Detailed Report: Personal and Professional Development Analysis

This report delves into the realm of personal and professional development, examining various approaches to self-managed learning, emphasizing its significance for individuals and organizations. It provides a comprehensive overview of skill and competency evaluations against professional standards, outlining development needs and activities. The report includes a detailed personal and professional development plan, incorporating procedures and activities essential for continuous improvement. It further addresses the importance of reflecting on learning outcomes against set objectives and formulating plans based on feedback. A significant portion is dedicated to analyzing work-based problems and defining communication styles, alongside evaluating effective time management strategies. The report underscores the importance of continuous self-assessment, skill enhancement, and strategic planning to foster both individual and organizational growth.

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT..............................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Description on various approaches of self-managed learning..........................................3
1.2 Propose ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional contexts could be
encouraged..............................................................................................................................4
1.3 Significance of self-managed learning for individual and organization..........................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Description on the evaluation of current skill and competencies against professional
standards..........................................................................................................................................6
2.2 Development needs and activities required to meet them................................................7
2.4 Personal and professional development plan.............................................................................9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
3.1 Define procedure and activities which are essential to have development....................10
3.3 Description on reflection on own learning against aims and objectives set in development
plan.......................................................................................................................................11
3.4 Personal development pan based on feedback and evaluation.......................................11
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
4.1 Description on Selection of work based problem...........................................................11
4.2 Define various communication styles in appropriate manner........................................12
4.3 Description on evaluation on the strategies of time management..................................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is a crucial part of an organization part in order to
bring the development in the firm activities as well workers. To achieve the desire success in the
entity one need to have skill to achieve such desired goal. It is very useful in manner to
accomplish various challenged of business enterprise It is considered as process in which
informal and formal activities are referred to enhance the working capabilities of an individual. It
is also beneficial for effective advancement of revenue for long term. In this various plans and
policies are to be made and should be implemented in order to achieve desired result of an
organization. In addition to this there should be proper designing of goals and strategies and
better and effective training by professionals should be provided to determine success of
organization. The present report will cover following aspects like various approaches of self-
managed learning. This kind of activities are beneficial for attaining positive outcomes and lead
business to impressive level of success. Moreover, they used to give their major focus on the
enhancing present skill of employees in order to meet set standards and objectives of the
organization. The main objective behind this assignment is to have effective application of
activities with proper utilization of resources in timely manner.

LO 1
1.1 Description on various approaches of self-managed learning.
It is very crucial step in order to have effective learning in themselves. Self-managed
leaning skill is that kind activity which help in manner to enhancing personal and profession skill
of an individual which assist to achieve growth of business enterprise and leads the firm to
success path. It is kind of technique in which person can develop his learning or can take
decision on his own behalf. It is very helpful in order to enhance professionalism environment to
create success in business enterprise (St‐Jean, 2012). Self-managed learning is a technique which
is inclusive of following approaches like effective training, self-assessment practice and to learn
from his own mistakes. In manner to attend the objective of the organization have taken the
visual training skill in manner to make this process efficient. The visual training skill is very
effective in order to determine the success of the entity. This is very effective technique in order
to develop the lifelong relation between individual of business entity. An enterprise need to
understand the whole objectives of the organization. In this manner, various kinds of self-
managed learning are approaches are given which are defined are as-
Internet- this is very effective in order to develop self-learning among individual. By suffering
various topics, person can understand in well and effective. internet is having all kind of solution.
user can teach themselves and develop their professional skill which can help them in near future
to bring productivity and profitability in business enterprise.
Social Network- They also play essential role in order to develop professionalism among
themselves. individual can have expert learning by taking various kind of research activities over
social media app. The social media is beneficial in order share wide range knowledge among
person for better sustainability.
1.2 Propose ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional contexts could be
encouraged
There are many ways that encourages lifelong learning in personal and professional
contexts. Some ways that encourage learning are discussed under this:
 Observation: This is very important and simple thing to improve knowledge. An individual
should observe the changes in global market, political situation, latest technologies and new

practices of management. These things can be learned with the help of books, newspaper,
magazines and electronic media (Calderhead, 2012)
 Practice: Every person should implement innovative and creative ideas in daily life and
work. So this influences innovative thinking of people. This approach simplifies the process
of handling adverse situation and increases the chance of learning new things. It plays a very
significant role in lifelong learning.
1.3 Significance of self-managed learning for individual and organization.
Self-managed leaning is very essential in relation to grow the development of human
professional. It is very dynamic process in order to have large scale of revenue. The self-
managed and self-directed are two concepts which seems to same but both are very differed from
each other. It is very useful t technique to bring overall development in human professional. It is
kind of time consuming and it saves cost. It is helpful in relation to bring creativity in human
professionals. With the help of this organization can able to achieve its growth and desired result
(Buxton, Burns and De Muth, 2012).
This process can be understood in the following manner are as-
Self-managed learning- it is a technique which is used b group or individua to achieve
one common goal of organization. In this goal are decided by the human who are not in this
team. For instance- The CEO of business enterprise is deciding to produce new innovative
product in the market. The marketing team, operational team, and production team set the
standard budget of this commodity. In this context the team is start to work to achieve the target
which is set by CEO of company.
Self-directed learning- It is different from self-managed learning. In this people set their
own target and they work together to achieve this. This kind of process directed from the team
only.
Distinction between self-managed learning and self-directed learning process-
Attributes Self-managed learning Self-directed learning
Goal The aim and objectives of the
company is decided by the
leaders (Calderhead, 2012).
In this the team only decided
its own goal and plan of
strategy to achieve once
common objective of the firm
(Zepeda, 2012).
Motivation The supervisors of the
organization should motivate
In this group member
motivated each other to

eh team to achieve their
desired result.
perform their best, they opt
innovative approach to boost
one another morale.
Supportive function They also require major
contribution of higher
authority in order to
accomplish of their target
with the effective training and
best support of human
resources.
They can perform their
activities by supporting each
other in team with little bit
support of external
environment (Shek and et. al.,
2013.).
Supervision and direction It is very essential in manner
to monitor team performance
of business enterprise.
They do not need any kind of
supervision direction.
Customer satisfaction They work in order to satisfy
the customer expectation so
that firm can achieve long
term profit (Gibbs, 2012).
They give their major focuses
on bring innovative product
so that they can gather
customers attention. (Kinnie
and Swart, 2012)
The self-managed learning approach is far better than the self-directed one. In SML I can
enhance my learning skill in order to bring overall development (Hopkinson, 2014). This is very
useful method to boost up the morale and person can obtain higher amount of revenue in near
future. With the help of this I can able to think innovative ideas so that customer can be possible.
This is very helpful in this person can find effective solution to their problem without any
support. By following this, I got promoted to the senior post of the operational team. With the
help of this method I am able to serve better to my firm with impressive revenue.
TASK 2
2.1 Description on the evaluation of current skill and competencies against professional
standards.
Organizational objectives- Professional standards are needed to be maintained in manner
to attend the organizational objective of the business enterprise. The employees of the firm
should work in manner to achieve team goals. The success of organization depends on working
of individual in the entity. It is very important in order to meet requirement of an individual in
organization. I have various skill which assist to meet with goals and objectives of the business
enterprise. These all are defined as follows Oral communication- I have good kind of
communication skill which assist to have sharing of information with people in manner to
achieve objectives of the entity. This kind of activities are very helpful because it also impacts

positively on the effective coordination between team members. With the help of this I can have
effective consideration of supervision activities within team. To make all the efforts in one
common single direction help me to have better sustainability. It will also impact positively on
the profitability and productivity.
Team working- The team is the essential support in manner to achieve objective of organization.
It is very beneficial in relation to have effective and efficient coordination between team
members. It is the essence of management which help in manner to attend long term objectivity
and profitability. The team working should be good in which every person performs their task in
better way. With the help of good team working every individua can share their problem with
each other.
Written communication- I have very effective and efficient good communication skill. I have lot
of work in relation to excel and sheets. The customer payment sheets should be made in order to
know the idea about receipt and payment. I have to deals with many presentation projects in this
order it is essential to have good written skill so that whole team can encourage to perform in
well efficient manner.
The gap analysis is very important in manner to find out the identification between
planned procedure and present outcomes. If there is any deviation planning and present outcome
than corrective measure should be undertaken in order to meet the set standards of the business
enterprise. The following things are to be considered as-
My future plan is to be head of the marketing department in this manner I have to give major
focus on the written and oral communication skill, good observation power, team working and
management etc.
I can mark may communication skill in the following manner are as-
Oral communication- 8 out of 10.h
Written- 9 out of 10
Good observation- 8 out of 10.
Team working and management- 6 out of 10 etc.
To improve my communication skills, I need to focus on my oral as well my written
language, need to work hard on my pronunciation so that every person can understand what I
want to communicate. I have good technical knowledge so I don’t need to work more on it, I just
need to update my skill as per the current updates, I should give major emphasize on the

observation skill so I can develop the power to observe performance of employees, in this
manner I can frame out the better plan and policies so that team worker can be work in more
effective manner.
2.2 Development needs and activities required to meet them.
Area of Activities Skills need to be improved
Personal development
Planning
Involvement in personal development helps the individual in
discovering and improving own skills and effectiveness
Conferences and seminars Involvement in these events helps the individual in
enhancing and understanding several about new tools and
techniques which can be beneficial in development plan.
Lectures This activity assists the individuals in improving is listening
and communication skills which are beneficial for the person
for its both personal and professional life.
Statistics This assists the individual in developing its computing,
analysing and calculating skills. It is the practical way pf
personal development
Oral presentation This is the best area from which a person is able to
understand and develop its self-confidence and learns to
justify effectiveness of its communication skill.
Research It plays a major role in improving information and
knowledge of individual according to market fluctuations.
Hence, in order to improve and develop its personal skills, and individual need to
evaluate its own strength and weakness with the use of Swot analysis which also assist the
person in determining its future opportunities of improvement and threats which can create
hindrance in its development plan.
Strength: Understanding own strength plays an important role in individuals life,
therefore in accordance to this I have good communication and supervision skills. I have
completed my diploma in management and supervision skill. This kind of skill is very helpful in
manner ro make balance between my team leader and goals. The main aim is to satisfy the
customer by providing them qualified good and services. This kind of skill is very helpful in
manner to make coordination between work and management.
Weakness: the communication skill sometimes creates barriers. The planning is poor and
objective are not so clear. This thing are happens due to my emotional nature. This causes like
customer refuge to give payments. As my objective is not so clear it quite tough to manage the
whole work and done all the things in systematic manner.

Opportunities: I am very bright student so my college authorities gave me chance, that
can help me in to gain more knowledge. Due to this I can work in more profession manner. This
opportunity is very helpful in order to make my work more efficient and effective.
Threats: There are various loopholes due to which sometime it is hard to cope-up with
the work. Lack of enthusiasm creates issues like late starting of project and poor planning which
is the major drawback for gaining long term objective of the organization.
2.3 Define the various development opportunities to meet my future as well current needs.
In manner to achieve current and future target of firm it is very essential to develop the
opportunities. The following things are to be considered as-
Professional skills Current period The Best current
example
Ways to improve
Leadership skill 5 I motivate my team
leader so that they
can work in more
manner.
I can improve it by
playing cricket and
team because this
kind of work is
inclusive of
leadership quality
Listening skill 3 During the time of
meeting with
development
department I missed
some information
about current
techniques.
To bring
improvement in this
the workshop is to be
attended.
Presentation skill 5 I was so hesitant to
present my reports to
senior management
due to lack of
confidence.
I can work on it by
interacting with
senior staff in
meeting
Self-managed skill 6 To bring productivity
I organized an event
related to managerial
skills.
There can be
improvement with the
help of experience.
Technical skill 4 The present is market
is totally dependent
on the modern things.
My computer
knowledge is very
effective.
With the help of
training programme, I
can improve it.

2.4 Personal and professional development plan.
Sr. no Learning
objective
Current
proficiency
Target
proficiency
Development
opportunities
Time scale
1 To bring
development
in my
presentation
skill
I am not so
good in
giving
presentation
in front of my
senior staff
and team
members.
It is essential
to present
myself at
corporate
level.
Various
seminars,
programs and
training
conducted by
organization
helps me to
improve this
skill.
4 months
2 Management
of time
I hardly can
manage one
single task at
a time.
To able to
manage more
than one task.
With the help
of work-shop
I can bring
improvement
in it.
4 months
3 Skill for
planning and
organizing
I can make
effective
planning as
per the
department
level.
To be able to
plan for
corporate
level.
The various
kind of
training
programs,
strategies and
techniques to
plan the
activities in
the firm.
6 months
4. Technical
skill
I am able to
deal with the
present
technology.
To be more
interactive
with the
current
updated
technology.
Training
programs are
essential in
manner to
achieve this
kind of
things.
5 months.
5 Leadership
skill
I can lead
only few
members.
To bring
improvement
so that I can
handle 20
people.
Effective
motivation
skill can
develop good
leadership
skill.
3 months
TASK 3
3.1 Define procedure and activities which are essential to have development.
Plan
Activities as well procedure for implementation of the development plan, it is defined in the
following manner are as-

Objectives Process and activities
Time management I can deal with the such latest and updated
technologies, this kind of activities can help
me in manner to achieve the task on time.
To enhance my technological skill Effective training helps me to get update my
knowledge on regular basis.
To enhance presentation skill To take more participation in seminar activity
can help me to give effective idea to define
my presentation.
As per the above discussion with manager of construction company I got some knowledge and
ideas on the basis of which I can improve my knowledge. It was very helpful advised to enhance
my presentation skill in the effective manner. Expert advised me to do manage more than on task
at a time in professional manner.
3.2 Define undertaking of development activities as planned.
To have effective implementation of activities the following resources are required -
To enhance presentation skill, I need resource such as seminar hall, internet so that presentation
can be effective and good projector system.
To bring improvement in technological skill, I need trainer, hall and internet facility from where
I can update my knowledge on regular interval.
To enhance the planning and organization skill I require to have notebook, pen expert project
reporter etc.
Such process is to be monitored on regular basis, with the help of this one can have idea about
planned and corrective action. If there is any deviation than corrective measure should be
undertaken.
3.3 Description on reflection on own learning against aims and objectives set in development
plan.
This personal development plan is very useful for me because its help me to improve my
communication skills as well as time management. I can manage more than one task at a time.
With the help of better and effective training I develop my presentation skill. This plan was
unable to bring improvement in my presentation skill. I have attended various seminars and
guidelines of senior but it doesn’t help me to enhance my leadership skill.

3.4 Personal development pan based on feedback and evaluation.
Development plan is very helpful in order to enhance my own skill and professional
development. The feedback and evaluation has been discussed in following manner -
Personal objectives Activities process
To improve time management
skill
To take participation in
workshops and seminars
helps to enhance the skill of
individual.
The resources are as expert
and professional people who
helps to bring overall
development.
To develop technological
skill
Effective training help to
manage the time management
skills.
Teamwork, notebook, laptop
and computers etc.
To enhance planning skill With the help of practice and
proper skill they can make
proper planning.
Expert, qualified people and
internet need.
To improve knowledge By attending seminars, I can
enhance my leadership skills.
Training program and
motivation lectures.
TASK 4
4.1 Description on Selection of work based problem.
In Business enterprises, major issue is the ineffective communication. Due to this there is
no good coordination between team members. This can hamper the growth of the firm. This kind
of problem unable to accomplish its goals and objectives of firm in effective manner. Sale team
has to improve it otherwise it can affect the sale graph of the firm. To have the profitability and
productivity it I essential to coordinate the whole activities in well and effective manner.
4.2 Define various communication styles in appropriate manner.
This kind of style help in manner to work well. Its define in the following manner are as-
Visual- with the help of this kind of learning style there can be effective communication between
tea, members. Its helps in manner to bring positive outcome of organization activities. Due to
this sale team can work in more efficient way and can earn profit at the large scale.
Verbal- it is kind of oral activity. it is very helpful in order to bring both writing and speaking
skill. Absence of this kind of activities bring ineffective working in the organization. This can be
improved with the help of effective training to all the workers.
4.3 Description on evaluation on the strategies of time management.
Time management skills are very help full in order to bring effective accomplishment of
activities in desired time frame. These are defined in following manner are as-