Professional Development: Managing Personal Work Priorities Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of managing personal work priorities and professional development, focusing on the context of Finoit Technologies, a software company. It begins with a review of a sample job description, the organization's business goals, policies, and procedures to inform both personal and team goal setting. The report emphasizes the importance of establishing clear goals and objectives, including the use of SMART goals, and developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure performance. It outlines activities to advance work goals, including enhancing knowledge and improving communication skills, and provides examples of work plans. The report also addresses maintaining work-life balance, managing stress, and assessing personal knowledge and skills against competency standards. Finally, it includes a professional development plan and concludes by highlighting the significance of continuous improvement and professional growth. The report emphasizes the value of professional development in attracting and retaining quality employees and improving overall organizational effectiveness. The report is a valuable resource for students seeking to understand how to develop their professional skills and manage their work priorities effectively.

Manage personal work
priorities and professional
development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Review of Job description and organisation business goals policies and procedures.................1
Establishing goals and objectives including both personal and team goals................................3
Developing KPIs to measure performance related to work goals...............................................4
Activities to advance work goals and two work goals which develop work plans.....................5
Two work plans to achieve the two goals which have prioritised..............................................6
a. Positive role model through work planning and organisation with examples along with
work plans serve to follow in workplace....................................................................................7
b. Maintaining appropriate work–life balance, manage stress and maintain health...................8
Develop and Maintain Professional Competence:...........................................................................9
Assess the personal knowledge and skills against competency standards such as enterprise
specific competencies and nationally endorsed unit of competency...........................................9
Assess aspects of professional competency such as employees and colleagues to seek
feedback on work performance.................................................................................................10
Develop a professional development plan................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14
APPENDICES...............................................................................................................................15
Appendices 1.............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
In today's context professional development is basically a process of increasing
capabilities of staff through access of education as well as bring opportunities in workplace. It
helps to build and maintain moral of members in order to attract higher quality of employees
and staff within an organisation. It is also termed as a variety of specialised training, formal
education and personal learning in order to improve professional knowledge. In this report
organisation chosen is Finoit Technologies a software company that specialises in developing
aspects of networking software. This company attributes it success in exceptional level of
knowledge within team members so that personal development can be increase within
organisation. This report is going to review job description, organisation business plan, goals,
policies and procedures that will inform team and personal goal setting. Additionally, developing
KPIs performance related to goal related performance and prioritising possible activities in
competing demand to mange as well as achieve goals (Maister, 2012). Moreover, analysing how
an individual maintain appropriate work life balance, manage stress level and maintain health.
Furthermore, accessing own personal knowledge and skills against competency standards such as
specific competences that endorsed units of competencies. Hence, with adoption of template in
order to develop opportunities and new skills to achieve in competitive edge.
Review of Job description and organisation business goals policies and procedures
Job description: A job description is a framework or informative documentation that
consist duties, task, roles and responsibilities as well as working criteria related to a specific job
through process of job analysis.
Company Name: Finoit Technologies
Job Details
Job title: Assistant Software Engineer
Department: Information technology
Reporting To: Head of Information Technology Management and Planning
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: £ 64,000
Location: London
Job Purpose: We are looking for a talented assistant software engineer to create an amazing
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user experience. The candidate should have knowledge and experience in coding and have
ability to handle team work with certain roles and responsibilities.
Responsibilities:
 Solving routine problems through precedent manner and referral to general guidelines.
 Adopting moderate detailed level of instruction on daily work task
 Individual contributor as apart of team with a predetermined focused scope of work.
Basic Qualification:
 Bachelor or higher Diploma in computer science or software engineer
Professional Qualification:
 Eagerness to contribute in a team oriented environment
 Ability to work creatively in problem solving environment
 Good communication and interpersonal skills.
 Understanding Rapid Application Development and working with waterfall
methodologies in order to add value to an organisation.
Interested candidate's can share their resume on [e-mail] or through
LinkedIn or given contact number.
Thanks & Regards
Mr. XYZ
Human Resource Manager
Finoit Technologies
London
Contact number: 0000876394
Job description review: For an organisation it is important to review a job description in
an effective manner so that a right candidate can be appointed for a specific job description. It
will help both organisation and individual to achieve goals and objectives respectively.
Additionally, it an documentation that indicates certain roles and responsibilities that a candidate
need to perform which working within an organisation (Campbell, Jardine and McGlynn, 2016).
Thus, it play's pivotal role for selecting a right candidate at right time at a right place.
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Organisation's business plan: A business plan of Ensoft is exclusive in its development
of product and quality in order to display major guidelines to success. They are abided with
certain specialised and focal points which are uniformly significant that provides a precise
display of an business objectives in performing core of business. Moreover, business plan is
developed for software professional and prospective in order to develop software product line.
Business goals: The business goals of Ensoft is to standardize and codify key software
project concepts and terminology to ensure business goals and objectives that are essential at all
stages of development (Blandford, 2012). Encouraging best practices which are appropriate for
successful of project with spirit of openness, transparency, integrity, trust as well as continuous
learning process. Thus, it business goal is to build natural global community that help to achieve
business goals and objectives respectively.
Policies and procedures: For an organisation it become difficult to determine exact
goals and policies as it need to take care of stakeholder, understanding day to day activities,
setting guidelines and establishing consistency through organisation. Moreover, mangers need to
ensure such policies and procedures that are beneficial for both employees and organisation such
as employee policies, medical polices, information technologies, technology standards and
network setup and documentation.
Establishing goals and objectives including both personal and team goals
In an organisation mangers form teams as a way to improve communication and ideas as
well as take advantage of their collective employees talent. Moreover, it is necessary for an
organisation to build up certain goals and objectives that results in to produce better result. Such
as:
 Bring efficiency in team work as it also contradicts objectives of personal too. It help an
organisation's team to work together to speed up workflow in achieving optimum results.
 Developing better ideas in order to generate more innovative ideas along with approaches
to problem solutions in developing a project (Zuberand Skerritt, 2013).
 Talent collaboration among team members as well as personal individual so that
department can work together so that objective can be fulfilled.
 With the adoption of forming objectives one popular method is S.M.A.R.T as it used to
measure goals that board in achieving objectives.
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 Professional development goals are tied with both personal and team objectives in order
to improve knowledge, skills and opportunities.
The above mention are certain goals and objectives that help mangers to maintain their
organisation plans, business objectives along with policies and procedures so that both
organisation and personal objectives can be achieved respectively.
Developing KPIs to measure performance related to work goals
Key performance indicators are framework that is used by an organisation to measure
progress and performance towards achievement of goals and business objectives.
(a) It is necessary for an organisation as well as individual key performance indicator that
assist in determining personal goals (Johnson, 2018). As it is important to understand strategic,
tactics and operational plans. For instance, an organisation adopting sic months of new
technologies that will bring update organisation computing system. Thus, in this it help an
organisation to measure goal related performance.
(b) In an organisation KPIs should be set reward and reviewed on regular basis so that it
ensure that individuals and team members are meeting up the required performance standards.
For example: Key performance indicator are best if specific, measurable, achievable, relevant
and time bound action method is adopted. With this it can be identified what will happen, how it
will happen and roles and responsibilities of an individual so that effective result can be
evaluated. Thus, it is an important process that help in defining roles and responsibilities as well
as accountability as it provide proper structure and guidance for personnel.
(c) The key performance indicator outputs expressed position description that outline
summary and details of strength and weaknesses on personal traits performance. It can be
developed by strategics plan into short term plans. Moreover, a performance review is a greater
opportunities that indicates development in weak areas with a time bound so that goals and
objectives can be achieved within stipulated time period. Additionally, to make it review process
it is useful to make something unique so that both employees and mangers can over come their
weakness in an effective manner (DuFour and DuFour, 2013).
From the above mention point it has been determined that key performance indicator help
an individual and organisation to measure its work related goals in a specific manner. Moreover,
this process help an individual to know its strength and weaknesses so that an individual can
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overcome its weakness with in a stipulated time period. Thus, it play's a pivotal role in achieving
goals and objectives in an effective manner.
Activities to advance work goals and two work goals which develop work plans
It is required for me is to perform various activities and functions in order to gain
advanced and desired goals and targets in effective manner. Personal goal is the goal setting
which are performed by an individual which help them in reaching with desired goals and targets
in different situations. It is mainly done through systematic procedure which involves ideas,
thoughts, opinions and execution (Pedler,Burgoyne and Boydell, 2013). The common personal
goals have to be established in getting potential goals and objectives in proper manner. The work
goal need to be consider as work performed by an individual within an organisation and it is set
with desired targets and goals. A work plan is the outline of set of desired goals and procedures
through which a team and an individual can reaching with potential goals and they are offer
better understanding of specific work or tasks. Work plan is used in professional or academic life
which assist in stay organised and arranged while working on particular project or task. It is
required for me is to plan the work which help them in achieving such goals and targets that will
force to organise them and they are given prioritise to it. It is required for me is to set such work
goals which assist them in developing effective work plans. There are various activities which
help in achieving work goals in better manner by an individual such as analyse the main goal,
reaching timeframe, develop appropriate strategies and policies, evaluation of goals and
implementation. Such activities and functions are done for reaching with potential targets in
effective way.
There are various work goals which are help them in gaining and acquiring desired goals
and objectives that are described as follows:
Enhancement in knowledge – It is required for respective organisation is to gain benefits
from work goals in which they can easily increasing in knowledge and skills. For this, an
individual work on enhancing in knowledge and abilities that are required for perform good work
in better manner (Scase and Goffee, 2017). This will help them in reaching with set
organisational goals and targets effectively. This is the common work goal which every person
need to reach because it help them in gaining knowledge and skills.
Improvement in communication skills – For making strong connection with their
customers, it is necessary for an individual is to communicate and interact with them in effective
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manner. Along with this, communication skill help improving person confidence level and easily
communicate with any type of people without any hesitation. This is another work goal which
required to be achieved in proper manner so they can develop effective work plan of an
organisation.
On the basis of above description, it can be analysed that employer need to firstly set
effective work goals which is important for gaining high expected goals and objectives. In
addition to this, it is required for an individual is to adopt specific work goals that can be used for
make improvement in working plan (Roper and Payant, 2014).
Two work plans to achieve the two goals which have prioritised
In below, work plan structure is developed for analysing accurate time period, goals and
its descriptions.
Work activity Description Goals KPIs Time frame Person
responsible
Analyse major
goals
It is required
for me is to
analyse goals
which need to
be achieved
To measure
the goals and
objectives as
per the
requirements
and needs of
an individuals.
Reward and
reviewed on
regular basis
3 months Company
Manager
Reaching with
appropriate
time frame
For examine
an individual
skills and
knowledge
and also
measure it.
With this,
employer can
easily
understand
To evaluate
accurate
knowledge
and skills in
order to
complete work
in given time
period.
Strength and
weaknesses on
personal traits
performance
6 months Company
Manager
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their
capabilities
and also know
in which time
period they are
completed
their work.
a. Positive role model through work planning and organisation with examples along with work
plans serve to follow in workplace
Workforce planning is continuous procedure used for aligning priorities and needs of
organisation with those of workforce to ensuring it can meet regulatory, legislative, service,
production requirements and objectives of business. The good line manager is capable for
ensuring fair workplace relations and harmonious whereas bad line manager follow bad practices
and drive staff from organisation (Aswathappa, 2013). It is very important for line manager of
Finoit technologies to play positive role model. It is very important for manager to do better
workforce planning and organisation in order to serve as positive model for their employees. For
serving better role model, manager should work on achieving goals and objectives of business. If
manager has followed given strategies then they can serve positive role play model in business
such as: maintaining composure under pressure, setting clear values, working to overcome
obstacles, respecting feeling. If manager of Finoit technologies share their knowledge for
benefits of all other then it can create positivity for other working employees. Also they can
convert conflict into open conversation so that their issues and problems can be solved out. This
also create positivity within organisation and built positive role model for employees and their
team. For example, employees working in Finoit technologies come across with conflicts. The
manager need to listen to each and every working staff properly. After listening to them,
manager need to decide best solution for it which does not create any harm to staff and
organisation. This leads in creating positive role model for employee by manager. As all working
subordinates are heard properly by manager for providence of accurate solutions.
The work plans which I have made in order to be good role model in Finoit technologies
helps other to believe on my work and they respect me. As all work plans has been made in
favour of organisation and employees so that they can work effectively and efficiently. The good
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plans made by me can be appreciate by everyone if they are in favour of business and worker.
Thus, those can be easily followed in workplace for better running of business.
b. Maintaining appropriate work–life balance, manage stress and maintain health.
Work life balance is the way to adjust activities of day to day in order to achieve balance
between personal and work life. There are some benefits of healthy work life such as reduction
of stress level, higher job satisfaction, improved health, focus and concentration on work. It is
responsibility of manager to maintain good work life balance for their employees. The set goals
should be high, creating boundary between personal and balance work time level at work and
good support team (Alexander, 2013).
Stress is the way which cause and affect our thinking, feeling and life. Sometimes, it
helps in working under pressure and motivating for best. The stress can be mental, physical,
emotional and behavioural with different signs and symptoms. It can be caused by internal and
external factors. This need to be managed by making plan in order to cope up with daily
pressures and creating balance between work, life, relaxation, relationships and fun.
The health can be maintained if there is no pressure work and diet is good. In order to
achieve goal of life, person should be fit and healthy.
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Develop and Maintain Professional Competence:
Assess the personal knowledge and skills against competency standards such as enterprise
specific competencies and nationally endorsed unit of competency
Competency standards - There are various organisation which have a set of standards of
competence in their workplace. It is important for develop and maintain professional competence
in better manner. Along with this, it is required for them is to measure and evaluate personal
knowledge, skills and attributes against competency standards which determine the position
within an organisation (Beddoe, 2012). In Finoit technologies company, managers required to
aware about the competency standards which are required. They have accurate knowledge and
skills so that they can able to reach with desired organisational goals. The personal knowledge
and skills against competency standards includes enterprise specific competencies and national
endorsed unit of competency are:
 Nationally endorsed units of competency is consistent with requirement of work, such are
identified nation wide and based on services (Bottery, 2013).
 Enterprise specific units of competency consistent with work requirements in Finoit
technologies Ltd.
In Finoit technologies, my position is Assistant Software Engineer where I need to
maintain and manage all business operations and its functions. The personal skills and
knowledge that would be required for successfully fulfil needs and demand of the role.
Personal knowledge and skills required:
Communication skills – As an assistant software engineer, I require to be able to
communicate and interact with large number of people from non English speaking people to such
with advanced language skills. With this skill, I can easily gain attention of more people who are
known different type of languages.
Technical skills – I have technical skill which help me in developing software which
assist them in performing specific tasks. With this, I can conduct practical and often related to
mechanical, information technology, scientific and mathematical tasks. For example, there are
various tasks which are performed with the help of often technical skills such as knowledge of
programming languages, mechanical equipments and tools.
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