Audit and Personal Development Planning Report

This report discusses the audit and evaluation of key skills, individual development, personal development research and planning. It explores the role of individuals in a group in raising funds for Brain tumour charity and highlights various skills such as communication, teamwork, research, planning, decision making, problem solving, and organization. The report also includes the use of Gibbs' Model of Reflection to reflect on the experiences and learnings from the project.

Skills Audit & Personal
Development Planning Report

Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................3
2.0 AUDIT AND EVALUATION OF KEY SKILLS....................................................................3
2.1 Individual Development...................................................................................................3
Being a student I have taken participate in various project through which I enhanced my
performance. This project helped me to learn various methods through which funds can be
gathered for Brain tumour charity and affected people can be provided as required support
and funds. This will assist me in future in such a way that I can easily collect funds and
participate in charity..........................................................................................................3
2.2 Individual Skills................................................................................................................4
2.3 Individual development with example.............................................................................5
2.4 Individual contribution and overall team performance....................................................5
2.5 Gibbs' Model of Reflection..............................................................................................6
2.4 Support of Above.............................................................................................................7
3.0 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND PLANNING...........................................7
3.1 Employment skills for business students..........................................................................7
3.2 Areas to develop skills......................................................................................................7
3.3 Opportunities to learn and develop...................................................................................8
3.4 Areas for development and avenues for improvement.....................................................8
4.0 CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
APPENDICES...............................................................................................................................11
a) Personal development Plan..............................................................................................11
b) CV....................................................................................................................................12

1.0 INTRODUCTION
Skills are defined as those capabilities and abilities which are learned with the help of
systematic and thoughtful efforts in order to carry out a job or other complex activities so as to
solve that with innovative idea or people. This can be bifurcated into general and specific skills.
This report is based on team and group where the individual is able to learn development and
skill in order to raise funds for Brain tumour charity so as to help people who got affected from
the disease. The report is divided into two parts, the first part carries development of skills and
the second part covers role of individual in a group in the process of raising funds. Further the
report includes explanation of various skills such as communication, teamwork. At last Gibbs’s
model of reflection is used so as to know about experience of individual and research of personal
development (Anvari-Moghaddam and et. al., 2017).
2.0 AUDIT AND EVALUATION OF KEY SKILLS
This is essential for individuals that they work in a team in order to exqamine their skills
with the view to develop them. This project is allocated to team so as to examine skills and
capabilities of each individual through which their knowledge can be developed which assist the
team in enhancing their overall performance. The Gibbs’s model is used to take out experience
of other in the form of feedbacks with the view to improve any loophole if found. This group
project helped me in my professional and personal development and progress. With the help of
this I examined the strengths and weaknesses which exist in me so as to audit skills for the
wellbeing of the organisation. (Bernard, 2017)
2.1 Individual Development
Being a student I have taken participate in various project through which I enhanced my
performance. This project helped me to learn various methods through which funds can be
gathered for Brain tumour charity and affected people can be provided as required support and
funds. This will assist me in future in such a way that I can easily collect funds and participate in
charity.

2.2 Individual Skills
This exercise assists me in enhancing my performance as I came to know about my weak
points. Similarly I emphasised on my strengths to that I could carry out the assigned task in an
appropriate manner. Skill audit is having various parts which are explained as under:
Teamwork- Being the team of the project of Brain tumour charity, the team was required
to work as a whole in order to accumulate funds. For this team is required to be delegated task in
an effective and proper manner (Ceri-Boom and et.al., 2017). As I have strength that without any
support I can complete my task and manage the whole team in a perfect manner. So I managed it
very effectively so that to minimise conflicts due to which the productivity of the team was so
high.
Communication- In order to attain goals in an effective manner, the member of every
team is required to have efficient communication with their team members. Being a team leader I
established communication between team members so that they can communicate to me directly
when they have any problem and they need my assistance. With the help of this skill without any
ambiguity I was able to delegate task to each and every team member.
Research- This skill is essential so as to find some more in some activities or situation.
With the help of research Brain tumour charity I was able to get to know about those areas where
our team is able to position their strategy so as to gather as much possible funds. This helped my
team to perform in a better way due to which we would help high in charity.
Planning- As being a leader plans and policies were made in advance so as to meet the
objectives. For the entire team member it is required to emphasise on each and every aspect so as
to attain the decided goals in a considerable manner. This is my strength that I am able to make
feasible plans which can be accessed by each and every team member.
Decision making- The group exercise is wholly based on collecting funds for Brain
tumour charity so for this on various aspects the higher authority is accountable to make
decisions. So for the process of decision making all the decision were taken by me which are
stick to the final goals of the project. By reacting in a prompt manner at all aspect made the team
more effective and productive (Chapsal and Vilain, 2019).
Problem solving- This skill is the most essential skill which is required in an individual.
There are high chances of conflicts in the team and leader is responsible to hear and solve each
and every problem. I found that team is not having appropriate skill to solve problem by own

aptitude. So it is required to develop this skill on each and every individual so as to get solution
at ealiest stage which will lead to have high productivity in the project and team as well.
Organisation- All the activities are required to be organised in such a manner that all the
skills can be utilised and task can be accomplished in a considerable way. Due to confusion in
work priority I lacked behind this skill and to improve this I tried to delegate task by keeping all
the available resources in my mind so that in current situation the goals can be achieved in
effective way (Cooper and et. al., 2017).
Time Management- The assignment which are given in a group are required to be
completed within the given specified time limit. Being a team leader lack of time management
skill will lead the tasks undone on the deadline. In order to find out the loop hole in this skills,
old data are required to be analysed so that to find out the gaps.
2.3 Individual development with example
With the view to enhance skills and knowledge this project is helpful in that aspect. Every
individual is having some strength and weaknesses for example: due to mismatch of thoughts the
team may have group conflicts. So in order to deal with these conflicts, feedbacks were taken so
as to solve the issue and to obtain advices from others. This helped the individual to focus on
their own work. I have obtained feedbacks form the team members so that to take out honest
opinion so as to manage tasks as according to my skills. These helped me in the project to gain
high efficiency and productiveness. On the other hand I analysed about my skills which needs
improvements so being a leader I am required to enhance them so as to give instructions to my
subordinates (Eide and et. al., 2018).
2.4 Individual contribution and overall team performance
Each member of the group given their contribution so as to finish their assigned task,
which is related to gather funds for Brain tumour charity. Before starting the project job role
were assigned to each and every member so that they can execute them a give good outcomes.
As per the skills and knowledge contribution of each individual is given to the project which
helps the project to get finished within given time frame. In order to enhance performance work
should be delegated in an appropriate manner.
Belbin theory is used so as to determine personality within various characteristics and
behaviour of all the persons who are working in the organisation. This theory helped me to
recognise my capabilities and skills which is helpful to attain high efficiency in the project. The

work should be delegated by me on the basis of skills and knowledge. On the other hand, team
should be managed in such a manner that they work to achieve overall project objectives.
2.5 Gibbs' Model of Reflection
This model was propounded in 1988 by Graham Gibbs which is the sum of structure that is
to be learning from the experiences. The stages of this model are explained as above:
Description- Under this stage work was assigned by me for the project of helping people
who are having disease of Brain tumour. This is the first time when I was working as a team
leader for attaining this type of objective. At the time of assigning duties, I faced negative and
positive face of experiences. In the beginning when I was appointed as a team leader, I have
given the responsibility to monitor the work which is done by others so as to take out better
results. In the initial stage it was difficult for me but late on I managed my team member and got
better results which helped me to enhance overall productiveness (Engelbrecht, Yasseen and
Omarjee, 2018).
Feelings- Under this stage both negative and positive aspect was shown by the team
members for assigned duties and responsibilities. The positive attitude was seen as some of the
team members were keen to learn new experiences but on the other side some team members
were not ready to face challenges. Furthermore, it was a great experience which boosted
confidence in me and enhanced by knowledge and skills due to which I was able to cop up with
my nervousness. As it is not an easy task to obtain funds form the population which is a charity
to Brain tumour disease, so in initial times I was nervous but late on with my high confidence I
dealt with this.
Evaluation- In this stage I analysed that various things were having positive and negative
impact on my project. The positive impact was that I was able to enhance my skills and negative
impact was that I was having unsupported co-workers. Each of the co-worker was much focused
on their own objective rather than focusing on the project so in this way the project lead me to
face both negative and positive experiences.
Analysis- Under this step, analysis is executed so as to check that whether the goals and
aims have been achieved for which the project has been initiated. As the passage of time all the
difficulties were eliminated and then all the members have started to contribute their level best.
The team realised the power of team work due to which the goals were achieved in the given

time frame (Graesser and et. al,, 2018). This analysis helped in correcting those mistakes which
were seen in the process of the project.
Conclusion- From the project I have learned various things which helped me to enhance
my personal and professional career. Each and every member of the team was fully enthusiastic
to learn new things which are helpful in having high growth. I enhanced some of my skills such
as team work, leadership, communication skills and many more.
. Action Plan- This is the end stage of Gibbs’s model, where same project in future date
will be assigned to me so as to get high efficiency and productivity. With known knowledge I am
able to perform that task in a considerable and efficient way which will lead to me to attain
objectives in an early time.
2.4 Support of Above
With the view to enhance project work which is to assemble funds for Brain tumour
charity, I can obtain feedbacks from my team members and other volunteers. Feedbacks are
helpful so as to get to know about view point of others so as to get better results and enhanced
efficiency.
3.0 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND PLANNING
3.1 Employment skills for business students
There are numerous employment skills for the business students which are essential for
them to attain objectives of the assigned projects. Employment skills are listed below:
Dedication- Dedication is the major skill which is required by business student so this
may help them to perform their task in effective and efficient way. Dedication is representation
of capabilities and motivation in the project which is assigned to the students.
Coordination- Within organisation, coordination is the required skills in business
students. This is helpful for them to be in a team and to perform with support of each and every
member (Karangelos and Wehenkel, 2016).
3.2 Areas to develop skills
Strength and weaknesses are the set of skills possessed in an individual. Strength works as
catalyst while weaknesses are required to be controlled so as to get good results. Which are
explained as under:

Research- Continues research is required to perform so as to enhance research skills. For
this research is being conducted in a short span of time so that to get proper information and
accurate data. Research is an activity which can be improved after every attempt. Research is
performed for so as to get funding for the pertaining project (PLANNING, 2018)
Problem solving- In order to develop problem solving skills, various books and
newspaper was read by me. Similarly by taking feedbacks the problems may have critical
solution.
Organisation- The report is focused on getting funds for Brain tumour charity so as to
support the people who are suffering from this. So the project can be completed by delegating
work in such a way that this may be delegated as per the skills and knowledge.
Time Management- This is an important skill under which time is to be managed that
means the short term goal is to be made as according to the time set. In order to manage time, the
leader is required to monitor work performed by their subordinates so that it can be completed
within stipulated time.
3.3 Opportunities to learn and develop
Brain tumour charity is willing to raise funds for those people who are having this disease.
So for this they have opportunity to analyse market and enhance research skills so that tasks can
be managed in a considerable manner. The opportunity to learn and grow is high for the
individuals who are in the project. They have developed the skill to use resources at the optimum
level.
3.4 Areas for development and avenues for improvement
The scenario is focused on capturing funds for Brain tumour charity that assist individual
to enhance their own skill and personal development. The areas which are there is the project are
required to be enhanced in an efficient way. The areas are explained as under:
Research- The handling of data should be improved in such a manner that the data get no
alterations in the processing and will be analysed without any error. In the process of obtaining
results from ten researched data, it should be handled in a proper way so that goals can be
achieved within time frame and funds can be acquired for the purpose in which project is
introduced (Swales and Heard, 2016).
Problem solving- In this, improvement is introduced within each and every area so that
problems can be analysed at an early stage. Under this critical thinking is to be developed so that

any problem can be assessed by the leader and solved within that time in so that functions of the
project do not face any negative effect. With the help of appropriate problem solving technique,
the funds can be raised by Brain tumour charity for helping those people who are having this
disease (Prasad, 2017).
Organisation- Under this skill, the task is segmented in the manner in which each the
person will get task as per their knowledge and capabilities. Similarly the works should be
segmented on the basis of priority hold by it. In this project of raising funds for Brain tumour
charity, the task should be divided in a manner that maximum funds can be collected by each and
every individual. This will help the individual in attaining the goal in an effective manner.
Time Management- For this skill the time should be managed so that the given task can
be completed in the given time frame. With the help of effective time management skills the
funds can be raised in the appropriate manner and patients can be cured with the collected funds.
4.0 CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that individual is required to have skills like
time management, knowledge so as to complete group excising of any project and to attain
maximum efficiency and productiveness. The report is helpful in taking out benefits of
individual as well as team performance. The experience of individual is explained with the help
of Gibbs’s model and with the help of summary of the skills required skills are analysed so as to
develop those during tenure of the project in order to get highest efficiency in the project.

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APPENDICES
a) Personal development Plan
Personal and Professional Development plan