HRM Discussion: 3M's Development Plans, 9-Box Grid & IDP Design

This discussion post analyzes development plans, focusing on 3M Company's formal development planning system, which involves local councils and the Department for Infrastructure. It covers the roles of different departments in the planning system, including writing vision and mission statements, performing gap analysis, setting SMART goals, and monitoring progress. The post argues for hiring new, talented staff to enhance productivity and adaptability. It also includes a self-assessment using the 9-Box Grid, identifying strengths and areas for improvement, and culminates in the creation of an individual development plan with short-term and long-term goals, training needs, and potential assignments. The individual development plan outlines goals for career progression, communication skills, and problem-solving abilities.

Running head: CREATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN
CREATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Development Plan
3M Company uses a formal development planning. The planning system in 3M Company
ensures to build the development plan in the right place. The company took help of the Eleven
local councils as well as the Department for the Infrastructure (DFL), which is responsible for
different types of planning application. The role of different departments in describing the
planning system is given below:
 The role of the Department for the Infrastructure is to decide regionally the planning
applications significantly. It also reviews, monitor and implement the Regional
Development Strategy of the company and sets regional planning policies. It acts as
guidance, provides an oversight view to the local councils, makes further decision on the
performance council, and supports the local councils in providing support (Janamian,
Crossland, and Wells, 2016).
 The role of the councils in the planning system is in the local development of planning,
proper management development and planning the enforcement. Here each council
creates a plan, which sets out how the council area should be looking like in the future. It
is their work to decide what should be the type and scale of development.
 The development and the management decide the local as well as the planning
applications by granting and refusing the permission for planning (Okamoto 2016).
The process, which is used in the development planning, is described below:
 Writing a proper vision statement
 Writing down the mission statement
 Performing the GAP Analysis between the current sate and the vision.
 Writing down the SMART Goals which can be shorter and longer depending on the
organization.
 Monitoring the progress of the company in a quarterly basis and developing strategic
plans (Team, M. Z. B. L. C. 2015).

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Based on the current employment position of the company, the management should hire new
and talented staffs as because new employees show much enthusiasm towards their job and obey
the company guidelines and policies. Young and talented staffs should be employed as because
they are passionate to the work, they can provide the company with high productivity, easy to
manage, they can adapt to the changes in the environment very easily. The young and high
talented new staffs will try to excel in their role and will try to impress the results provided by
them. This will help the organization in a better productivity as well as enthusiasm will be
created to get the best out of them (An, Ko, and Kim, 2015). The trained employees are easy to
manage as because their attitude towards the work will be more sincere in comparison to the
seniors.

Running head: CREATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Individual Development Plan
Name: Title: Project Manager Immediate Manager:
Strengths
 Good Judgmental and Prioritizes the abilities
 Good Communication Skills which are effective and efficient
 Ability to empathize with the members in a team
Areas for improvement
 Patience (Tolerance for the people or various processes and sensitivity towards pacing
 Lack of concentration towards work
 Low in self-esteem
 Lack of stress management skills
Development Goals
Short-term goals – Securing a position along with the opportunity for the progression with the abilities and
skills. The targeted objectives should be achieved in the coming years
Long-term goals – Developing the career goals and communication skills which are lagging behind .
Diagnosing problems and dedicating time to fix the problems with proper communication and meeting the
goals
Next Assignment Goals
Identifying potential next assignments which will later help in the developments of the goals
 Being a manager of the director level should plan, develop, the products as well as about the
brand management.
Training and Developmental needs
 The master degree classes will be helping and practice as well a s bring an improvement in
the communication skills. The current position, teamwork as well as coordinating with the
individuals in a team allows in being patient and focus in the team goal which are needed in
the success of the project
Employee ________________________ Date _____________
Immediate Manager __________________________ Date _____________

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Mentor ________________________ Date ______________
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