Self-assessment of skills and competences

Self-assessment of skills
and competences

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
L O 1................................................................................................................................................3
Key benefits of continuous professional development for various stakeholders.........................3
Employer expectation of skills and competencies within the organisation.................................4
L O 2................................................................................................................................................5
Assessment of own skills, abilities and competencies in relation with managerial position.......5
Review of learning theories for professional development process............................................6
Critical evaluation of own skills and competencies to meet expectation of employer................7
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................7
L O 3................................................................................................................................................8
Appropriate format of professional development plan................................................................8
Detailed development plan by applying learning and development theory.................................9
L O 4................................................................................................................................................2
Job interview for managerial position..........................................................................................2
Critical reflection of interview process........................................................................................2
Concluding statement...................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Skills means the ability to perform a particular task within a given time period. For
example – time management, leadership etc. Whereas, competency refers to sufficiency of skills
and knowledge that assist individual to act in different types of situations (Mendes and Machado,
2015). The Report is based on Travelodge Hotel Limited. The company operates in hospitality
industry. It was founded in year 1985. Headquarter of the hotel is located in England, UK. The
Report will outline value of on-going professional development for various stakeholders,
expectation of employer in respect of key skills and competencies, assessment of own skills and
abilities, different learning theories for professional development. It will also describe
comprehensive professional development plan, job interview, own strengths and weaknesses
during interview process.
L O 1
Key benefits of continuous professional development for various stakeholders.
On-going professional development refers to the procedure of providing training and
development of professional skills and knowledge through interactive, participation based and
independent learning.
There are various advantages of continuous professional development for stakeholders of
Travelodge Hotel. These are as follows -
For employees :
Management of the company should make efforts for continuous professional
development of employees as it will offer various benefits. The programmes for on-going
development will help to improve skills and knowledge that are required in workers for overall
development. These programmes will show that employees are being valued by the company that
helps to improve the level of job satisfaction. Moreover, professional development programmes
also helps to build confidence in workers. It will help Travelodge Hotel to retain talented
employees in the organisation for long period of time.
For management :
Professional development of workers greatly influences the practices of management in
relation with human resource. Continuous professional development of employees helps to

improve employee skills and abilities due to which supervisors of Travelodge will have to
exercise less supervision and control over workers.
For organisation :
Continuous professional development offers various advantages for the company.
Improvement in skills and abilities of employees will help business to improve productivity of
work that helps to increase the profits of company (Nguyen, Bevis and Lamborn, 2018).
For society :
Continuous professional development of the employees also offers various advantages to
the society. Talented and skilled workforce of Travelodge will help in optimum utilization of the
resources and they will also help to create positive impact of the activities of the firm on
environment and society.
Employer expectation of skills and competencies within the organisation.
The expectations of professional employer from human resource manager is as follows -
Employee relations -
It is one of the major competency that human resource manager must have in order to
perform different roles of HR Manager in the organisation. Employer of Travelodge Hotel
expects that employee should have ability to develop better working environment for all other
employees. They must have ability to manage conflicts among individuals or group.
Human Resource Information Software -
According to HR Payroll Systems the term Human Resource Information System refers
to the intersection of information technology and human resource through HR software.
Employer of Travelodge Hotel expects that person applying to the post of human resource
manager should have knowledge of operating HR software. They must know tools that are used
in maintaining HR payroll etc. (Jackson, 2015).
Communication skills -
Most of the jobs requires the ability to communicate effectively with insiders as well as
outsiders. Employer of Travelodge Hotel expects that manager of human resource department
should have excellent communication skills like understanding of proper grammar along with
legible handwriting is also essential.
Interpersonal skills -