form of presenting, management skills, effectively
multi tasking of performances and communication skills that are opted by the assistant managers
of Hotel to improve with enhancement and explore the results that are decided priorly. Report
and posters are provided on issues of effective consumer care. And detailing on effective
strategies with use of management of time and improvisation are explored.

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