Managing Self and Others Report: Career Development and Skills

This report delves into the crucial aspects of managing oneself and others within an organizational context, emphasizing the importance of strategic planning for skill development and knowledge enhancement. The report begins with a personal development plan (PDP) outlining essential skill...Read More

Managing Self and Others

Table of contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Question 1........................................................................................................................................3
a. PDP plan ..................................................................................................................................3
b) Development of career through lifelong learning and skill development...............................6
Question 2 .......................................................................................................................................9
a.Developing high performance people by effective performance management .......................9
b. ...............................................................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Managing self and others is important because in an organisation it is important to
manage all the activities properly so that goals and objectives can be achieved. It is important to
make proper plans to develop skills and enhance knowledge as it is required at the workplace. In
report, personal development plan is discussed which include skills that is required at the
workplace and it plays a key role in deciding wages. There are some ways by which skills can be
improved and it will help in achieving targets of an individual person.
MAIN BODY
Question 1
a. PDP plan

Skills How to improve Time Evaluation
Communication skills My communication
skills are not so good
and I have to improve
it because in an
organisation it is
important to have
good skills so that
employees can
interact with
customers properly
and they can
communicate with
other employees
properly. To improve
this skill I am
interacting with my
teachers and friends,
using new words,
learning from you
tube. I am also
learning new words
Within 4 months Communication skill
is important in every
company because
nowadays,
competition is
increasing and a
person should have
good interaction skill
so that he or she can
communicate with
clients properly and
there will be no
problem in
understanding things.
I want job in HR field
so this is must for
being a good future
manager.

from dictionary so
that I can improve my
communication skill. I
am interacting with
my teachers as it help
me in boosting my
confidence and I did
not get nervous.
Time management
skills
This is also one of the
important skill which
is required at the
workplace because an
employee should
know how to
complete work on
time. I am improving
this skill by making
time table in which I
had divide all my
work according to
activities and trying to
manage all my work. I
Within 2 months Time management
skills plays a crucial
role in a company
because if a person is
not able to manage
work then task will
not be completed on
time. It is important to
have time
management skill so
that given work can be
completed within the
time frame and it will
help in building good

am following my time
table and soon I will
able to manage my tie
and complete my
work on time.
image in company.
Teamwork skills Teamwork skills refer
to working in a team
in an organisation. I
am improving this
skill by working in
groups in my college
and completing the
given task on time. we
are given a project in
team of 5 members
and I have completed
it. Good feedback was
received from
teachers. Soon I will
improve my skill and
be a good employee
and work properly in
Within 6 months Teamwork skills help
in completing work
within time limit and
there should be no
confusion among
employees related to
work. When there is
work load in an
organisation then
work is divided in
teams so that it can be
completed on time.
managers divide work
among members so
that it can be finished
on time. This will help
me in adjusting with

team. all employees and
building positive
image in front of
seniors.
Leadership skill Leadership skill is
important as it
enhances the
capability of the
individual to lead the
group. I am working
on the skill by going
out and volunteering
the in some
community work
where I need to lead
the other volunteers
on their work.
2 months in
weekends.
The leadership skill is
required in the career
for development. As
the employee is
promoted and have
given more
responsibility like
addressing the work of
the employees under
them or sharing the
information for the
completion of the
task.

SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT Analysis is being done by a person to identify strengths, weakness, opportunity and
threats. To get good job it is important that a person should have all the qualities and skills
which are essential at the workplace such as, good communication skill, teamwork skills,
leadership skills, ability to manage time.
Strength refers to positive points that a person has and it is different from others. It helps in
increasing competition among candidates because every person is different from each other
and having different qualities. So, an individual person should have some skills which are
better than others and help in getting good job opportunities. My strength is that I am able to
handle all situations, adjust in every environment, able to lead a team so that goals and
objectives can be achieved on time. I am having the ability to take quick decisions which is
beneficial for growth of company and manage all the activities properly.
Weakness refers to negative points or which competitor is having good and we need to
improve. My weakness is that my communication skills are not so good but I am working on
that so that I can get good job opportunity. My teamwork skills are also not good and I am
improving it by working more in groups and understanding nature of other people. This will
help me in working with others properly and I will not face any problem.
Opportunities refers to job opportunities which will be available to me after I will complete
my education. I want to be a good HR manager and if I will improve my communication skill
then I will get good job opportunities. If I will work hard then there are many jobs available
but for that I should develop some skills.
Threats means that challenges or difficulties which will be faced by an individual person
while achieving goals and objectives. For me threats can be refer to as, competitors, changing
trends in a company etc. It is important to identify threats so that better plans can be made to
accomplish goals. To face challenges I have to work hard and should perform better than
others to get good job opportunities.
b) Development of career through lifelong learning and skill development
Career development:
It refers to a process that will lead to the accomplishment of the goal of the life. It is a
long life process of an individual which involves regular learning and enhancement of skills. As

this is a fact that in order to make development of career it is essential that an individual need to
continuously sharpen its skills so that it can grab the objective of its life in the form of attainment
of high job position in the company.
Skill development and lifelong learning are the base for the career development of an
individual and its team colleagues too (Vondracek, Lerner and Schulenberg, 2019). This is
because skills are the important aspect that will assist an individual to raise and enhance its
career opportunities. Likewise, continuous and long-life learning will enable an individual to
enhance its level of knowledge and ultimately lead to raise in career opportunity (Bean and et.al.,
2018).
Being a team leader, it is also essential that along with enhancing or grabbing own
objectives, it is made essential that the individual goal of the other team member and the
employees will also be achieved. Along with achievement of goal it is also the duty of a leader
that it can maintain the level of motivation and satisfaction among the employees and other team
members. Likewise, it is also being ensured that the retention rate will be high among the team
and the organization along with the development of career development and accomplishment of
organizational and team objectives.
As career development strategies include various tactics and practices including
determining the future position, setting long, medium and long term goals, enabling the stronger
network and various other. Likewise, it would also not be wrong to said that the career
development is mainly comprised of determining the vision of life, goals, outlining actions,
seeking guidance and feedback. Hence, instead of being applied on an individual if it is made
applied over the team leader or the employer of an organization then the scope would be broaden
up. This means that in order to determine and accomplish the organizational goal, an individual
also need to consider and inculcate the goals and aims of its employees too. This means that
continuous learning and skill development will enable an individual to cover these aspects.
Another way is to understand is that since employees are the part of the organization and
along with achievement of company’s goal it is again made compulsory that the individual goal
of employees will also be accomplish. This is counted as teamwork and spirit wherein the whole
team goal will be considered and this will ultimately lead to better performance and raised
efficiency of the employees.

Likewise, it is also to be noted that for the achievement of individual goal, the leader also
need to consider and focus over the concept of skill development among the employees so that
better efforts will be lied and put in the direction of career development and goal
accomplishment. Hence various strategies regarding skill enhancement including organization of
the training sessions, analysing the best mode of learning, making of learning plan, focussing on
bit size and reflective learning and various other steps need to be adopted and implemented
(Béteille and et.al., 2020). This will lead to better enhancement of skill development and raising
the learning among the employees.
It is also an important point that the career development will not be take place without
learning and skills development. This means that in order to enhance career an individual need to
focus over these aspects. This can also be made executed in the form of development of personal
development planning with regard to every employees by having an inculcation of the goals
including short, medium and long. This will lead to encouragement and source of motivation
among the employees and they will direct their efforts and activities towards its achievement
(Aguinis and Gabriel, 2021). This adoption of PDP will not only lead to individual development
and career enhancement but it will also lead to the attainment of concerned company and team
objective at wider scale. This is because it becomes more easy for the company and the team to
accomplish its goal with the high performance employees.
As the employee’s goals will be grabbed then it will also lead to decline in turnover ratio
which will again kept talent within the organization and as a result organization and the team will
achieve its goal.
Thus, it would not be wrong to said that the development of skills and adoption of the
practice of lifelong learning will lead to the career development of an individual and its team too
(Andy and et.al., 2021). This is because when goals and self-learning is being implemented then
it would automatically lead to raise in the learning and skill development of the concerned team
and other too. Also as learning is an essential part of the career which will lead to brighten up
and enhance the grabbing of career goal. And the team member or the associated employees by
considering their employer and the leader as their ideal may also move towards the path of their
career development too. Likewise, through the process of continuous learning among an
individual and its concerned team also lead to raise the knowledge about various aspects and
tactics which will also help them to enhance and achieve career development (Vaci and et.al.,

2019). As it is also a fact that the follower always follows the moves and actions of the leader
and if the leader is highly focussed towards the career and the skill development then its follower
will also pretend the same. In the same way formation of integrated personal development will
also lead to the personal development of employees and raise their efficiency in the form of
enthusiastic moves towards their goal also act and become a base for their career development.
Thus, in short it would be said that the process of lifelong learning the new things and
aspects along with enhancing skills by learning new skills or practicing the existing one would
lead to the career development of an individual along with its concer5ned employees and team
member too.
In the same manner it is also to be considered that the process of skill development
among individuals and learning within the entire span of life plays an important role with regard
to individual and towards the team also because it will lead to have an up gradation of
knowledge and skills. As if an individual will be engaged in the process of lifelong learning and
adopt the new concepts and theories of knowledge then it will lead to have an overall broadening
of knowledge and scope too (Isele, 2017). Also an adaption of skills and sharpness of existing
skills plays an important role with respect to career development. This will also act as base that
will lead to have a personality development along with enabling an individual to be prepared for
future. Likewise, it will also work in brightening the near future and assist the individual to be
future ready . Along with the development of individual it will also lead to have team
development because with the practice of continuous learning not only the individual but the
scope and knowledge of the entire team will also be developed. Thus, it can concluded that the
continuous learning and the process of sharpening and development of new skills plays an
important role with regard to both individual and team career enhancement and development.
Question 2
Developing high performance people by effective performance management
Performance management can be defined as the continuous process for enhancing the
performance with the help of individual as well as team goals that are in accordance to the
strategic goals of the organisation, reviewing, planning of the performance to achieve goals and
developing the skills , knowledge as well as the abilities of people. Performance management is
an on-going process that is not limited to the reviews taken yearly. The performance
management helps the managers of the organisation in the day to day activities by efficient

tracking, accessing, rewarding and correct the performance of the employees where ever needed.
The performance management can help in the development of the high performance employees
in various ways such as:
The performance management system is consist of different mechanisms for tracking that
allows the managers to monitor the performance of employees under them, the tracking
mechanisms can be technological and human in nature (Mone, London and Mone, 2018). The
manager can keep the high performance employees on check regularly, identify the issues arising
and make effort in resolving the problems for the employees that will lead the employees on the
course. This is achieved by the manager by having structured as well as unstructured
performance reviews and having more casual conversations. This is the human mechanism
method for keeping track on the performance of the employees.
The technological method of tracking the performance helps the organisation to detect the
malfunctions, bugs as well as the bottlenecks. High class and expensive software are not
required for the management of the performance but track metrics are required that are easy and
efficient and are able to detect the problems on the day to day tasks so allowing to make quick
changes whenever needed (Franco‐Santos and Otley, 2018). The HR professionals of the
organisation can improve the performance of the high performance employees by setting up
development plans to upgrade the skills of the employees so they can get prepared for the new as
well challenging projects. The making the performance management effective the manager need
to know the employees, have conversation with the employees to know the goals as well as the
motivation of them. The HR can brainstorm with ways to reward the employee when they met
the extraordinary target in the job (Saeed and et.al, 2019). The employees are rewarded for doing
the job well and this helps them to stay motivated for doing their best in their roles. The reward
presented by the organisation can be annual bonus or the something other than money. Some
employees might not get motivated with the money reward they might get motivated by
rewarding them with the opportunity to learn more. The HR needs to understand the motivation
of employees for making the performance management effective. The manager can also ask the
employees about what they expect to get as reward. When the high performance employee met
the right motivation at right time then it not only help in the development of the employee but
also help in the development of the organisation.

The performance management is effective when the employees are provided with the
feedback on the frequent basis (French and Mollinger-Sahba, 2021). Feedbacks allow the high
performers of the organisation to know that they are being appreciated for their work and if they
are making any mistake then they can return back to the course on time. To develop the
performance management process the manager can include the sessions for quick daily recap,
weekly team performance, quarterly performance appraisal and monthly reviews. By doing these
activities in a regular task it will become the inherent part for the manager and the employee and
they will not feel it as a task that has to be completed daily. The employees will feel more
respected and heard and this help in the development.
The high performance employees are required to feel engaged and invested in the
organisation for their development and this can be done by help them in setting their own goals
that will align with the goals of the organisation. The high performance employees can be
developed by giving them challenging tasks that allow them to improve their skill further more.
By doing this the organisation can help in the effective performance management. The manager
can help the employees in achieving their goals and offer them opportunities for the development
so they can grow their skills. This will help the company even more as the high performance
employer get the capability to have more responsibility on them for the organisation (Martono,
Khoiruddin and Wulansari, 2018). The performance review by the metrics is required to address
the performance of the individual as well as their impact on the team performance.
The high performance employees feel more empowered when they see they are involved
in contributing something bigger. For this the manager of the organisation need to have clear
communication with the employees of the overarching goal along with the targets of the
organisation. This will help the employees to know the importance of achieving the goals and
they not think the targets as the numbers for boosting the ego of the boss. The manger needs to
make it clear how the goals and the target will fit in the bigger goal of the organisation (Eckerd
and et.al, 2021). If it is clear and easy to understand by the employees then the organisation will
have an effective performance management that develop the high performance employees.
The effective performance management can be developed by the organisation by:
 Simplifying the process by providing feedbacks.
 Implementation of flexible performance conversation between the employees and the
manager.

 Planning a one on one meeting for effectively increasing the engagement.
 Setting of clear development goals that will help the employee to focus and grow.
 Providing the employees with appropriate feedbacks by the managers is essential part
(Richards and et.al, 2019).
 Providing the employees with proper training for the skill development so they can
become more capable.
b.
In every company it is important that employees should perform well and work efficiently. When
there is workload in an organisation then managers divide work in groups so that it can be
completed on time. All employees should have necessary skills so that they can perform well and
managers of company should evaluate performance of workers so that training can be provided
to them. It is the responsibility of managers to handle all issues and manage activities properly so
that goals and objectives can be achieved. There are some strategies which should be applied to
improve performance of employees (Murphy, 2020). Workers should have the ability to work in
a team so that task can be completed on time. It will help in maintaining good relationship
among employees and also reduce misunderstanding among workers. It is important to make
plans or strategies so that work can be completed on time and employees can get safe and
healthy environment.
In every company it is important that employees should have the ability to work in a team so
that goals can be accomplished and it will help in maintaining good environment. If all
employees will work together then it is easy to complete given task and there will be no
confusion among members. In some companies work is given in groups according to their
specialisation and they have to complete it within time frame. This is a strategy which is used by
managers to measure or evaluate performance of employees and rewards are decided to
according to that.
Some strategies which can be applied by managers for building high performance culture
in company are, goals and objectives should be clearly defined so that it is easy for all to focus
on targets. Human resource managers should recruit correct person for right vacancy as it will
help in saving time of company because selected candidate will have proper knowledge and
skills to work efficiently (Narkunienė and Ulbinaitė, 2018). It is the responsibility of managers to
evaluate performance of employees so that training can be provided to them and this will lead to

improve in their performance. Managers should take necessary steps which is beneficial for
growth of company and it will help in generating more profit.
Working in a team is important because sometimes, there is workload in company and all
have to work together so that goals and objectives can be achieved. It is an important skill which
a candidate should have because work can be finished on time and it will help in achieving
targets. It will reduce chances of misunderstanding and there will be no confusion (Tetiana and
et.al., 2018). It is essential that necessary steps should be taken by managers so that work can be
completed on time and organisation can earn more profit. While recruiting an employee
managers should check background properly and he or she should have essential skills which are
required at the workplace. They should evaluate performance of employees and give them
rewards or punishments on the basis of that.
A high performance team is a gathering of people who are highly skilled and working in
a cross-functional along with the having the common focus for achieving the goal. The team
members have shared commitment, vision, values and work for meeting the common objective.
A highly effective team is able to solve the problem in innovative ways and have high level
communication, delivering consistent, and collaboration and gives superior results.
The high performance strategies allow me to plan for the working in a team (Zhou and
et.al, 2020). With the planning, a team can work effectively and this is the initial practice for the
foundation of an effective team. The planning help in avoiding the ineffective work rules that
result in problems for the evaluation and organising information, this can also disturb the risk-
taking attitudes, innovation and creativity form the team. The strategies allow me to be aware of
the skills and expertise of the members of the team along with their working methods. This
helped me to form a strong bond with the team members as well as help in building the
opportunity for the increasing the capacity and productivity. The strong bonds helped in
accomplishing the challenges as one and are able to bring out the best results by having the same
shared values as well as shared sense of integrity.
The high performance strategies helped me in understanding the for building a high
performance team the team need to be kept small but not too small, the team need be able to
make proper decision and have diversity. The skills and attitudes of the member need to be
considered for the effective team and maintaining the high performance.

The strategies helped in the giving the best results as the team have the same values and
visions (Peters, 2019). This helps to keep motivated for the work as I have the common vision
along with the same objective as that of the other team members, this also helps in being focused
for delivering the best results as well as solution for the problems that may arise. The strategies
help in having the open and clear communication with the team and the leader. Effective
communication help in creating an environment that is good for the constructive criticism and
feedback. It is necessary to promote the communication within the team for effective working. It
is also essential for the team to put pressure on the important details about the work that need to
be completed. I helped the team as I have the technical knowledge that is required for the
working.
In addition of this, with the concept of working effectively as a part of team an adoption and
practical implication of Belbin theory plays an important role. As per this theory an individual by
understanding its role with a particular team, able to understand its strengths and learn to manage
its weakness as a part of the team (Flores-Parra and et.al., 2018). This will lead to an
improvement with respect to contribution towards the team. It is used for the creation of
balanced team. Thus, an adoption and implementation of this theory will lead to enable an
individual to work effectively within the team because this will allow and enable an individual to
have self-analysis along with working over weakness with an improvement in its role
contribution.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it can be concluded that, there are some skills which are
important in organisation and an individual should have to get good job opportunities. Skills
which are required at the workplace are, communication skill, leadership, teamwork, time
management and other. An individual person should improve these skills so that they can get
good job in future. Personal development plan has been described in which skills, how to
improve, time and evaluation. Further, effective performance management has been discussed
and importance of teamwork.

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