Professional Identity and Practice Assignment : Holiday Inn

Professional Identity
and Practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................4
Examine the key benefits of ongoing professional development for different stakeholders
within Holiday Inn..................................................................................................................4
Expectation of Employer in Relation to Skills and Competencies.........................................5
Evaluate the importance of on going professional development and the associated professional
skills within Holiday Inn........................................................................................................5
Critically evaluate own skills and competencies to meet employer expectations..................6
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................6
Assess own abilities, skills and competencies .......................................................................6
Review a range of learning theories and approaches which are used for personal and
professional development.......................................................................................................8
Evaluate own skills and competencies and the most appropriate development approach to
develop personal and professional skills ...............................................................................9
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................9
Construct a development plan to improve chosen skills and competencies within work.....9
Provide a detailed development plan that applies underpinning upon learning and
development theory..............................................................................................................10
Produce a comprehensive development plan setting out clear achievable strategies, goals and
objectives..............................................................................................................................11
LO4................................................................................................................................................12
Undertake a job interview for floor manager.......................................................................12
Review key strengths and weaknesses for interview process..............................................12
Evaluate a job role and obstacles and challenges faced.......................................................13
Produce detailed and coherent reflection of own abilities and skills during interview process
..............................................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
The term Professional Development is used in wide area of context in development with
the help of training programs, professional learning so that improvement could be made in
professional knowledge of an individual (Brooks, 2016). Holiday Inn is chosen as the company
to complete this assignment which was founded in the year 1952 and is headquartered in
Buckinghamshire, London. It provides their customers with services such as accommodation,
lodging, food and many more services for their satisfaction. In this report, the coverings will be
related to key benefits of ongoing development for stakeholders and competency expectation of
employers. Additionally, it will provide skills for job role, theories for personal and professional
development along with the development plan to improve some skills. Lastly, it will include job
interview and reviewing of strengths and weaknesses of applied interview process.
LO 1
Examine the key benefits of ongoing professional development for different stakeholders within
Holiday Inn
On-Going Professional Development practises includes practises such as conducting
events, seminars, training programs and many more practises so that their knowledge and skills
related to their specialisation could be improved. The key benefits of On-Going Development for
different stakeholders in Holiday Inn has been provided as under:
Benefits to Employees:
 With the help of providing employees with ongoing professional development, it will be
possible to make improvement in their motivation level because their increased efficiency
in work will help in increasing their motivation (Cruess, Cruess and Steinert, 2016).
 The increased efficiency of employees in relation to the work will impact upon them
positively as this will help in increasing their job as well as personal satisfaction.
Benefits to Employers:
 The increased efficiency of employees with the help of providing them with ongoing
professional development programs, employer will be able to achieve competitive edge
over their competitors.