Professional Identity and Practice Assignment
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PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY AND PRACTISE
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3PART A ..........................................................................................................................................3Overview of the organization. ...............................................................................................3Skills required for specific job roles. .....................................................................................3Benefits of undertaking professional development................................................................4Different learning theories of professional development.......................................................4Evaluation of own skills and abilities and competencies.......................................................6Development approach to enhance own professional development.....................................10PART B .........................................................................................................................................10Development plan to identify need of learning and training................................................10PART C .........................................................................................................................................12Detail reflection of interview process for Human Resource Manager post.........................12CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15INTRODUCTION
Travel and Tourism industry include various fields such as transportation, travelling, foodservice, planning for events, lodging etc. The services of this industry depends upon income ofcustomers. Tourism is a major source of earning income for various countries. Professional development refers to continuous learning through different methods such ascoaching, mentoring, supervision etc. There are various formal and informal methods ofprofessional development. It helps in improving the skills, job satisfaction, morale of employees.Professional development helps to improve the knowledge of teacher, educators etc. Personaldevelopment refers to development of talent, improving quality of life of employees, buildinghuman resource etc. PART A Overview of the organization. Travelodge Hotels Limited is a type of private limited company. It belongs to Hospitalitycompany. It was founded in 1985 and its headquarter is in England, U.K. The owners ofTravelodge are Goldman Sachs, Avenue Capital Group etc. It operates approximately 560 hotelsin various countries such as Ireland, U.K., Spain etc. It offers services to various categories ofcustomers (Hildebrand, 2018). The targeted segment of customers include businessman, familiesetc. The hotel provide good facilities, comfortable furniture etc. It has good environment and theprocess of checking in and out of the hotel is very easy. It aims to offer quality services for theprice paid by the customers. In 170 hotels there are coffee shops, Bar Cafe etc. Travelodgeprovides different types of rooms to customers such as upgraded rooms, super rooms etc. Itemploys employees from diverse culture. There are full-time as well as part-time employeesworking in the hotel.Skills required for specific job roles. Skills and competencies required for various job positions are as follows-Hotel General Manager- The general manager of the hotel ensures that all the operationsrelated with accommodation, lodge etc. was running effectively. The major responsibilities ofmanager are managing human resource, handling matters related with finance etc. Generalmanager of Travelodge must have management skills, business skills etc (Bharwani and Talib,2017). Executive chef- Executive chef of Travelodge is responsible for performing operations relatedwith food preparation in hotel, restaurant, and other places where the hotel serves the food. They
supervise chefs, employees that are working in kitchen etc. They must have managerial skills,cooking skills etc (Chou, 2017).Housekeeper- Housekeeper of Travelodge are responsible for ensuring cleanliness in entirehotel. They clean rooms, beds, toilet etc. Housekeeper of the hotel must be physically fit so that,they can easily lift heavy items (Korthagen, 2017). Benefits of undertaking professional development.Professional development of employees refers to providing adequate training anddevelopment opportunities to the workers of the organization. So that, skills of employees willimprove and they will succeed in their career. Professional development of employees provideopportunities for promotion.Personal development include all the activities that aims to improve the potential ofemployees, quality of life and help the employees to achieve the objectives. There are variousbenefits of undertaking continuous professional and personal development they are as follows-Professional development of employees through training and development help inreducing the absenteeism of employees from their workplace. Professional and personaldevelopment of employees help to improve the level of confidence of employees. Throughprofessional development, right skills will be developed that help the employees in becomingmore and more efficient.Different learning theories of professional development.There are various learning theories that helps in personal and professional developmentof employees they are as follows-Kolb's learning model-
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