Strategies for Skill Development and Lifelong Learning for Career Development

Manage yourself and others

Table of Contents
Manage yourself and others.............................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Question 1A Explain with a definition what is PDP and its importance in preparing the plan
for career development................................................................................................................3
Question 1B Strategies for skill development and lifelong learning enabling career
development for me and my team colleagues..............................................................................3
Question 2A High performance working developed by the effective management system........6
Question 2B high-performance strategies enable you to reflect on how you may work
effectively as part of a team.........................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
MAIN BODY
Question 1A Explain with a definition what is PDP and its importance in preparing the plan for
career development
Personal Development Plan (PDP) is defined as process of creating an action plan which
is based on awareness, reflection, goals setting values for personal development within the
context of career, relationship or for self – improvement (Rimmer, 2018). PDP plays an
important role in preparing the plan for career development as it helps in creating value for the
aspects of understanding the point of weaknesses and to eradicate them with the usage of proper
resources and time frame.
Personal Development Plan: Template
What are my
development
objectives?
What activities
do I need to
undertake to
achieve my
objectives?
What
support/resources
do I need to
achieve my
objectives
Target
date for
achieving
my
objective
s
Actual
date of
achieving
my
objectives
1. To improve
management skills.
Work within the
group and
perform activities,
frame a schedule
to plan overall
day work
activities etc.
Watching online
videos, reading
books, articles and
journals on
management.
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2. To enhance
Communication
skills.
Woking in groups
and teams,
communicating
Reading books,
journals, watching
online videos etc.
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with the other
individuals.
3. To improve
analytical skills.
Working in group
activities with
tasks, solving
problems within
management
structure of
company.
Online watching of
videos, reading
books, journals,
articles etc.
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SKILLS AUDIT TEMPLATE
SKILL TYPICAL DESCRIPTORS SKILL LEVEL
Low
High
SPECIFIC COMMENTS
Organisation
and time
management
Prioritising, dealing with
paperwork; interruptions;
planning your day.
1 2 3
4 5
I am able to prioritise my
work, deal with paperwork
but I am a little weak at
planning my day.
Decision
making and
problem solving
Ability to make decisions;
selecting suitable solutions;
analysis of appropriateness.
1 2 3
4 5
I am able to analyse the
appropriateness but there
are no decisions making
power in me. Rather I am
also good at selecting
suitable solutions.
Planning Leading teams; consulting
team members; task
allocation; objective setting.
1 2 3
4 5
I consult team members in
an appropriat4e manner for
the objective setting by
planning but I am unable to
lead the teams.