Analysis of Management Styles, Skills, and Career Development

This report delves into various aspects of leadership and management, beginning with an exploration of different management styles such as autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire, examining their respective advantages and disadvantages. It further discusses key leadership characteristics including integrity, communication skills, interpersonal skills, creativity, values, honesty, confidence, dedication, and assertiveness. The report then evaluates communication processes within selected businesses and analyzes organizational culture and change. Additionally, the report focuses on career development, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness, SWOT analysis, and the Kolb learning cycle. It also addresses the development of essential skills, such as time management and technological proficiency, and the process of creating a career development plan. References from sources like McLeod, Alliance, Council, and Yukl support the analysis.

Management
TASK – 4

4.1 Explaining how own managerial and personal
skills will support career development
For developing career, there are majorly two factors that
should be taken into account and these are:
Self-awareness development – It is necessary to carry out
personal SWOT evaluation so as to ascertain the strength,
weakness, opportunities and threats factors. After
determining, it is essential to work on these factors
importantly. In addition to this, an individual must overcome
their weaknesses through the positivity of strengths. This can
be made possible through effective training sessions and
learning programs.

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Furthermore, the threats can be overcome through
highlighting the opportunities being determined by
SWOT analysis. The main attention should be given on
learning styles in order to have development of self.
Thus, for this purpose, KOLF cycle of learning is being
regarded as the most appropriate tool and explanation of
this cycle is as follows:
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Skills to develop – The next factor that should be
considered after development of self is skills to develop.
It is vital to ascertain and understand the kinds of skills
that needs to be improved for establishing a career
development plan. After conducting SWOT analysis,
the next step is to work on such skills that comprise the
weakness and can pose threats to an individual i.e. time
management skills, stress and work pressure
management, technological skills and many more.

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When a individual is well-aware about the skills and
abilities that require improvements, it is than
essential to go through a plan of career development
so as to upgrade the skills system and competencies
in quite effective and efficient manner.

4.2 Reviewing personal and career developments needs
For the purpose of developing a career development
plan, there are many steps that should be taken into
account such as accumulating data in regards with our
own self, identifying the objectives and goals, designing
the course of action to achieve those determined goals
and lastly, monitoring as well as assessing the results
and level of performance.

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Gathering information about the needs and wants is essential
so that accordingly the goals can be set and prioritize. The
first stage is the identification of the wants. It involves
asking questions to yourself i.e. what are my styles, who am
I and what are my interests. The next stage involves, what I
want in my life and what options are available for me. The
third stage referred as a stage where individual determines
the ways of reaching that particular options. And the final
stage is developing the plan in order to get through the
goals. Thus, it can be said that career development plan is an
effective tool for development of people.

References
 McLeod, S., 2007. Kolb - Learning Styles. [Online].
Available through: <
https://simplypsychology.org/learning-kolb.html >.
[Accessed on 26thApril 2018].
 Alliance, A., 2012. Leadership and management.
SAGE.
 Council, C., 2011. Leadership and Management.
Cornwall Council.
 Yukl, G., 2002. Leadership in organizations. Prentice
Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ.

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