Professional Identity and Practice

Professional Identity and
Practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
PART A...........................................................................................................................................3
1) Key benefits of on-going personal and professional development....................................3
2) General skills & competences............................................................................................4
3) Own skills and competences..............................................................................................5
4) Learning theories and approaches......................................................................................6
5) Development plan..............................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Professional identity is one's self as perceived in relation to a profession which define
their beliefs, values, motives and experiences so that they can define themselves in their current
or expected professional life. In order to achieve a desired job position in company it is
important that the professional skills and knowledge regarding the work related to a particular
jobs are developed so that they can perform their work in an efficient manner and use their
efforts in achieving company goals (Baker and et. al., 2015). In this report Hilton Hotel is
considered which is expanding in Warrington and is in a need of a floor supervisor. This report
discusses about the benefits of personal and professional development, general skills and
competences in relation to own skills and competences. Further learning theories and approaches
and development plan will also be discussed in this report.
PART A
1) Key benefits of on-going personal and professional development
Hilton Hotels and resorts is a globally recognised brand of hotel services which is
headquartered in Virginia, US and is located in about 85 countries having 586 number of hotels
around the world. Hilton hotels is one of the largest hotel brands and provide luxurious hotel
services to its customers so that their vacations can be made memorable and relaxing.
Ongoing personal and professional development is important in any organisation so that
the performance of employees of company can be continuously improved which help in
enhancing their work efficiency so that company goals are efficiently achieved (Basturkmen,
2014). In the service industry it is important that high quality of services are given to customers
so that their experiences can be enhanced and maximum customer satisfaction can be achieved.
Following are the benefits of these development exercises for the stakeholders of Hilton:
For employers:
 The ongoing developments can help in saving the cost of employers in training their
employees on regular basis so that they can acquire the required skills as the employees
can be continuously made to learn through on-going developments.
 As the employees learn continuously it help in making them efficient in performing their
work so that they can direct their efforts in achieving company goals in an efficient
manner.