Assignment on Professional Development Plan

RUNNING HEAD: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Personal Development Plan
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1PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Question 1
Different organisations have different set of competency standard for the employees. in order to
understand whether an individual requires more developments in his competencies, it is required
to analyse the personal knowledge against the set competencies that the profession requires. The
measurement of the personal skills against the competency standards will determine the future
developmental plan. In order to measure the competencies, I chose first to make a job analysis if
my profile. Taking reviews from various business journals, previous employees who worked in
the same position and looking after the various advertisements of job posted by various
companies in their websites, I gathered knowledge about qualifications, experiences and skills
that are required for the post. The analysis further helped ne in identifying any gaps which I
require to address in my developmental plan. However, the assessment revealed that there are
some skills and competencies that are required immediately in order to have a strong hold over
my job and for some I felt that will be required in future. After analysing the set skills and the
time period, I planned to look through the daily responsibilities I do in general and analysed
which one is taking more time and are difficult for me. The other sources from where I gained
professional competency ideas are the analysis of the business’s organisational and strategic
plans, annual reports and analysing the changes in the policies of the organisation.
Question 2
In order to have a more detailed analysis of my competencies, I sought review from my
supervisors and colleagues, clients and my team members. In order to rule out any kind of
biasness or misjudgement, my supervisor asked me to do the following things: