Professional Identity and Practice at Tesco | Importance of Ongoing Professional Development | Skills and Competencies | Self-Evaluation Methods | Learning Theories | Development Plan | GB

This report emphasizes the importance of ongoing professional development, skills and competencies, self-evaluation methods, learning theories, and development plan at Tesco. It highlights the professional identity and practice in GB.

Professional Identity and
Practice (GB)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO1 and LO2: IMPORTANCE OF ON-GOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT...............3
Evaluation of the benefits and importance..................................................................................3
Skills and competencies in specific roles....................................................................................4
Self-evaluation methods..............................................................................................................5
Learning theories.........................................................................................................................6
Best development approaches to enhance...................................................................................6
Ongoing professional development.............................................................................................7
Skill Development.......................................................................................................................7
Critical evaluation........................................................................................................................8
LO3: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITHIN A SPECIFIC WORK CONTEXT. .8
Development plan to enhance chosen skills................................................................................8
Development plan for learning and development theory............................................................9
Comprehensive development plan...............................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
There are various beliefs as well as understanding that are oriented with respect to the societal
activities. The work functionalities are determined by how far every role is being able to evaluate
the practices of professional identity. This is known to be one of the theoretical construction that
is brought about by contacts of provision that can also emphasize upon variabilities that are
prominent in the selective society. The professional entities are determined by how far the
knowledge as well as the skills are oriented the professional culture integration is also a major
part in determining the standard and it can also relate to certain career that are a part of essential
professional identity (Pugh and Broome, 2020). The report will stress upon the professional
identity emphasing of various components that are a part of organisational conception. To
explain this in a deep orientation the organisation that is chosen in this regard is Tesco. Tesco is
one of the largest grocery retailers in United Kingdom and it is also known to be one of those
which is mechanised over technological implementations. The product as well as the facility that
is being provided by the organisation with respect to different groceries is said to be appreciable.
The professional development as well as the skill enhancement that is being tackled by the
organisation Tesco is explained in this report.
LO1 and LO2: IMPORTANCE OF ON-GOING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Evaluation of the benefits and importance
Professional development
Development of strategies: the professional development benefit will highlight the choice of
bringing about strategies that are necessary to improve personal development. This is necessary
in order to move ahead with the performance criteria which is one of the valuable asset for the
entire well-being.
Skill development: skills are an important part of every orientation and therefore the professional
development will bring in the appropriate skills that are necessary to expand over the network of
a place (Hildebrand, 2018).
Keeps you up to date: the current scenario that is happening in the present world with respect to
the changes that are to be made can therefore be updated with respect to the professional
development criteria of. There for this will have to be incorporated in order to move ahead with
the beneficial criteria to stay updated.

Personal development
Personal development is said to be one of those criteria that is necessary for individuals in order
to incorporate their standards. The benefits of personal development are as follows:
Help to discover personal life: personal life is important and it is also necessary to get to know
the concerns of life. This is one of the gratification that everybody usually inherited with respect
to the features of understanding their own ideologies.
Empowerment: personal development will bring about an empowerment which is one of the
necessary component in today's existence. More empowerment two people will help to sustain in
the society and that is what is important for any individual in order to win across the challenges.
Goal-setting: the importance of personal development is that it will bring about a beneficial
factor that would constitute an understanding and also probably rely over goal setting criteria.
This goal setting is necessary in order to demonstrate the possible motivation factors that are in
regard to a person's development.
Skills and competencies in specific roles
Human resources management: the skills that are incorporated in the human resource
management is to tackle with the people. Managing people is not just a small task to accomplish.
It is a mixture of every responsibility that will have to be highlighted. Therefore the skills that
are required will include communication as well as interaction which are necessary for human
resources manager to move ahead with all the speculations (Serin, 2017).
Production manager: the right amount of skills that are incorporated into the product manager of
the company Tesco will include the managerial skills as well as a proper knowledge regarding
the product descriptions. This is because in order to deal with the manufacturing of a product or
the product strategies it is also necessary that a complete set of information regarding the details
is mandatory. In this regard this is one of the academic skills that will have to be processed by
the manager.
Financial manager: the financial manager will have to deal with the competency of various
purchase as well as the cells that are oriented. Therefore in this regard the right skills that is
necessary is a numerical scale struck he or she will have to deal with the numerical methods that
are necessary to incorporate calculation which are a mandatory prospect.
Marketing manager: the marketing manager will have to deal with the set of promotional
activities that are to be incorporated by the company. The marketing manager will have to

evaluate upon the skills of deriving strategies that will empower promotional events. This is one
of the mandatory aspect that will have to be taken care about.
Self-evaluation methods
The Ofsted model: this is one of the self evaluation model that will bring about a high priority
profile. It is also necessary to compile different data based on the numerous models that will
become accessible to various individuals. This is necessary in order to bring about an infection
towards the right amount of skills that are falling in regard to a background check over the
organisation. The effectiveness of an individual in regard to the curriculum that is offered over
the organisational entity is what is being understood by this model. The existing skills can be
known and can be evaluated whereas a feedback which include satisfactory good and
outstanding prospects can be highlighted.
Ncsl/Becta matrix: this particular model of self evaluation will begin from evaluating all the
questions that are in charge of dealing with the competency. It is like a matrix structure where
there are certain questions that are to be answered according to an individual performance and
the review can be justified over the allocation of various conclusions (Earley, 2020). The needs
as well as the demands are and counted on a matrix questionnaire and that will highlight the
prominence of every generated assessment. This can be further divided into various segments
where the decision is based on evaluating the means of every answers.
Soft skills: Based on the self-assessment the soft skills that are highlighted are as follows:
Verbal communication: communication plays a prominent role and therefore as a part of self-
assessment this will have to be analysed and in organisational context this is one of the major
and a prominent role. Communication will help things to be sorted out easily and that is one of
the skills that can be incorporated.
Body language: body language is one of the prominent skills that will have to be maintained
while dealing with a personal interaction. This interaction will bring in a set of ideologies with
respect to a person or an individual and therefore the right body language will have to be
maintained by employees. In regard to the retailing factor that is Tesco here which step for the
body language plays a major role and highlighting the aspects of all the customers. Therefore,
while addressing them, it is necessary that body language will have to be fostered.
Hard skills: The hard skills that can be reflected over in this regard are as follows:

Data analysis: in retailing sector the data analysis is something that will have to be captured.
With this as one of the basic hard skills it can be utilised in analysing the set of statistical data
with respect to customers and their purchase.
Accounting: accounting is also one of the prominent skills that will have to be developed because
it is not until when accounting is done on a perfect basis that the financial professional cannot be
able to deal with all the speculations and negotiations of finances (Morozova and Kuzheleva,
2020).
Learning theories
Personal Development
Behaviouristic theory: learning theory that is in regard to personal development is a
behaviouristic theory. In learning process with respect to a personal or an individual the
behaviouristic theory will bring about all the behaviour that would highlight the standards of a
process which is into learning. This is a linked network where the behaviour management plays a
major role. Certain practices that are in regard to the personal development will have to be
categorised based on the behaviouristic approach and therefore this theory will stimulate the
various approaches that can be made in order to facilitate required knowledge or experience.
Professional Development
Social learning theory: this particular theory will bring about all the self-efficacy measures that
are necessary to extensively monitor teaching as well as the prospects of professional
development. In an organisation this professional development is necessary because it is not until
when people are oriented with the goals as well as the atmosphere of the organisation that they
get to learn things which are of major necessity. An integration towards the fact of organisational
benefits is also evaluated in this particular learning theory.
Best development approaches to enhance
Personal Development
Overcome fear: fear is one of the barrier that will prevent people from determining their
standard. This will have to be overcome in order to win over the growing as well as the
programming measures because the fear that is developed in an individual will not let them do
things that are necessary.

Learning something new: this is one of the best strategy in order to enhance of with respect to the
personal development criteria. Learning things will always provide with the right amount of
information that will help to cater the needs of organisation.
Professional Development
Understand challenges: the challenges that are pertaining with respect to the role that one is
operating in an organisation will have to be completely enhance. And understanding over the
challenges will have to be posted in order to move ahead with the opportunities (Haswell, 2017).
Derive strategies: when dealing with the role in the organisation it is necessary to implement
plan of action. This action plan will highlight the probable measures that are necessary for an
individual to implement and also to move ahead with.
Ongoing professional development
The ongoing professional development will bring in a career milestone that is necessary for
people to deal with the appropriate measures of inheriting the choice. It is also one of the
advantage in dealing with the training programs because the professional development is at the
perk of being the best. This is playing a major havoc in the present era where there are certain
metals that are raising in order to improve the career growth by providing opportunities. These
opportunities can be evaluated with growing competency and the positive morals that will have
to be taken care about why people. While playing the role of an employee it is necessary to
identify the needs and carry out with the planning prospects that would reflect upon a learning
criteria. This also improve personal development where the talent development can be fostered.
Skill Development
Personal excellence serval reflect over the skill development approach where the core skills will
have to be highlighted. This is a program where learning will be fasted and also it will start with
the ground level. Skills are to be harmless and evaluated. When a person is working in an
organisation it is a mandatory that the right amount of skills will first have to be learnt. In this
regard the training and development processes will be provided by the organisation which when
utilised in a perfect manner the person can shine (Bennett-Levy, 2019). Skills play a major role
and therefore a proper research is required in order to be a breakthrough challenges. There are
certain inside as well as perspective that will fall in regard to the accessible measures which can
be taken care about analysing skills. This breakthrough is the necessary in order to deal with the
learning program which is highlighted over various options. When going back to learning life

skills will be highlighted as a prominent feature and also the talent management criteria. The
change in talent management will bring about the right amount of skills that will have to be
inculcated. The best ways to develop the skills is to monitor the circumstances in the
organisation and to analyse the measures of being persistent.
Critical evaluation
It is necessary to evaluate skills and competencies. The advantage of evaluating skills is that one
can easily strive across challenges in the workspace. There are various barriers for a person in
order to move ahead with the prospect of development in an organisation. This professional
development is not promise unless and until a person win over the entire competencies and
derive the right amount of skills that are required (Dunn and Doolittle, 2020). The disadvantage
that is oriented with respect to monitoring the law skills that are a part of professional and
personal entity is that a person cannot be able to succeed in career. As a part of development of
the skills will play a major role and also the competency that is derived is to when all the barriers
along will stop if self assessment is required in order to make sure that skills are properly
enhanced and also initiate. A proper and handsome initiation will bringing the right set of
employment for professional growth and also in written it develops personality.
LO3: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITHIN A SPECIFIC
WORK CONTEXT
Development plan to enhance chosen skills
Personal analysis: personal analysis is required in order to move ahead with the improvement
that is necessary for an individual in order to win over the choices for Organisational entity. The
personal development will have to start from within after analysing the speculations and also
deriving measures in order to overcome them.
Personal objectives: setting personal objective is important in order to derive the goals as well
as accomplishing them. This will have a clear understanding about the strategies that are to be
Incorporated.
Planning: planning is one of the prominent criteria that will bring about a specific timeline and
the set of activities that will have to be achieved within this time and. This planning is necessary
in order to deal with the right amount of orientation that is required.
Smart objectives: the specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time bound mechanism that
is in regard to bring about the goal setting criteria will have to be analysed perfectly. It will also

help to understand the broad and general aspects and also set as a major milestone for growth.
The achievable standards will rely over denying their personal and self-improvement strategies
that would help a person to achieve goal within the stipulated time.
Development plan for learning and development theory
Prioritise business goals: the business goals will have to be priorities because the end
development strategy for proper orientation of what will have to be developed will have to be
first analysed.
Developing strategies: the strategies that are oriented in regard to bring about the right set of
ideas with the job role that a person is into is necessary.
Strengthening ethics and governance: a complete grip over the ethics as well as the
governance of the entire organisation is necessary. This can be derived with the right set of skills
that can be incorporated.
Promoting strong management: a strong management will have to be promoted in order to win
over the environmental aspects in the organisation. The strategies that are impeccable will derive
the possible standards of professional and personal development.
Evaluating target audience: the target audience will have to be first understood and therefore
an evaluation will have to be made with respect to the retailing factor. This is one of the
prominent features while working for a retailing company (Welp and et.al, 2018).
Comprehensive development plan
Clear and achievable targets: the clear is a life achievable targets that are in regard to bring
about the strategies into existence is derived. This is one of the basic plans because it is not until
when the set of identities are clear that a person can move ahead in terms of development.
Strategies: in comprehensive development strategies will play a major role. These strategies are
those that will highlight the prominence of learning as well as implementing. Learning the right
set of data and practicing get at all levels will also outline the different measures in gaining
knowledge.
Learning and training: organisational entertaining and training is said to be that criteria which
is the evaluated at all levels (Artyukhina and et.al, 2018). This is also one of the probable means
of approach where it directs the base of every criteria.

CONCLUSION
The report concludes upon highlighting the aspects of skill development along with professional
and personal development. Through this report one can easily understand the evaluation of
benefits as well as the importance of ongoing professional and personal development. The skills
and competencies that are being expected by an employer over the specific role in the
organisation is being evaluated. A critical evaluation over the own abilities and a self evaluation
model is also put forth in this report. The learning theories and approaches that are in regard to
the personal and professional development are considered in this report. Development
approaches in order to enhance your professional and personal development are explained in this
report. The ongoing professional development along with the competencies that are derived as a
part of appropriate development strategy is being highlighted in this report. A critical evaluation
of own skills and competencies is also put forth in this report. The professional development plan
along with various measures is highlighted in this report.

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