Developing Individuals, Teams, and Organisation - Individual Portfolio

This individual portfolio focuses on the development of individuals, teams, and organizations, with a specific emphasis on a marketing manager role within TESCO PLC. The portfolio begins with an introduction highlighting the importance of development for organizational success. Task 1 delves into professional knowledge, skills, and behaviors, including adaptability, communication, digital marketing, and campaign management. It also emphasizes behaviors such as being solution-oriented and transparent. A personal skills audit is conducted to identify strengths (communication and technology) and weaknesses (time management and creativity), leading to the creation of a professional development plan. The plan outlines activities, development approaches, and timelines for improvement. The portfolio concludes by reiterating the significance of continuous development for achieving individual, team, and organizational goals, and provides references to relevant academic sources.

Developing
Individuals, Teams and
Organisation
(Individual Portfolio)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1. Professional knowledge, skills and behaviours................................................................1
P2. Personal skills audit to identify and develop a professional development plan...............2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
APPENDIX 1...................................................................................................................................6
P1............................................................................................................................................6
APPENDIX 2...................................................................................................................................7
P2............................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
In present time, development is said to be one of the vital most element for individuals,
teams and organisations that are looking forward to become successful in near future (Carmeli,
Dutton and Hardin, 2015). In this Individual Portfolio, there are a range of elements will be
presented and these are professional knowledge, skills and behaviours and a personal skills audit
that would aid in developing a much effective professional development plan in an effective and
appropriate manner. Along with this, firm that has been taken into consideration i.e. TESCO
PLC, which is one of the famous and largest market leader within retail industry.
TASK 1
P1. Professional knowledge, skills and behaviours
In present case, where I am looking forward to become Marketing Manager within the
TESCO PLC, where it is the responsibility of HR professionals of this company to find the best
and skilled personnel in order to improve the promotional approaches of TESCO PLC to attract
number of customers.
Skills
 Adaptability: Within the company like TESCO PLC, as marketing manager it will be
required by me to have this kind of skill, so that I could adopt the best possible tool or
feature to bring appropriate changes as per the requirement of firm. This is what HR
professionals of the company are looking forward to within the Marketing Manager for
TESCO PLC.
 Communication skills: This is said to be one of the crucial skill, that HR professionals
of TESCO PLC, that might look for, within me at the time of applying for the post of
Marketing Manager. Basically, within this organisation (TESCO PLC), it will be the
major responsibility of my own as a Marketing Manager to delegate work/tasks as per the
requirements of customers. Effective communication skill would help me to become
much more productive for the company (Chadwick and Raver, 2015).
Knowledge
 Digital and online marketing: Since, the whole world is getting digitalised it has
become essential for TESCO PLC as well, to adopt updated technology for sustaining
within the market through promoting products and services at international level.
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Therefore, this could be considered as something, that HR professional expects from me
as a marketing manager of TESCO PLC.
 Managing campaigns on social media: Another crucial element that HR professionals
wants in me as a Marketing Manager for TESCO PLC. With the help of this, TESCO
would directly become able to promote themselves among targeted customers.
Behaviour
 Solution Oriented: This behaviour indicates to creative mindset and positive thoughts of
a person (Hakanen). By this behaviour, that HR professionals are looking forward within
the Marketing Manager of TESCO PLC, where as the Manager and teams through better
solution and break traditional boundaries.
 Transparency: Considering the transparency as one of the crucial element, it is must for
me as a marketing manager of TESCO PLC to have. With the help of this, firm can
effectively sustain within the market for a longer period of time, where delegation of
various tasks can easily be done in a short span (Drotz and Poksinska, 2014).
P2. Personal skills audit to identify and develop a professional development plan
Personal skills audit, in present time is said to be one of the crucial or critical element that
aid in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of a person's professional behavioural pattern. If it
is talked TESCO PLC, it would assist Marketing Manager in developing the decision-making
process much more effective or efficient, that would aid in assessing the performance of
marketing department while developing different range of promotional plans. In this context, I
have prepared a personal audit skills for my own, which will deliver the information in regards to
my strengths and weaknesses.
Personal skills Audit:
Basis Detail Basic Competent Proficient
Communication
Skills
I am good at influencing
others, which means my
communication skills are
effective enough, that
would aid me in working as
a marketing manager within
✓
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TESCO PLC.
Time
Management
This is said to be one of the
crucial skill, which is
required for me to improve
in a short span, so that to
sustain within TESCO PLC
for a longer period of time.
✓
Creativity I am less creative in nature,
and this has impacted
negatively upon my own
performance level in daily
life.
✓
Technology-
savvy
Since, I belong to marketing
sector I already have
knowledge like how social
media and other
telecommunications sources
would help me out in
developing the best
promotional campaigns
while working in TESCO
PLC.
✓
Strengths: Through skill auditing, I have analysed the skills which I am the good at, are
communication and technological skills as well.
Weaknesses: Other than my effective areas, there are numerous skills where there is a
scope for improvement and these are time management and creativity.
To improve my performance in these areas, I have developed a Personal Development
Plan which includes my current performance in these areas along with the targeted proficiency I
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wish to achieve. It also includes the methods by which improvement can be achieved and the
expected time scale (Ellison, Gibbs and Weber, 2015).
CONCLUSION
With the help of above mentioned report, it is being concluded that without development
a company, individual or any team cannot survive for a longer period of time. Therefore, it is
must to focus over existing skills and develop professional development plan in order to
overcome the weakness or to turn them into strengths.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Carmeli, A., Dutton, J.E. and Hardin, A.E., 2015. Respect as an engine for new ideas: Linking
respectful engagement, relational information processing and creativity among
employees and teams. Human Relations, 68(6), pp.1021-1047.
Chadwick, I.C. and Raver, J.L., 2015. Motivating organizations to learn: Goal orientation and its
influence on organizational learning. Journal of management, 41(3), pp.957-986.
Chicago Liao,and et. al. "The role of knowledge sharing and LMX to enhance employee
creativity in theme park work team: a case study of Taiwa." International Journal of
Contemporary Hospitality Management just-accepted (2018): 00-00.
Chuapetcharasopon., and et. al. "Cultural mosaic beliefs as a new measure of the psychological
climate for diversity: Individual distinctiveness and synergy in culturally diverse
teams." International Journal of Cross Cultural Management 18, no. 1 (2018): 7-32.
Drotz, E. and Poksinska, B., 2014. Lean in healthcare from employees’ perspectives. Journal of
health organization and management, 28(2), pp.177-195.
Ellison, N.B., Gibbs, J.L. and Weber, M.S., 2015. The use of enterprise social network sites for
knowledge sharing in distributed organizations: The role of organizational affordances.
American Behavioral Scientist, 59(1), pp.103-123.
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APPENDIX 1
P1
Knowledge Skills Behaviour
Digital and online marketing Adaptability Solution Oriented
Managing campaigns on social
media
Communication Skills Transparency
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APPENDIX 2
P2
KSA to be
developed
Activities
required for
development
Duration Development
Monitoring
Approach
Assessment of
development
Detailed
Evaluation
Communicati
on Skills
It will be
required for
me to attend
both English
and
interpersonal
skills.
2 Months Number of staff
members, who
got influenced
in a short span.
I will become
much more
effective and
efficient at
workplace, in a
short span.
Delegation of
the tasks
among
different
regions to
staff.
Time
Management
Effectively
assign tasks to
staff at
uncertain
situations.
5 months Analysis of the
tasks completed
before and after
the skill got
developed.
Through this, I
will effectively
sustain within the
market in a short
span.
Improvisation
within the
performance
level.
Creativity Technological
changes will
bring effective
and
appropriate
alterations.
3 Months Enhancing the
performance
level.
Unique and
effective
promotional
campaigns.
Delegation of
the tasks
among
different
regions to
staff.
Technology-
savvy
With the help
of this, I will
become much
more effective
at workplace.
7 months Updated tools
and
technologies
used.
Effective and
efficient
promotional
campaigns.
Improvisation
within the
promotional
activities that
will be done in
near future.
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