(Doc) Assignment Sample: Personal and Professional Development

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Table of Contents
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................3
Task 1....................................................................................................................................................3
a) Approaches to self managed learning. Different learning styles and its benefits to individuals
(1.1)..................................................................................................................................................3
b) How to identify own learning and development method. How to encourage lifelong learning
in personal and professional context (1.2).......................................................................................4
c) Benefits of self managed learning to individual and organization (1.3)......................................4
d) One work based problem along with the solution (4.1)..............................................................5
e) Learning styles to be implemented in this situation and ways to communicate at various levels
(4.2)..................................................................................................................................................5
f) Time management strategies. Justification of suitable strategy (4.3)..........................................6
Task 2....................................................................................................................................................6
a) Skills require to meet organizational goals. Create a CV which reflects your skills (2.1)..........6
b) Personal and professional development needs. Identify the activities for meeting the
developmental activities (2.2)..........................................................................................................8
c) Identify the development opportunities required to meet current and future needs (2.3)...........8
d) Devise a personal and professional plan to achieve the intended goal (2.4)...............................9
e) and f) Activities required to implement the development plan (3.1). Document your planned
activities (3.2)................................................................................................................................11
g) Discuss your learning against the aims and objectives included in PDP (3.3)..........................11
h) Update the PDP based on feedback and evaluation (3.4)..........................................................11
Conclusion .........................................................................................................................................13
References..........................................................................................................................................14
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INTRODUCTION
Personal and Professional Development Plan is developed for an individual where in the
person has to specify the need for development activities and according to the same, activities are
required to be conducted. In such context, the present study has been describing different learning
styles and which one is often taken for development aspects. The study is also stating the benefits of
self managed learning to individuals in different aspects. Organizational problems have also been
mentioned in the study along with the ways to communicate it in different levels.
TASK 1
a) Approaches to self managed learning. Different learning styles and its benefits to individuals
(1.1)
The major approaches to self managed learning are internet, conference and training aspects.
I have been learning varied things through emphasizing on internet sources where in I get
information about different aspects. I also consider training and coaching aspects as that helps me to
acquire knowledge about varied dimensions (Personal Development - Techniques, Theories and
Opportunities, 2009). I prefer to learn things from Honey and Mumford style because it helps me to
gain better experience on different aspects. Among all the styles, I prefer to learn things by playing
the role of pragmatist. Apart from this learning style, I consider Vark model as well for
comprehending different things related to my job roles. The chief four modalities are visual,
auditory, hearing, kinesthetic and tactile; hence among all these styles, I prefer to go with visual
style because that helps me to conduct all my practices in adequate manner (Throop, 2010).
Learning styles Attributes Activities
Activist As per the style, people learn
things by doing it practically.
Role play, problem solving and
group discussion.
Theorist These learners like to
comprehend the theory behind
the actions and they prefer to
analyze new information in
logical order.
Emphasis is given on models
and application of theories
(Williams, 2014).
Pragmatist These people learn things
through proper experiments and
they believe in conceptual
framework (Tracy, 2013).
People learn things through
different case studies and
through having discussions.
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Reflector These people learn by
observing and thinking about
what happened.
Self analysis questionnaires are
developed along with coaching
and interviews.
b) How to identify own learning and development method. How to encourage lifelong learning in
personal and professional context (1.2)
I always emphasize to evaluate my own capabilities and for that I pay emphasis on self
analysis approach. I analyze my learning and development needs with the help of acquiring opinion
from the expertise and experienced trainers. In order to facilitate more development, I give
preference to self managed and lifelong learning (Sweitzer and King, 2008). It is essential for
people to get feedback consistently from the colleagues and other people so that the areas of
improvements can be found out. I will encourage lifelong learning by attending different learning
and coaching classes as that would also assist me to enhance my professional standards. Lifelong
learning can be encouraged through getting assistance from the expertise and also from those who
are experienced in specific area. I always try to attend training campaigns and events that give
knowledge about professional aspects. I emphasize on feedback as well and I make several
modifications after reviewing the feedback and areas of improvement.
c) Benefits of self managed learning to individual and organization (1.3)
Self managed learning is essential for an individual because it aids the person to learn
different things that are related to the personal and professional aspects. I have been managing my
own learning aspects and that helps me to develop wide range of skills and capabilities. Self
Managed Learning is a process in which individuals managing his own learning by taking initiative
to learn and being responsible for their own development (Silhanek and DeCenzo, 2001). Such kind
of learning is crucial and helps to improve the overall performance of the organization. There are so
many advantages of self managed learning to individual and a few are discussed in the below
section:
 For the purpose of improving the work efficiency the performance is measured by
executives; thus it helps individual to access the areas of improvements.
 It assists the individual to become competent as compared to others
 Learning is life long process in which individual requires focusing on initially marginal
issues related with the successful implementation.
 Individual can also develop management and other capabilities (Odro, Clancy and Foster,
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