Academic Research Paper Analysis

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EMPLOYABILITY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Executive summary
The study contains four tasks out of which all the tasks are mainly concerned with promoting
professional as well as employment development in an organisation. The study effectively deals
about reflecting on current skills along with competencies, development of personal needs and
activities are assessed along with a formulation of a personal and professional development plan.
Task 2 displays various types of communication techniques along with their effectiveness and
demonstrating efficient time management. Task 3 regards to undertaking an analysis of team
dynamics and discusses the role played by the team as a whole or individual. Some alternative
ways to accomplish tasks and pursue goals are also illustrated in the study. Finally, task 4
support reviewing of methods and tools to develop problem solutions and appropriate strategies
to resolve any specific problem and evaluating potential impacts on an organisation by
implementing these strategies.
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Table of Contents
LO1..................................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Own current skills and competencies against professional standards and organisational
objectives.........................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Evaluation of own developmental needs and the activities required meeting them..................5
1.3 Personal and professional development plan.............................................................................7
1.4 Own development against the set objectives.............................................................................8
LO2................................................................................................................................................10
2.1 Communication in variety of styles and appropriate manner at various levels.......................10
LO3................................................................................................................................................15
3.1 Analysis of team dynamics and roles of people in a team.......................................................15
3.2 Discussion of alternative ways to solve problems of the organisation and to achieve tasks and
team goals......................................................................................................................................16
LO4................................................................................................................................................17
4.1 Reviewing of the tools and methods for developing solutions to problems............................17
4.2 Developing of an appropriate strategies for resolving a particular problem...........................18
4.3 Impact on the business on the implementation of the strategies.............................................19
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................20
References......................................................................................................................................21
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Introduction
The specifications in the Organisation are for the better support of the Organisational work. The
achievements of the Organisational success are achieved by the organisational workers. The
better achievement of the organisational work is proved by the proper selection of the
organisational workers of the organisation. The support of the human resource management is in
managing the skills of the organisational workers. The skill of the organisational workers helps
in the better understanding of the smooth development of the organisation. It is evident that the
use of the skills and the proper allocation of the workers of the Organisation in proper place
mark the better achievement of the success in the Organisation. The following work here
discusses on the personal skill and the better assessing of the opportunities to develop in terms of
the Organisation. It discusses the activities required to keep the skills of the Organisational
workers at its best. The following study has been carried out using an IT company in the
economy of UK named as Phoenix where I had worked for 3 years as a software programmer.
LO1
1.1 Own current skills and competencies against professional standards and organisational
objectives
Skills required Current
proficiency
Targeted
proficiency
Communication
skills
Good Excellent
Listening skills Good Excellent
Planning and
organising skills
Satisfactory Excellent
Leadership skills Satisfactory Excellent
Technology
knowledge
Satisfactory Excellent
Professional
knowledge
Great Excellent
Presentation great Excellent
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skills
Table 1: Skills and competencies
(Source: Learner)
1.2 Evaluation of own developmental needs and the activities required meeting them
Skills required Ways to achieve Evidence of
achievement
Time period
required
Communication skills Speaking in the
local understood
language.
Acquiring of the
knowledge from
coaching classes
Communicating
with the co-
workers with
ease
1st to 3rd week
Listening skills Being patient.
Performing
listening and
writing practice
in the workplace
Getting grasp of
the information
provided in the
meeting
4th to 6th week
Planning and organising
skills
Understanding
the information
and providing
proper work in
the Organisation
Making the
managers of the
Organisation
happy by
providing better
or planning
skills.
7th to 9th week
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Leadership skills Going through
motivational
books of great
leaders of the
world and
implementing the
ideas of the
leaders
Making the co
workers believe
in the objective
and the goals of
the Organisation
10th to 12th week
Technology knowledge Going through
the books and
daily updates of
the technology
would suffice the
needs of the
technology
knowledge
Providing
valuable
information on
technology
13th to 15th week
Professional knowledge Proper
understanding of
the facts and the
ideas of the
Organisation
would helps a lot
in developing my
professional skill
Giving excellent
ideas in terms of
the profession
knowledge.
16th to 19th week
Presentation skills Practicing the
presentation
value in the
office would
help in
developing my
skills in
Providing
excellent show
on the
presentation of
the ideas and
information
20th to 22nd week
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presentation
Table 2: Personal Developmental needs and activities
(Source: Learner)
1.3 Personal and professional development plan
Skills required Activities
required to
achieve
Resources I
require to
achieve my
objectives
Time period required
Communication
skills
Speaking in the
local understood
language.
Acquiring of the
knowledge from
coaching classes
Communicating
with the co-
workers with
ease
1st to 3rd week
Listening skills Being patient.
Performing
listening and
writing practice
in the workplace
Getting grasp of
the information
provided in the
meeting
4th to 6th week
Planning and
organising skills
Understanding
the information
and providing
proper work in
the Organisation
Making the
managers of the
Organisation
happy by
providing better
professional
planning skills.
7th to 9th week
Leadership skills Going through
motivational
books of great
Making the co
workers believe
in the objective
10th to 12th week
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leaders of the
world and
implementing the
ideas of the
leaders
and the goals of
the Organisation
Technology
knowledge
Going through
the books and
daily updates of
the technology
would suffice the
needs of the
technology
knowledge
Providing
valuable
information on
technology
13th to 15th week
Professional
knowledge
Proper
understanding of
the facts and the
ideas of the
Organisation
would help a lot
in developing my
professional skill
Giving excellent
ideas in terms of
the profession
knowledge.
16th to 19th week
Presentation
skills
Practicing the
presentation
value in the
office would
help in
developing my
skills in
presentation
Providing
excellent show
on the
presentation of
the ideas and
information
20th to 22nd week
Table 3: Personal and professional Developmental plan
(Source: Learner)
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1.4 Own development against the set objectives
On understanding the achievement of the goals in an Organisation I need to be evaluative and
descriptive regarding my need and requirement of the Organisational procedures of the
Organisation. To support my skills and the objective of the Organisation I need to follow the
SMART objective to determine my achievement out of the set skills presented above in the
assignment.
Specific I need to use clear and transparent language in
order to compete with the workers of the
organisation and to make the workers and the
co-workers of the organisation. I need to make
the problems and the issues of the
Organisational workers minimum. I need to
identify the people and objective involved. I
must identify the venue, reason and the
objective for the performing of the
communication in the Organisation.
Measurable I must be professional in understanding the
work of the Organisation and whether the
work of the Organisation is at all measurable
or not. I need to be evident in the process of
understanding the work is measurable or not. I
need to be clear in the assumption in an
achievement of the success and to be
achieved.
Active I need be productive in understanding in the
understanding whether the work of the
Organisation and the team is worth attainable
and achievable. I need to evident in
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understanding whether the performance is
better in position.
Reliable I need to be clear in understanding whether
the objective of the Organisation is well
relevant. I need to be evident in understanding
the values of the organisation in terms of the
long-term goals of the Organisation.
Timely I must be clear in the view of the performance
and the objective of the organisation. I must
be timely and must, maintain the time
properly for the better accomplishment of the
Organisational goal.
Table 4: SMART objectives
(Source: Learner)
LO2
2.1 Communication in variety of styles and appropriate manner at various levels
in order to demonstrate effective working condition in an organisation there needs to be clear
effective nature of the communication in every section of the organisation. According to the
words of Quendler and Lamb (2016, p.292), the achievement of the organisation is partly
depended on in the support of the organisational communication. However, there is a need in an
organisation to make the differences in the work of the workplace. The support of the
communication is of prime need, therefore of the organisation and the workplace of the
organisation needs to be effective in the process of supporting the needs of the organisation.
Through the opinions of Bozionelos et al. (2016, p.170), it is evident that the worker of the
organisation needs to be clear that the work in the assignment is in due consideration of the
communication.
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Communication style Evidence of
effectiveness
Advantages of
the
communicatio
n
Disadvantages of the
communication
Verbal
communication
The message
which uses the
voice in
transmitting the
signal in the
order of making
sense to the
receiver. The
support of the
organisational
workers in the
form of words is
generally called
as the verbal
communication
This type of
communication
helps in the
better flow of
the inflow of
the information
in a fast
manner. It does
not require
extra medium
other than the
carrier himself.
The words used in the form
of communicating are
ambiguous. The
communication can be
misled by the
organisational workers and
thus lead to the fall in the
smoothness of the
organisation
Nonverbal
communication
This type of
communication
uses symbols
and signs to
transmit
information to
one another.
Gestures body
languages in the
organisation can
be effectively
made use of the
The non-verbal
communication
in the
organisation
gives support to
the workers of
the organisation
in expressing
the views and
ideas smoothly.
Similar to the verbal
communication, the
nonverbal communication
in the organisation are
ambiguous. The nonverbal
communication can be
misleading to one and
leading to another.
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faster flow of the
information
Inter personal
communication
These types of
communication
are the
communication
which is
constructed in
between each
other, mostly
two.
This type of
communication
helps in the
greater sharing
of the views in
between two.
The relationship between
two people in the
organisation may harm the
smooth flow of the
information in the inter-
personal communication
Intra-verbal
communication
This type of
communication
provides extra
support to the
self in assessing
the advantages
and the
disadvantages
This helps in
the better self-
assessment of
the self.
It does not provide
information to other
effectively, like the other
communication levels of
the organisation
Public communication These are most
effective in
terms of sharing
the information
in front of large
mass of people
This type of
communication
helps in the
better support
to the large
mass of people
in the
organisation.
This helps in developing
relationship with the
customers and increase the
reputation and fame of the
company
Table 5: Communication styles and their effectiveness
(Source: Learner)
2.2 Demonstration of effective time management strategies
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Activities objectives Evidence
Avoiding
Multitasking
I need to identify the
skills in the
individuals in the
Organisation and
provide them with the
skills work in a basis
of knowledge to avoid
multitasking.
Avoiding of the
multitasking in the
organisation helps in
the better support of
the time management.
The Organisation shows smooth
development in the work and the
management of workers in a better form
Delegation of the
work smartly
I need to understand
the skill of the
Organisational
workers and must
provide a better
perspective of the
Organisation work in
terms of the skills of
the workers of the
Organisation.
In evidence of the activities, the
Organisation will show smooth
development in the organisational work.
Identification of the
priorities
I need to be clear in
the identification of
the priorities of the
Organisation. I need
to be transparent in
the understanding of
the objectives of the
On proper placing of the priorities in the
Organisation. The organisational workers of
the Organisation would be in better form of
getting the clear chance of success
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Organisation.
Minimisation of the
distraction
I need to be purely
clear of the
organisational
distraction. The
proper use of the
organisational time in
the organisation
would help in the
better avoiding of the
distraction in the
Organisation
The smooth operation of the Organisation
along with the better communication would
help in the better performance of the
Organisation
Managing of the
time properly
I need to be clear of
the time present in the
Organisation to fulfill
the needs of the
Organisation. The
support of the
Organisation and the
better use of the time
in the Organisation
provide must be used
properly
The proper managing of the time and the
better management of the resources in the
Organisation would result in the better
support of the organisational managers to
better understand the situation of the
Organisation
Breaking down of
the job in small
segments
I could efficiently
divide the work
among the employees
so that their interest
towards work would
be maintained and
hence reduce a loss of
motivation among
Through the specialisation or division of the
labour, less time would be consumed which
would increase the time availability and
productivity of the employees.
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them.
Table 6: Time management strategies
(Source: Learner)
LO3
3.1 Analysis of team dynamics and roles of people in a team
Providing success to the organisation depends upon the work of the organisational workers as a
whole and as a team. As per the suggestions of Dascalu et al. (2017, p.510), the achievement of
the organisation is only possible through the better management of the role of the organisational
workers.
Belbin team roles duly describe the need of the organisational workers as a hole in the process of
achieving success in the organisation.
The resource investigator in an organisation is the ones who bring in new ideas to the team for
the better development. Phoenix must have a resource investigator for the enthusiastic and
outgoing attitude in the organisation. However, it might be and disadvantage for the organisation
as dear overconfidence main result in the fall of the organisational smoothness in work.
According to the views of Sin and Amaral (2016, p.10), any individual needs to be a perfect
team worker who can identify work and complete the work on the behalf of the team. For
example, the Co-operative nature and the diplomatic perspective of teams help in the better
development in the performance while executing any project. However, there might be a
situation in the organisation which may lead to the fall of the confrontation mentality.
An organisation must have a coordinator in the organisation. They help the team worker in
delegating proper work to the workers. It must be kept in mind that they might be manipulative
in giving pressure. Phoenix group needs a plant that is good at solving problems in an
unorthodox way. In the opinions of Evers et al. (2016, p.242), they help in giving the
organisational members creative ideas and implementing those in practical life to solve problems
of the organisation. However, it must be kept in mind that the plant may get preoccupied with the
incidents occurring in the organisation. An organisation also needs a person who can make an
unbiased judgement in the team for the betterment in future, known as monitor evaluator. For
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example, monitor evaluator are sober and strategic in nature who judges every aspect of Phoenix
accurately.
Sometimes, the monitor evaluator may face problem in judgement due to lack of ability to
inspire others. Shaper in the Organisation have strong urge to perform better in the organisation.
According to the statements of Bennett (2016, p.100), in organisation deserve a shaper in order
to ensure the work of the organisation are terminated within a time period. However, it must be
noticed that the shape of the organisation are mostly emotional and may get attached easily.
An implementer is an important person in an organisation. They are the one who help the team
members of an organisation to implement the thoughts in a disciplined manner. In the viewpoints
of Jackson and Wilton (2016, p.15), it is evident that they mark the success of the organisation
by managing all the decision on the implementation of the plans and ideas suggested by the
workers of the organisation.
A team in an organisation needs a specialist, from every department who have immeasurable
knowledge regarding the department. The support of the organisational specialist is understood
at the point of getting information critically out of a situation. In the end, an organisation always
requires a complete finisher, who aims at the success of the work provided to the organisation.
As supported by Tsitskari et al. (2017, p.8), it is evident that the rise in the Organisational
success is based on the better performance of the complete finisher of a team in an organisation.
3.2 Discussion of alternative ways to solve problems of the organisation and to achieve
tasks and team goals
As per the suggestions of Jackson (2016, p.20), there is always a requirement in an organisation
to keep backup plans for the successful completion of any work even if critical situation strikes
in. the alternatives ways of resolving issues are as follows:
Effective communication:
Instead of one-way method of communication, two-way communication technique is applicable
for resolving conflicts. Through the implementation of two-way communication, the employees
can get to know about the feelings or thoughts of each other. In the opinions of González-Romá
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et al. (2016, p.89), both verbal as well as written communication techniques are intended to be
useful in knowing about the origin of the conflicts. For example, the employees used to exchange
ideas and opinions of resolving their issues or conflicts in Phoenix.
Performance strategies:
Performance oriented strategies extensively delineate the intentions of the team and their
tendencies regarding accomplishment of tasks. In words of Brekelmans et al. (2016,p.18), few of
the performance strategies include- prioritisation of objectives and goals, defining specific tactics
employed for achieving goals of the teams, developing unconventional strategies along with
contingency planning and delineating action plan required to address each task or activity. This
would evidently help the team to improve its performance reducing the conflicts among them.
Team charters:
The team charters are useful in laying out relevant plans for managing teamwork activities of the
teams. In other words, it could be referred to a guide throughout the work process. it would
efficiently help in achieving team goals and accomplish tasks. The several purposes behind the
formation of team charters include- clarifying expectations and roles of the team members,
specifying decisions when conflicts arise, setting up of feedback mechanisms, determining
strengths as well as weaknesses of the teams and identifying opportunities and stakeholders that
might support in achieving team goals. As per the words of Tsitskari et al. (2017, p.5), team
charters are developed either by team members or leaders.
LO4
4.1 Reviewing of the tools and methods for developing solutions to problems
According to the viewpoints of Smith et al. (2016, p.90), improvement of an organisation largely
depends upon the tools and the methods used for the mitigation of the problems in an
organisation. The support of the Organisational tools and the methods are of great importance as
it provide with information on the support for mitigating future problems. As per the statements
of Parhizkar and Comuzzi (2016, p.711), drive approach can be used for better measuring and
evaluating the problems in Phoenix along with the better understanding of the mitigation process.
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D- Defining of the scope of the problem and the identification of the measuring method of the
problem is the initial stage for the initiation of the tool. In the opinions of Vernon et al. (2016,
p.245), the stage defines the deliverable factors to be agreed upon by the managers of the
organisation. The stage helps in the identification of the scope of the problem and also helps in
the defining of the criteria by which the success will be measured by the workers of Phoenix.
R- Reviewing of the current situation of Phoenix along with the proper understanding of the
background of the situation is the prime aspect of the stage from the DRIVE approach.
According to the words of Fisher (2016, p.100), it is evident that the collection of the
information for the inclusion of the performance metrics is based upon the proper reviewing of
the situation. This stage also helps in the better understanding of the problem area in the
organisation.
I- Identification of the solution for the identified problems is the third stage of the approach. This
stage helps in the meaning of necessary changes in the improvement of the solution for the
mitigation of the problem in sustainable manner in Phoenix. As per the information provided by
Sutherland et al. (2016, p.520), identification of the solution and the improvements of the
solution is necessary for the organisation to make better chances out of the critical situation to
mitigate problems the organisation faces.
V- Verifying the improvements identified for the solution of the problem is another necessary
step that is marked in the approach. In words of Chang (2016, p.56), it is essential to verify the
improvement that has been identified for the solution to understand the effects that Phoenix will
be on the implementation of the improvements in the solution.
E- The end stage is the execution of the solution for the identified problem in Phoenix. As stated
by Prajogo (2016, p.246), the execution marks the implementation of all the ideas and the
improvements of the solution to make a difference in the organisation for a better future on a
smooth development.
4.2 Developing of an appropriate strategies for resolving a particular problem
If any problem persisting in the organisation regards to the ineffectiveness of communication
techniques then there are several ways to resolve this issue. In order to improve the
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communication skills and efficacy, the employees must be provided with a proper training and
learning session for few days and various lectures are to be given for acquiring correct
knowledge about communication. According to the opinions of O’Neill et al. (2016, p.390),
followed by the training session, the employees are to be tested on the basis of their
communication skills. Both verbal as well as written communication skills are to be checked by
the company managers of Phoenix. The other ways to improve communication skills include
availability of faster modes of communication to avoid any kind of hindrance or discrepancy
among them. Telecommunication as well as emailing services would effectively increase their
oral and written skills. In words of Parhizkar and Comuzzi (2016, p.710), accessing to the codes
of communication such that, employees might interact with each other by code accessibility
would be beneficial for them.
4.3 Impact on the business on the implementation of the strategies
Every business has its effect for the implementation of new strategies in the organisation. in the
opinions of Wirtz et al. (2016, p.50), the impacts of the implementation of strategies can be both
in form of negative and positive. The business management need to identify and evaluate the
positive out of the negative impact and need to implement those for the better future of the
organisation.
The implementation of new strategies accounts with advantages that helps in the making of a
proper framework for decision making the implementation of the strategies help desk top of
Phoenix to make proper operational decision for day to day operation of the organisation in a
single direction. As per the viewpoints of Lieder and Rashid (2016, p.45), the importance and the
advantage of implementation of strategy is also comes with the forcing of an objective
assessment in the organisation the objective assessment in Phoenix help and enabled new Board
of the directors and the senior management to take a step back from the day-to-day business to
think about the future of the organisation and the better sustainable development.
It is evident that the reason the objective assessment is provided to the organisation is because
the managers of the organisation are so engrossed in present that they miss out the future
prospective of the organisation which may lead to the fall of the organisation in near future.
Through the statements of Migdadi et al. (2016, p.666), it is known that the implementation of
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strategy is also act as a measurement of the process in Phoenix. It helps in the better
understanding of the situation of the organisation and creates measuring units for the
understanding of the development from a base point to the actual right position.
On the other hand the implementation of the strategies in the organisation main lead to a higher
anticipation by the organisational worker as the implementation of strategy alone does not make
any promises to the organisation. In the words of McAlister et al. (2016, p.220), the
implementation of the strategies in the organisation can also be expensive as they does not have
any future demarcation that would suggest their price and cost for the small business
organisation. The strategies implemented in Phoenix are mostly for the long term result on return
the organisation wishing for fast return or not so much benefited with the implementation of
strategies in an organisation. However, the strategies in an organisation can be amended and
changed in terms of the business development.
Conclusion
From the above work it can be easily concluded that the proper understanding of the cell school
and the professional objective helps in better determination and success of the organisation
working for. The work has described on the developmental needs and the activities required
meeting them in terms of the organisational process and objectives. It is evident from the above
personal professional development work that most of the skills required for the achievement of
success in the organisation is in a competitive range which would provide better opportunity if
exist outside the organisation. Moreover from the above work it is evident that the initialisation
of the activity plan provides better chance for understanding the death of the self appraisal in an
organisation. The work above has described the smart objective that an individual needs to
follow to maintain the minimum gap between on development and the set objective of the
organisation.
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