Developing a Personal and Professional Development Plan: A Report

This report delves into the realm of personal and professional development, emphasizing self-managed learning as a key approach. It explores various models, including Kolb's and VARK models, to understand diverse learning styles. The report identifies strategies such as social networking, internet resources, and seminars for self-improvement. Furthermore, it discusses the importance of consistent learning, cooperation, training, innovation, and a friendly environment. The report also presents a model of training, outlining its phases from analysis to evaluation, highlighting its benefits for individuals and organizations. Overall, the report offers a comprehensive guide to enhancing skills, fostering professional growth, and achieving personal development goals.

Personal and Professional
Development

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
The personal and professional development plan is formulated by an individual who
works with a teacher, or supervisor or mentor whom he or she described about goals and
objectives of learning and further devise strategies to accomplish them. In addition to this, it is an
alignment with professional program of study and it is always in written form to meet its
requirements. In this context, the approaches to self-managed learning will be identified. The
assignment will also describe activities, processes which are required to review and develop
personal and professional development plan. Own skills and abilities will also discover by
preparing personal and professional development plan. Eventually, evaluation and feedbacks that
are use of effective time management strategies will be made in this report.
TASK 1
1.1 Approaches to self-managed learning
Every person whether he/she is in working or not working start the self-monitoring plan
with his/her self assessment. A person done this whether he will be practices at the college or in
the university and also work in the career. This is using in the learning of various techniques and
strategies with the help of information and data collected in the research project. Any single
person can utilize many styles and approaches so that he managed himself and learn various
things which are as under:
 Social Networking approach – this is use for various strategy making and increasing
contact with different style of personality people. This type means social networking is
too much useful for making new relations. An individual is able to make new contact
easily and easily learn many things while he spends a lot of time on these social
networking sites. These websites and platforms helps in making various kinds of values,
places, culture and also helpful in increase the knowledge and preferences according to
him (Busse, Aboneh and Tefera, 2014).
 Internet – it is an effective source of data and information. There is information about
every topic on the internet and an individual can utilize his abilities to learn various
things. This is known as highly efficient method of self -learning as internet provides
relevant and useful information by one click on any topic or research.

 Conferences and Seminars – an individual is able to learn many things by this type and
observe various new elements and methods by using the conference and meetings with
people. This provides a big opportunity to every person for presenting his knowledge and
skills in right manner (Christie, Mullins and Tett, 2017). It is useful for improvement in
communication skills and talent in front of others and it will improvise knowledge as well
as give the best chance to others for developing and learning their various skills.
 The individual and family self-management theory (IFSMT) – It is describes the self-
management that it is a systematic process in which a person & family use beliefs and
knowledge, social facilitation and self-regulation abilities. Self-management is highly
consistent with the prevention of person centred outcomes and care coordination. David Kolb's Model – This model is produced by David Kolb and its learning theory
that set out four distinct learning styles. In this context, Kolb explains that different
people naturally prefer a certain single different learning style for their growth (Busse,
Aboneh and Tefera, 2014).
 Neil Fleming Vark model:. In this context, there are mainly four stages includes that are
discusses as: Visual, It refers as the individual would make analyses the visual power of
the individual and according to the performance marks would be given (Christie and
et.al., 2017). Second is Auditory, This must help to understand the listening skills of any
person. Third is Reading or writing, This is useful in demonstrating the writing and
reading skills of any person. Last is Kinaesthetic, It refers the ability to solve problems
with using individual experience or knowledge.
 Other platforms – in this method, a person can use skills to improvise his talent so that
he utilize in their life style. Every individual have many strategies to enhance his personal
development plan.
Self-management is the ‘individual’s ability to manage the treatment, physical, symptoms
and psychosocial consequences and life style changes. Self-management is a process of integral
to engaging the human behaviour.
VARK- this will be standing for V-Visual, A-Aural, R-Read or write and K-Kinaesthetic sensory
modalities which would be used for learning and reflecting upon the information. These are
majority reflecting the experience and learning of students and teachers. Under this
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V- Visual- This will be including graphs, tables, flow chart, labelled diagrams, pictures and all
things which are represented in graphical presentation. While it would not be including the still
pictures of movies of videos.
A-Aural- Under this information which are heard like that of group discussion, radio or use of
phones
R-Read or write- This will include those which are written or read like that of books,
PowerPoint, internet, diaries or dictionaries as well.
K-Kinaesthetic- this will be used of experience and practice which are simulated and real like
invoking other modalities which is the key for people to connect with reality.
KOLB’s Model-
This was published in 1984 by David Kolb in his learning style model which works
according to 2 level and 4 stages cycle including that of learning style. This is the theory which
is including learning experience of all people on their daily bases and will be a part of reflection
as the integral part of learning.
1.2
There is a term which is utilized in the plan that is consistent learning. It is related to
study an individual learning. A person can take this in his life and utilize this by recognizing his
skills, particular qualities and dangers. These qualities have inside that person and this will show
after his developing program. It can be says that the qualities which are inside the persons are
decided the goal and work for achieve to desired goal. This will keep in mind and push it for
getting best results. That person is able to discover the courses of different approaches to limit
his pressure. Self-learning program allows judging, individual analysis, survey convictions and
those activities which are utilized in individual needs to take in the right way. It is help those
persons in maintaining their strategic distance from expert and their single issues which faces
every day in their life. Self-learning program may help any person to create his own standards
and it will play out his own particular capabilities by arranging and assessing his adequacies.
Improvement ant Learning Strategies
This group helps him to become an important personality. In this context, there are
various learning and better methods these are as follows:
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1. Co Operation – This technique is use in setting collaboration with others. It is useful for
self-grooming (Olsen, 2015). In a group of person, if there is coordination or cooperation
among people than they must achieve desired growth and objectives. It provides better
working environment for accomplishment all tasks. Co operation and self motivation
enables to an individual to put up a spirited fight in the face of difficulty and critical
situation. It will happen because there is a situation of the burning desire to succeed and
overcome challenges.
2. Trainings – Training allows a person to increase his skills and develop himself in a
particular sector so that he will be able to do work more effectively. Further it also
includes developing yourself for entirely understand the work or job and improve it in the
right way. In this context, it is main key for the achievement of self-development and
allows to growth in order to clutch all opportunities that are being pursued by so many
persons. It has two major types that are on the job training and off the job training (Olsen,
2015). On the job training is utilized by any person to train their employees during the
time of workings and it is useful for an organisation to increase productivity of their
potential employees. Second is off the job training, it provides in addition to the job. In
such method trainee can not workings as an employee.
3. Innovations – Innovations is to relate with new ideas. A person can generate different
ideas from his talent and improvise these ideas. It is necessary at every place because new
ideas become key of success and innovation is important for growth and development. It
also suggests proper direction and lead to success. Innovations in different sector and self
confidence are very important for an individual especially when venturing into the
unknown (Ramia and et.al., 2016). In this context, it is significant for the achievement of
self-development and growth for that particular person in order to seize opportunities.
4. Watchfulness – A person can use courtesy to allowing his speculation before he gets
responding. This will help in better understanding about mistakes so that he would be
able yo rectify errors and it will keep consistent task process. It is an essential skill that
must possess in the individual because it is useful for the individual growth and it also
accomplished as a group than as an individual.
5. Friendly Environment – Every person should make friendly environment so that he will
be more social and it is helps in their work. It also allows sharing all informations among
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people so that it is important because it not only helps to build trust. It provides
individual's important information that will allow them to make the best possible
decisions in critical situations. To become a friendly nature, every individual must get
advantages in his or her career as well as life.
6. Inspirational Mind State – Every person have a chance to reduce the daily life hurdles
with his inspirational mind of state. People who don't understand what they are supposed
to do can't do it very well. So for this reason they require getting understand about their
limitations so they don't step on others and they must create inefficiency by using
redundancy.
For individual training program, there are certain activities that can accomplishes by an
individual. According to the Institute of Personal and Development, every persona must
understand the learning and development needs that is a key aspect of effective learning and
talent development.
Model of Training:
Figure 1: Model of Training
There are 5 phases of training model which is depicted in the above figure having
analysis, design, develop, execute and evaluate.
Analysis- At this stage trainers will be analyzing aspect of problem and including the answers
based on them then solution will be drawn. The objective of training is to be set out which is
having potential cause and then exposing to budget which it is having.
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Design- At this stage all objective and aims of training will be determined so that core of
potential training could be included or explored. Before this stage feedback will be received so
that training solutions are appropriate.
Develop- This is that stage where program will be created or written so that training design
model is prepared.
Execute- At this stage actual training will be given provided to employees based on program
which is set so that they are able to receive new skills and knowledge.
Evaluate- This is the end stage of training which is summed up with measuring up of program of
training. In this measurement and feedback will be obtained.
1.3 Benefits of self-managed learning to an individual and company or organization
Self-Managed Learning – Self-management Learning is a technique that is used by any person
in managing his or her own learning. It is a way to grown up knowledge towards self-learning. It
is uses by many organizations to ensure about their learning seminars so that they develop their
staff member in better structure. This is developed and designed and providing a person to
manage and lead to their capabilities without any need to necessarily is reliant on other human
resource to manage or teach.
Benefits to the Individual – there are too many benefits to an individual from self-managed
learnings (Ramia and et.al., 2016). These are as follows:
1. An individual can change or make certain advancement to get the ending up more
proficient.
2. It provides aides in bringing various chances to make growth and develop skills.
3. It helps to accomplish an individual's goals and objectives.
4. It provides self-awareness, uplifting disposition and abilities to the person who are
learning by self-management.
Benefits to the Organization – by using the self-management learning programs, the
organization or an association get many advantages and these are as according:
1. Adapting the self-guided system by the organization has viable workers and profoundly
capable.
2. It is provides the capable and successful representatives that is help to an association to
increase the adequacy and efficiency in the business activities (Swain, 2016).
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3. It makes the person for creating and developing his capacity and aptitude which result in
execution for completing the targets.
4. It helps in making better environment in the organization and staff members work with
their efficiency.
3.1 Discussion about the activities and processes that required to implement the development
plan.
The development plan is very important to achieve the strategic and managerial goals. It
helps in increase the professional and personal skills. A person can play or perform his duties
and responsibilities in the right manner by using these types of skills. This is a different process
and it designed to enable to the readers to take responsibilities for their development and learning
needs. It is too much useful in order to achieve the professional, personal and also the
organizational objectives and goals (Meijer and et.al 2017). A person has several professional
and personal skills and these skills are help to him to being a competent in the business world. So
for this reason there are the responsibilities of the staff members and managers to make their
personal and professional plan which can improve the way to increase experience and
knowledge. This process is useful in manage the changing business environment. To execute or
implement the development plan of an individual, it can use a big range of effective and
changeable activities. The process and steps for achieving the personal and professional
development plan are as follows:
 Content or Scope – its scope is defines in the organization by implementing several
professional development plan by any employee. Every company have their own rules,
guidelines, policies and strategies for development plan which effect on the employees
and staff members (Megginson and Whitaker, 2017). These strategies and policies are
created for enhancing the performance and develop the skills of the worker.
 Implement and Support – there are many issues and conflicts which facing by the
employees during the decision making and judgement. So this plan is support to take
better decisions and increase the growth rate. The another problem is communication and
it arises in the process of implementing the plan so for this reason the personal and
professional development plan is helpful in reducing this type of problem (Schmidt,
2017).
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 Impact on Individuals – this plan has many impacts on the individual and on the
association, it comes up with knowledge, skills and personality of an individual.
For developing the best plan for an individual development plan, there are certain
activities required for implement it. These are describes as below:
 Assess the individual requirements to grow professionally and improve practice.
 It balances those needs with the needs and issues of the organisation and community the
individual serves.
 It contains reflection as a part of the person's growth and learnings.
 To implementing the personal plan.
There are various steps to implement the development plan
Setting goals of development plan-
This is the most important section which will be including to prepare the development
plan as at this stage gaols and objective of person will be set
Creating timeline-
Then the time frame need to be set as per the planning which is done or target that is set
down. This will be in how much time the targets need to be achieved.
Know individual strength-
It is required that all strength need to be find out so that it is easy for individual that is
building up the persona; development plan for individual
Pinpointing weakness-
Then the weakness needs to be identified so that it is determine areas of development and
how to achieve the goals. /
3.2 Documentation and undertaking required for development activities.
For an individual there is a personal and professional development plan and it helps into
increase his skills and personal grooming with effectively and efficiently. This plan is also
helpful in the organization that is use in the enhancement of their employees and staff members
(Busse, Aboneh and Tefera, 2014). The development activities which are planned and it is
referred as given below tabular formate:
Activities of Development Strategy for control and monitoring
Making a to do list for daily requirements Discussing the to do list with weekly basis
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Participating in the various training programs Monitor every activities which are conducting
in the training programs and control them
Develop the strategy table and with this the
individual can manage his time.
Note every point which are done in this regard
as weekly basis
These type of development activities have many objectives and goals that should meet. It
must be completed in the given time lines and interval. Using each development activities a
person can increase his own skills and talent. There is a technique for use in monitor and control
the track which is being kept on it. This will use in not only for tracking the goal but also
monitor the respective strategies. It increases the performance of an individual and adopts
different plans (Christie, and et.al 2017). So this development plan combined with the timelines,
progress, strategy and measurements to evaluate, monitor and get feedback. There are some
different activities also mentioned under this context to give better result, these are as follows:
 Describing internal ideas and thoughts
 Note the decisions which are included in the documents
 A comparison between different documents to rectify the errors.
 Include meeting notes and decisions in the document.
 Gather initial thoughts, capture all information and include these in the document.
 Review the drafted document with other and try to find out flaws of development plan.
The activities of my CPD plan will include various kinds of development task which will
be helping in my future developing goals and targets achievement. Like I'm not having the
problem solving skill within me so I should be making plan to overcome this weakness and
develop in my further development. This continuous development plan will help me to
continually grow with my current development of skills, knowledge and behaviours that are
needed within my future career planning. I will be able to meet all my goals and targets which I
have set with available skills and then achieving them in most effective manner. For this I will
first plan for the activities which I will be undertaking to develop into myself so that it is
making me good professional.
Further I will be making decision regarding what I need to achieve in making
professional and personal development within myself.
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3.3
I need to sets the different objectives and goals for developing the plan for personal and
professional requirements. There are dividing these goals and objectives and into the long term
and short term so that it will easy to accomplishment of these plan. For this reason there are
various kinds of learning process that helps in the achievement of the plan and it working in
areas where this has to be developed and work according to the plan (Olsen, 2015). The table of
development chart can help in making the plan and setting the goals. If me it is not set the goals
and objectives than I would not be capable to develop and concentrate on the things that help in
accomplishing the plan. I must be able to measure the performance with respect to achieve the
planned objectives. It believes on the objectives and aims that use in making plan. Further, it
motivates and useful in order to reach at desired targets.
The Gibb's Reflective cycle method – in this context of self-reflection, there is a model
presented by the Gibb. It is usually thinking that due to under confidence and a situation of
hesitation, a person can reduce his skills as well as he/she stops speaking in front of others. So
there is a need to think about it.
At starting stage the objectives and aims are made over enthusiastically and after these
are updated and modified by using the smart approach. It will possible because the periodic can
revealed. I have basic knowledge about the formal training and development program that has
been great benefits like they have evaluation mechanism and clear benchmarks during the period
of training and evaluation process (Ramia, and et.al 2016). This is a real process of identifying
the hidden talent. It can be realizes that the shortcoming in the research skills and it actually
learned to get proper information. A person can get a lot of information of the research topic but
this is an important thing is to differentiation between useful and appropriate information and
non-useful information. There is a basic different between these primary and secondary
information. There are many people who have better understanding about their capabilities and
skills and they are over confidence that is a negative impact on their professional career. For
reflecting the individual learnings against main objectives and goals, it must require the
development plan. In this context, these are describes as follows:
 Past knowledge and experiences – For every individual experience and previous
knowledge regarding that particular developed plan makes all thing easy and raise the
level of confidence in an individual.
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