Personal and Professional Development Report: Travelogue Hotel Sector

This report delves into the realm of personal and professional development, specifically within the context of the Travelogue hotel sector. It begins by exploring various approaches to self-managed learning, such as seminars, social networks, and training programs, emphasizing their benefits for both individuals and the organization. The report then examines the concept of lifelong learning, highlighting continuous professional development, apprenticeships, and self-directed learning as key components. Furthermore, it evaluates skills and competencies against professional standards and organizational objectives, identifying development needs and opportunities. The report also covers the implementation of a development plan, including activities, documentation, critical reflection, and updates based on feedback. Finally, it addresses problem-solving skills and time management strategies. The report aims to provide actionable insights and recommendations for enhancing personal and professional growth within the hotel management industry.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Approaches to self managed learning...................................................................................3
1.2 Life long learning process in personal and professional development.................................4
1.3 Benefits of self-managed learning to individual and organisation........................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
2.1Evaluating skills and competencies against professional standards and organisation
objectives.....................................................................................................................................6
2.2 Identification of development needs and activities to meet organisation objectives...........7
2.3 Identifying development opportunities to meet up current and future needs........................8
2.4 Personal and professional development plan based on identified needs...............................8
TASK 3 .........................................................................................................................................10
3.1 Process and activities requires in implementing development plan....................................10
3.2 Undertaking and documenting development activities.......................................................11
3.3 Reflect critically on learning against original aims and objectives in development plan...11
3.4 Update development plan based on feedback and evaluation.............................................11
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
4.1 Selecting solution to work based problems.........................................................................11
4.2 Various learning skills and styles that help in overcoming problems.................................11
4.3 Evaluating uses of effective time management strategies...................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Personal and Professional development is a formal means by which an individual set out
goals, strategies and outcomes of learning and training. It clearly defines time frames, activities
and outcomes to meet define goals, specify date and reviews as well as learning activities that
include both formal and informal training and development sessions (Busse, Aboneh and Tefera
2014) It is mainly used in providing large variety of profession ans specialised training that
assist administration individual and employees in an effective manner. Eventually, an effective
personal and profession development provides higher growth and sustainability for particular
individual's career. In this report organisation chosen is Travelogue, an hotel sector that basically
operated by independent companies who have no connection with brand in other countries. This
report is going to analysis various approaches which are useful in managing self learning
process for life long development of individual within an organisation. Additionally, evaluating
current skills and competencies against professional standards that determines professional
development portfolio which process activities that are essential in development plan. Thus, a
respective organisation also measure current abilities and skill of professional development and
organisation standard in an effective manner.
TASK 1
1.1 Approaches to self managed learning
In today's context self managed learning is a continuous and gradual process in which an
individual steps out to formulate an effective learning strategies to enhance self development.
Additionally, it is also know as learning by self motivation. There are many approaches which
help an individual to set their goals and evaluate their purpose of planning and learning to
achieve their targets. Some of them are determined below:
Seminars and Conferences: Seminar and conferences are one of the best way to
manage self learning process (McNiff, 2010) . It help an individual to enact wide chances to
share and develop ideas as well as motivation through their own experience. This benefit both an
employee and individual in their personality development and improve their knowledge by
sharing views, ideas with innovation in it. Thus, it help to increase person's ability, capabilities
and confidence to speak up in public.

Social networks: In today's context social network have created its importance in self
managed learning process. There are various networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and
many other that help an individual and employee in developing and gaining knowledge from
different websites. Additionally, add value in both employees and individual in improving their
communication skills, enhancements in performance which help in developing an individual
career.
Training and development programmes: Training and development programs are
basically designed in order to train and develop an individual knowledge and skills on regular
basis of time. (Stenfors Hayes, et.al. 2010).It help an individual to develop their own knowledge
and competencies in relation to specific skills which is beneficial for both employees and
individual to achieve their goals and objectives respectively.
The above mention are different approaches of self learning process that help both
employees and individual in self learning program. Thus, it will help managers of Travelodge in
improving learning process as well as self development of individual and employees within
organisation.
1.2 Life long learning process in personal and professional development
In an organisation mangers of Travelodge are encouraging life long learning process for
its employees and individual so that it is beneficial for both individual and organisation. This
process is helpful for employees in learning and acquiring new things for enhancing their own
growth and development both in professional and personal life. Moreover, some of the life long
learning process adopted by the managers of Travelodge are determined below:
Continuous Professional Development: Continuous Professional Development is one
of the most effective and long term systematic process that help an individual and employee to
develop as well as enhance skill and abilities of an individual in a respective manner
(Hildebrand, 2018).Moreover, it also help managers in tracking and developing skills,
knowledge and experience of individual, employees and staff members within an organisation.
Thus, this process is an ongoing process in one's life.
Apprenticeship: An apprenticeship is a new way of learning in both professional and
personal life. This process help both individual and employees to develop and learn on
continuous process while performing their duties and responsibilities within an organisation.

Thus, this process is useful for both employees as well as organisation in order to attain their
goals and objectives respectively.
Further learning process: In today's context many organisation are allowing their
employees and staff members to develop and improve their skills, knowledge and competencies
in order to have high skilled workforce. Additionally, it also provide opportunities to individual
in enhancing their career opportunities as well as add value and quality of life standard for longer
periods of time.
Self directed learning: Self directed is a learning process in which an individual selects
and manage their own learning activities which an perused at any with irrespective of age (Von
Haenisch, 2011) It creates benefits for an individual to meet up their goals and objectives as well
increase their value in their career. Thus, it also enables them to organisation goals and
objectives within stated framework.
The above mention points are life long learning process that are adopted by managers of
Travelogue so that individual and employees are helpful both in professional and personal life.
Hence, managers are encouraging its employees and staff members in enacting their knowledge
and skills on regular basis while performing their duties.
1.3 Benefits of self-managed learning to individual and organisation
Self-managed is a learning process in which an individual takes initiative in formulating
and learning that is essential in one's life. This process of learning is beneficial for both
organisation and employees as well as it enhance employees and individual performance within
an organisation.
Benefits to individual in Travelodge: Self managed is learning process that help an
individual in learning specific skills through self managed learning method. This process is
flexible in nature in which employees and individual become more comfortable through self
learning. Additionally, it creates an ability in an individual to deal complex situations, improving
performance as help them to take decision which is beneficial for themselves as well as
organisation too. Moreover, managers are help its employees in learning while performing job
task and gaining knowledge from training and development session, seminars and conferences
on regular period of time.
Benefits for Travelodge: This process help managers of Travelodge in reducing cost of
learning and development process for its employees and staff members. It also improve

knowledge and skills of over all organisation so that with trained and efficient staff member an
organisation will able to attain its goals and objectives respectively. Thus, it will lead to increase
profitability of their organisation by matching up targets within stipulated time period.
Less Staff retention: With the help of self-managed learning process manger of
Travelodge are able to maintain less staff retention within an organisation. They are maintaining
a proper job structure such as providing appropriate salary, incentives and bonus to nits
employees on regular basis as per their job designation. Additionally, they are providing training
and development sessions in order to enhance knowledge and skills of its employees as well as
they feel motivated and carry out their work effectively.
Better level of customer's service: The managers of Travelodge are able to maintain
customer's relation of its potential customer's by providing services as per need and demand.
Additionally, a better level of customer's can be achieved only if an organisation are able to
provide appropriate quality of services to its guest and customer's.
The above mention are some of the self managed learning process that help both
organisation and employees in order to achieve is goals and objectives as well as attain
sustainability within stipulated time period of time.
TASK 2
2.1Evaluating skills and competencies against professional standards and organisation objectives
Skills are self assessment where an individual are willing to modify their abilities and
qualities according to requirement of improvement (Mwalongo, 2012).Herein, the managers of
Travelodge wants to ensure that their goals and objectives are fulfil that basically includes
specific, measurable, achievable and realistic. The individual assessment of individual is
determined below:
Personal Audit
Skills and Competencies Score Score from others Difference
Good communication skills 6 7 1
Personal and interpersonal skills 7 8 1
Leadership skills 8 6 -2
Confidence and trust 6 8 2

Time management 7 4 -3
Problem solving skills 6 4 -2
From the above evaluation of personal audit it has been identified that a an individual in
hotel management in Travelodge can assist their own skills and competencies in meeting their as
well as organisation goals. Moreover, in the above mention table positive value indicates that
skills are appropriate in achieving organisation goals and objectives respectively. Where as
negative skills indicates that an individual need to work upon it in order to improve them in an
effective manner. Herein, an individual is acquiring good communication skill, personal and
interpersonal skills and confident are positive skills of an individual which are essential for an
organisation too. Moreover, an individual do have negative skills where need to improve such as
time management and problem solving skills.
2.2 Identification of development needs and activities to meet organisation objectives
In an organisation there are some development needs and activities to meet up
organisation goals and objectives which are determined below:
Required skills: As an assistant manager in an organisation need to work with head
manager and perform number of supervisory duties and responsibilities. Manger required to have
strong attention towards performing task in an effective manner. Moreover, an assistance
manager need to have certain skills such as leadership, problem solving and good
communication as well as ability to take good decision which is beneficial for an organisation.
Eventually, there are some of skills that are required to improve job position of assistant
managers are determined below:
Leadership skills: In an individual a leadership skills need to have assertive,
adaptability, intelligence and conscientiousness. An individual can improve this skills by having
a clear mission and vision as well as by utilising strength and weakness. Additionally, setting out
definitive goals and follow concentrate action plans.
Personal and interpersonal skills: Personal and interpersonal skills are form of an
integral part of professional tool box (Stern and Brackett, 2012). Herein, a individual can
improve this skills by adopting various aspect such as cultivating positive outlook, controlling
emotions as well as having good trait among colleagues and workers. Additionally, this activity

are becoming assertiveness within an organisation and maintaining good relation between
employer and employees.
The above mention are some of the required skills that an individual need to have for a
specific job position of assistant manager. Thus, an individual need to improve such skills and
become efficient for this position.
2.3 Identifying development opportunities to meet up current and future needs
In an organisation development in a work provides an efficient means of developing
workforce. In a workplace development opportunities are able to maintain opportunities which
help an organisation to have a win win strategy. Moreover, there are some development
opportunities that help an individual in improving current and future needs which are mention
below:
Monitoring works of senior: In an organisation monitoring is very powerful tool which
helps an individual in developing opportunities as create huge benefit for achieving current as
well as future needs of an organisation. Moreover, I need to continuously monitor work of by
seniors so that it help me in achieving in learning new things as well as help me in improving
my skills and knowledge.
Growth and development: In today's context growth and development is essential for
me. For this purpose I need to attain various training and development sessions so that an
individual can acquire effective skills and knowledge in an appropriate manner. Moreover, with
this I can easily handle and manage all works which are need to be performed with organisation.
The above mention are some points that are essential for me achieving goals and
objectives in an appropriate manner as well as enhancing growth and development level.
2.4 Personal and professional development plan based on identified needs
Personal and professional development plan is one of the essential part in analysing and
individual strength and weaknesses (Brody and Hadar, 2011). This development plan help me in
utilising my weak points in stipulated time period of time in an efficient manner:
No.
Learning
target
Present
Proficien
cy
Target
Proficiency
Development
Opportunities
Criteria for
Judging
Attainment
Time
Scale
1 Leadership 8 10 Herein, an individual Managers and 45 days

Skills can improve its
leadership skills by
having a clear vision,
knowing utilising
strengths and
weaknesses, be
passionate, serve bas
a role model.
Additionally, setting
out definitive gaols
and follow concrete
actions plan.
superiors
2 Personal and
interpersoanl
skills
7 10 An individual can
have a cultivating
positive outlook,
controlling emotion,
having good trait
among co workers.
Becoming active and
assertiveness in an
organisation and
maintaining good
relation between
employer and
employees.
Peers and
colleges
40days
3 Time
management
and problem
solving skills
7 10 An individual acn
over come from this
skills by joing
various class of
problem solving
Managers,
supervisor and
colleagues
60 days

skills. Working
continuously on time
management process
to over this
weakness.
TASK 3
3.1 Process and activities requires in implementing development plan
In an organisation if strategic planning is not implemented in a correct manner than
managers will not able to attain success in an business. Herein, there are some of the activities
that are required in implementation and development of plan which are determined below:
Strategy formulation: Strategy formulation is a process of choosing most appropriate
course of action that basically realize an individual goals and objectives. It help an individual is
setting out goals and objectives, by evaluating organisation environment, setting up quantitative
targets as well as analysing performance by proper adoption of effective strategies.
Defining strategies: For accomplishing a particular task it is essential for an individual
to define an appropriate strategies to its employees and staff members. It has to be done so that
an appropriate can be evaluated foe define strategies which are planned to determined certain
goals and activities.
Improving action plan: In developing an effective plan it is necessary for an individual
to improve action plan and strategies as per need and requirement. Moreover, it is essential fopr
an individual to take decision which are flexible in nature so that it can me improved and
adopted as per the need and requirement in completion of plan.
Learning methods: In this type of method an individual need to learn different learning
methods so that various mode of methods can be achieved that help an individual in assigned
targets. Moreover, an individual is adopting various training and development programmes,
seminar and session so that aims can be achievable with target time period.
Evaluation and reflection: For an individual evaluation and reflection is necessary as
this process help in gaining and developing knowledge and skills. Moreover, it help an individual
to perform their best in an effective manner so that an appropriate result can be outputted.

Above mention are some of the activities that are necessary in implementation of
development plan in an effective manner. Additionally, if such process are adopted in an
effective manner than an individual can attain achievement in an accurate manner.
3.2 Undertaking and documenting development activities
In developing and implementing an effective plan, it is necessary for an individual to
main out certain activities which are helpful in effective development of plan.
Developing appropriate schedule: If an individual is able to maintain proper time in
accomplishing their work within stipulated time-management. Moreover, it will help an
individual an analysing problem and issues as well as overcome from it by adopting effective
strategies which is essential for continuing an effective process of development. Thus, by
maintaining an appropriate schedule an individual can carry out their work in an effective
manner as well as achieve target within stipulated time period.
Training and development sessions: Training and development sessions help an
individual to enhance their knowledge and skills so that an individual can bring efficiency in
performing work. Moreover, by continuous training and development an individual can gain
knowledge which is beneficial for them as well as organisation in achieving their goals and
objectives respectively.
Seminars ans conferences: Seminar and conferences are one of the best way to manage
self learning process. It help an individual to enact wide chances to share and develop ideas as
well as motivation through their own experience. Moreover, with this an individual can develop
new ideas and innovation which result helpful in achieving goals and objectives in an acurrate
manner.
The above mention are some of the activities that an individual adopt within themselves
so that an effective plan can evaluated in an appropriate manner. Moreover, it is necessary for
an individual to main out certain activities which are helpful in effective development of plan as
well as become successful in competitive market place.
3.3 Reflect critically on learning against original aims and objectives in development plan
For a proper implementation of development plan, I need to develop and supervise
growth and development level for learning desired result for it. Moreover, there are certain
methods of learning and developing for development plan which are determined below: