Research Methods for Professional Practice

Research Methods
for
Professional Practice

Table of Contents
.........................................................................................................................................................1
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................1
Part one: Reflective CPD (continuous professional development)..................................................1
Part three: Project proposal..............................................................................................................6
i) Scope, Objectives and Risk .........................................................................................................6
Log to record achievements in relation to the project......................................................................9
ii) Sources and use of Knowledge ................................................................................................14
Research and apply appropriate knowledge.........................................................................14
Evaluate legitimacy of all sources........................................................................................15
Relate knowledge to appropriate work-based examples......................................................16
Justify all recommendations made.......................................................................................16
iii) Ethics, Legal, Social, Security and Professional Issues...........................................................17
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................17
References......................................................................................................................................18

Introduction
Professional development is considered as process of learning in order to develop or
maintain professional credentials and for this a person can adopt numbers of methods such as
attainment of conferences, formal coursework, informal opportunities of learning and many more
(Bertrand and Hughes, 2017). By conducting professional develop a person or employees can
enhance their skills, capabilities and knowledge on the regular basis which help them in
performing quality work in effective manner. The main aim of conducting this report is to
conduct professional development of a person who is mechanical engineer and want to make
career in manufacturing industry. For this they adopt different methods i.e. development of CPD
plan (continuous professional development), evaluation of achievement or learning log and
detail study of scope, objective and risk. Along with this it will also include ethical, social, legal,
security and professional issues which faced during the profession development. Through this
evaluation a person able to measure effectiveness of continuous development plan by which they
can develop effective or bright career.
Part one: Reflective CPD (continuous professional development)
Continuous professional development is considered as procedure of training and
development of professional knowledge as well as skills by adopting interactive, independent
and participation based learning (Cheung, 2016). In past I gain some experience in automotive
manufacturing industry which could be beneficial for me in order to building career in the same.
Company in which I gain my past experiences and achievements is Volkswagen which is one of
the leading automotive company which manufacture and sales automotive vehicles and its parts.
While I am conducting work their I go through several ups and downs at that time I able to get to
know that some of my skills that denotes my strengths and some are weaknesses. Below table is
given related to strong and weak skills which I get to know at similar industry:-
Skills which denotes strength Skills which are weak
I have effective technical skills, problem
solving skills, interpersonal skills,
collaboration skills and many more.
My skills in which I am lacking behind are
mathematics, communication, lean
manufacturing skills, fabrication technology
and many more.
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Currently I am perusing my master's studies so that I can develop my career for the
position that I want to grasp in manufacturing industry as a mechanical engineer. For that I am
planning to enhance my weak skills in future after accomplishment of studies so that I can
develop career in the similar sector. Moreover for that I am developing Continuous professional
development plan, which is given below:-
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Plan
Identifying
learning
needs
Define
expected
learning
outcomes
Identify
learning
activity
Resources Timescale Communication Evaluation
Mathematic
s Skills
If I want to
develop
career in
manufacturi
ng industry
it is
essential for
me have
mathematic
s skill
because that
will help
me in
conducting
statistics as
well as
calculus in
effective
manner for
attainment
For
enhancing
this skill I
can
conduct
implement
formal and
informal
activities.
According
to formal
activity I
can attain
structured
course and
technical
training
that how
maths will
use in
Resources
which I
required to
enhance
my
mathemati
cal skill
are mentor
or trainer
who teach
me maths
and its
implicatio
n.
Moreover
I also
required
funds and
time for
conduct
23rd
December
2019 to
25th March
2020.
In order to
enhance this skill
I need to conduct
communication
in both oral as
well as written
form. This is so
because this will
help me in
enhancing skills
in effective
manner.
This skill is
included in
the
Continuing
Professional
Developmen
t plan
because it is
one of the
my skill in
which I ma
lacking
behind and
it is
essential for
me to
enhance this
skill. This is
so because
through it I
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of goal. respective
sector.
Further in
respect of
informal
activities I
can
conduct
reading so
that I
enhance
my
knowledge
.
course in
proper
way for
enhancing
skill.
can conduct
statistics
and calculus
practices
effectively
and
successfully
.
Communica
tion Skills
To develop
career in
manufacturi
ng industry
as a
mechanical
engineer I
need to
enhance my
communica
tion skill so
that I can
train other
engineers in
effective
manner. It
will also
In order to
enhance
respective
skill I can
conduct
various
practices
or
activities
such as
peer and
profession
al
interaction
so that it
will help
me in
For
enhancing
this skill I
required
resources
like time,
reading
books,
participati
on in
debate,
attain
meeting,
taking
classes of
public
speaking
30th
December
2019 to 2nd
February
2020.
For improving
similar skill I
need to do both
oral as well as
written
communication
because it will
help developing
communication
skills in more
proper way.
The
respective
skill is
include in
Continuing
Professional
Developmen
t plan
because
when I will
work at
manufacturi
ng industry
as a
mechanical
engineer I
need to
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