Professional Identity and Practice: Benefits, Skills, and Development

PROFESSIONAL
IDENTITY AND
PRACTICE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Company overview......................................................................................................................3
Identify the benefits of on-going professional development.......................................................4
Identify professional employer expectation of skills for desired job role...................................5
Determine personal skills, abilities and competencies for specific job role................................6
Identify the learning theories and approaches for personal and professional development........7
Create a development plan for improving skills..........................................................................8
Design and undertake job interview for chosen service industry..............................................11
Determine the strengths and weakness for applied interview process......................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Professional identity and practice is a process of improving skills, knowledge and core
capabilities of a person for performing a specific job. The process of personal and professional
development is continuous which helps in developing required skill set according to the dynamic
business environment (Büyükgöze and Gün, 2017). The components of personal and
professional development involves- orientation, critical thinking, professional socialization,
mentoring, perception and experience of an individual (Cameron and Grant, 2017). The process
of personal and professional development supports in determining the professional self-concept
which includes different factors such as- believes, motives, attributes and experience.
Marriott International is an American multinational corporation that functions all over the
world and provides a variety of services to its clients, including lodging and housing services as
well as other services in the hospitality sector. The company's headquarters are in Maryland, and
J. Willard Marriot and Allice Marriott created it.
The aim of this report is to identify the benefits of professional development in terms of
improving an individual's abilities and competencies for executing certain job duties and
responsibilities, as well as meeting all of the organization's goals and objectives. The study
focuses on several learning theories that may aid in the growth and structuring of a career, as
well as the creation of a personal development plan and skill enhancement techniques. The
project outlines the interview process in the hotel sector, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
TASK
Company overview
Marriott Hotel is a multinational business that delivers great hotel rooms, dining services,
and better customer experiences to its global clients. The hotel chain was established by J.
Willard Marriot and Allice Marriott in the year 1927 in Washington. It is a public company
which deals in hospitality industry under the name of Marriott Corporation. There are several
subsidiary hotels and resorts which are operated under the global hotel chain Marriott, some of
the subsidiaries are- Westin hotels and resorts, Sheraton hotels and resorts, Le Meridien and
many other hotels. The company offers wide variety which operates through franchises, licenses
lodgings including hotel, residential and timeshare properties.

Identify the benefits of on-going professional development
Professional development is a continuous plan of developing and enhancing skills and
knowledge that can be helpful in performing the specific job roles and responsibilities. The on-
going professional development brings many benefits which are outlined below:
Benefits of on-going professional development for employees
 Updated skills- The ongoing professional development brings an opportunity for
employees to enhance the skill set and keep their skills updated as per required job role
which will help them in performing the activities and responsibilities of the job
accurately and efficiently and meet performance standard (Carrillo, Baguley and Vilar,
2015).
 Enhance productivity- The ongoing professional development is an approach which
helps in enhancing the performance and productivity through which they can perform
their assigned job roles and responsibilities effectively and make sure that all the assigned
activities are performed up to the performance standards and such approaches increases
the productivity of an individual.
 Better credibility and confidence- The ongoing or continuous professional development
process is a source of enhancing credibility, accountability and confidence of employees
which is helpful in encouraging employees to participate in the organisational task and
meet all organisational objective which also create an opportunity for employees for
better career and professional growth opportunities.
Benefits of on-going professional development for employer
 Incline in employee engagement and retention rate- The on-going professional
development process helps employer to enhance the performance of their employees
through which they can they can increase the engagement of their employees and lead to
higher employee retention rate (Connolly and et.al, 2018). The process of personal and
professional development helps to regularly monitor the performance of their employees
through which they can willingly participate in managerial activities and organisation can
retain more talented employees that can be helpful for enhancing the organisational
competitive brand image.