Professional Identity and Practice

Professional Identity and
Practice
(LO1&2)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO1..................................................................................................................................................3
An evaluation of the key benefits and importance of on-going professional development. 3
Investigation of Professional Employer Expectations of Skills and Competencies...............5
LO2..................................................................................................................................................6
Critically evaluation of own skills and competencies............................................................6
Range of Learning Theories and Approaches........................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Professional identity and practices are termed as such processes that are helpful in
developing skills and competencies of individual so that their knowledge can be enhanced and
personal goals can be attained. For an individual, gaining professional identity is very important
as this lead them to enhance their living standard. With the help of enhanced knowledge person
may be satisfied towards their job and duties along with gaining career establishment. This
report is providing an understanding related with different dimensions of professional identity
(Cruess, Cruess and Steinert, 2019). The Rosewood London has been taken as the organisation
and hotel supervisor is undertaken as job role. Rosewood is a five star hotel situated in London
under which they have prominent number of employees those are having specific skills and
with the help of these skills business operations are being managed by the business. This report
is associated with self-learning and directed approach so that individual may analyse their own
skills for gaining development approaches.
LO1
An evaluation of the key benefits and importance of on-going professional development
Professional development is regarded as the process which is linked with various parties
and providing opportunities to various individual in order to satisfy their needs. This is regarded
as such learning methodology which is helpful in motivating individual and to manage their
professional credential as well. In service industry there are various steps which are required to
be taken so that professional development can be rendered which helps in gaining competitive
edge. For Rosewood London there are various stakeholders and they may have several benefits
from the business and the same are elaborated as under:
Benefits to employer: In the context of professional development process this is being
observed that employers are directly linked as they are the one who is associated with
organising these aspects. For Rosewood London there are various benefits which are being
enjoyed by them and the same are elaborated as under: