Professional Identity and Practice Assignment : Travelodge Hotel
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Professional Identity and Practice Assignment : Travelodge Hotel
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1P1. Key benefits of ongoing professional development for different stakeholders....................1P2. Professional employer expectations of skills and competencies..........................................2LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4P3. Assess own abilities, skills and competencies for a specific job role...................................4P4. Review a range of learning theories and approaches used for personal and professionaldevelopment processes................................................................................................................5LO 3.................................................................................................................................................7P5. Construct a development plan to enhance chosen skills and competencies.........................7LO 4.................................................................................................................................................9P6. Job interview for a suitable service industry role.................................................................9P7. Key strengths and weakness of an applied interview process............................................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10References......................................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTIONPersonal and professional development can be defined as improvement in skills andcompetencies which is required for gaining desired positions in the organization or job desiredrole. The report is based on the marketing manager job role in the Travelodge Hotel. This isprivate company that operates in hotels and hospitality industry across UK. There are above 500hotels in UK, 5 hotels in Spain and 11 hotels in Ireland. The report will explore importance ofongoing professional development and self-directed learning for both employer and employees.Report will provide systematic assessment of skills, abilities and competencies by making use ofappropriate techniques and methods. Range of theories and models will be also reviewed andprofessional development plan will be prepared. Job interview process will be discussed and itsstrengths and weaknesses will also be demonstrated.LO 1P1. Key benefits of ongoing professional development for different stakeholders.Ongoing professional development refers to the process which includes development andenhancement of various skills and competencies. Ongoing professional development is alsoreferred as the continuous learning. Individuals may focus on self-managed or self-directedlearning as well to craft improvements in the skill sets and achieve desired job position(Phadermrod, Crowder and Wills, 2019). The skills and competencies can be achieved ordeveloped by the individuals through training and observing others at workplace. TravelodgeHotel is the second largest hotel of the UK budget hotel industry and this focuses on providingongoing professional development opportunities. This can be done so that employees can bringinnovation in business operations and activities. Travelodge provides employment to around11000 employees including part-time and full-time and thus, it also provides training anddevelopment programs to enhance their skills and improve performance level. The key benefitsof ongoing professional development and self-managed learning are explained as below:Benefits to employerService standard: Providing training programs and development opportunities toemployees can lead to improve the performance level and standards of the overallorganization. Employees have the capability and skills for effectively managing the
business operation, thus, it ongoing development leads to improve the service standardsof company (Kitto and et.al., 2018).Up-to-date knowledge: The ongoing professional development ensures increase in theknowledge and skills of employees. Training and development programs provides up-to-date knowledge about operations and activities of business.Skilled workforce: Travelodge providing ongoing professional developmentopportunities to employees can help them for enhancing their skills, knowledge andcapabilities. Thus, company can maintain talented and skilled workforce who are capablefor effectively managing the operations and activities of Hotel.Benefits to employeesPersonal satisfaction: Ongoing professional development opportunities are provided byTravelodge Hotel to its employees and staff (Mednick, 2017). And they tend to feelmotivated and satisfied when the organization provides opportunities for developing theirskills and competencies.Intrinsic Motivation: The ongoing professional opportunities provided by theTravelodge acts as intrinsic motivational factors for employees and staff. This leads tomake them feel satisfied and happy at workplace and without expecting anything extra inreturn.Added value on CVs and future employment: Ongoing and continuing developmentprogrammes ensures that employee's skills, knowledge and competencies gets improved.The improvement in skills and learned knowledge adds value to the individual's CVwhich can lead to bring further opportunities for them (van den Bergh, Ros and Beijaard,2015).P2. Professional employer expectations of skills and competencies.Travelodge Hotel expects that Marketing Manager of Hotel posses number of skills,competencies and required knowledge so that he can effectively manage the business operationsand activities.Professional Standards and Expectations:Travelodge Hotel is second largest in the UK budget sector that expects that everyemployee of the company maintains personal appearance and presentations. The proper dresscode needs to be followed by every employee of the Hotel including the marketing manager of
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