Analysis of Personal and Professional Development Strategies

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of personal and professional development, focusing on self-managed learning, skill evaluation, and the creation of a development plan. The report begins with an introduction to personal and professional development, highlighting their distinct characteristics and importance. It then delves into Task 1, evaluating approaches to self-managed learning, including seminars, social networks, and the internet. Task 2 assesses the author's skills and competencies against professional standards and organizational objectives, identifying development needs and opportunities. Task 3 explores the process and activities required for development plans, documenting development activities, and reflecting on learning outcomes. Finally, Task 4 addresses a work-based problem, emphasizing effective communication and time management. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and recommendations, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning and skill development for both individuals and organizations.

Personal and professional development

Table of Contents
Personal and professional development ..........................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Evaluate approaches to self managed learning.....................................................................3
1.2 Purpose ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional contexts could be
encouraged..................................................................................................................................4
1.3 Evaluate the benefits of self managed learning to the individuals and organization............5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Evaluate Own skills and competency against professional standards and organizational
objectives.....................................................................................................................................5
2.2 Identify own development needs and the activities required to meet them..........................6
2.3 Identify development opportunities to fulfill current and future needs................................6
2.4 Devise a personal and professional development plan based on identified needs. ..............7
TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Discuss the process and activities required for development plans......................................7
3.2 Undertake and document development activities as planned...............................................8
3.3 Reflect critically on own learning against original aims in the development plan...............8
3.4 Update of development plan based on feedback and evaluation..........................................9
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
4.1 Select solution to work base problem...................................................................................9
4.2 effective communication in a variety of styles and appropriate manner at various levels..10
4.3 Evaluate and use effective time management ....................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Personal Development is the self enhancement of the individual. Through which they get
success in their life. It is the continues process through which individual get new knowledge and
skills. This present report based on personal and professional development. Both the term is very
different from each other professional development defines the developing new skills and talent
into your role in the organization. Besides, personal development means to adopt new skills
which help to enhance the individual competency. Professional development is necessary skills
to carry out the role. Further, in this present report Mark and Spencer company will come into
consider. Individual adopt different professional training to achieve their career goals. It will
explain about the different aspects of personal and professional development they will discuss
about the self management that helps for future development. Furthermore, that personal
evaluation is essential to overcome from its own weaknesses. It will explain the importance of
interpersonal skills which gives more power to compete with the external environment.
TASK 1
1.1 Evaluate approaches to self managed learning.
Self managed is the most important function to analyse he self competency. Self managed
learning approach helps to learn new different things. It gives new strength to the
individual. There are some approaches given below:
 Seminars and Conferences: Seminars and workshops are the best source to
getting knowledge and skills (Abraham and et.al 2015). It is a very effective and
efficient tool which gives huge knowledge and career opportunity and attached
with the current scenario. Moreover, seminars and conferences also helps people
to become more self confident to speak in the public area. If company adopt this
theory approach of self managed company will get good aspects of development
and helps to get better decision making approach.
 Social Networks: Social Sites is platform where most of the population passes
their information from one person to another. It is the most wanting and
interesting source of learning. Social Networks connect people from many far
places. Many gig organization pass their information and learning process through

social networks. People apply this approach to their own lives to get success in
their careers. This social aspect of approach will help to adopt better social
networks of the company which helps them to make good lesioning power. This
theory of self manages is very much effective for M&S to adopt better
communication process.
 Internet: Internet is the vast and huge connection of data. It is the best way to self
managed. Internet gives every knowledge and skills whichever is required. Like
Google Scholar is the biggest research site which contains many articles and
journals which gives information on any topic, such as management studies, risk
management and business studies(Abrahamsson, Salo, Ronkainen and Warsta,
2017). Through which people can acquire the knowledge and adopt some new
skills. By more search on Google they get to learn new things about many other
authors. This approach helps to get any knowledge. Through self managed
individual such as myself can achieve experience to enhance by capabilities. It
helps me for my personal development. This approach will help M&S to make
long network of work through which company can easily assess their operation in
very fast manner with the help of internet.
1.2 Purpose ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional contexts could be
encouraged.
Personal learning is the continuous process, all about the personal capacity of the person
which helps to contribute to ones professional context. Lifelong learning could give
various opportunities and innovative ways to adopt new changes. This may ehnace
personal as well as professional power to imply changes. In order too knowledge get
enhance personality development and in professional terms this may give new strategy
idea which helps company into development process. It also helps to determine the ways
of self evaluations of strengths and weaknesses and opportunities or threats. My strength
is to get to learn new things which give me new opportunities. I will make things possible
and successful. I am doing some physical activities to mitigate my stress. Furthermore,
weaknesses may be lack of money and recession.
Continuous learning: Continuous learning means professional and personal
development (Arends, 2014). It can help to implement the organization plans in more

effective ways. This continuous learning has change according to the time. This has been
bringing new skills, new understanding and new pattern of work. At the individual level
new learning is very important to build new skills. Continuous learning connect people to
the current trends.
Effective Leadership: Leadership is the interpersonal skills. Effective leadership power
can give lots of achievements in the future. In this type of process individual learn about
to tackle situation and try to make them settle. It helps to empowering the team of people.
Lifelong learning also helps to enhance the effectiveness and capabilities of leadership in
order to take new initiatives. Through which they provide good services and power to
their team mates.
Good Communication and Relationship: Good communication is the medium through
which two or more people communicate their information. In the current scenario many
multinational companies have multi cultured people. Effective communication plays a
very vital in the organization to maintain the healthy relationship. To learn
communication skills will give lifelong learning in their life. To communicate with the
top level management or with the subordinates or with the customers this skill will help
to build the confidence or may help to learn new talents.
Motivation and Achievement: Motivation is the next approach to take lifelong
achievements through which people do things better. Satisfying individual learn more
things and want to achieve success in their future. Furthermore, achievement it is the term
which is necessary to have some objectives. It may be personal achievements which give
higher satisfaction to the people (Brody, and Hadar, 2015). This gives new enthusiasm
and power to do something. It gives self actualization, confidence to take things
positively. Lifelong learning is the continuous process which changes as per the
environment and it helps to get good amount of experienced and motivation level.
1.3 Evaluate the benefits of self managed learning to the individuals and organization.
There are many positive and negative impacts of self managed learning to the individual
or organizational learning. Self managed helps individual to take decision making with
the help of past and present experiences. Organizational learning is the professional
which gives huge advantages to the people. Self managed also helps to solve the
problems or issue with anyone within the organization. These all are the learning factors

which is going continuously with the changes of organization behavior. In current times
origination give flexible working so that individual do the work with their own skills and
creativity such as given below:
 Team Work Skills
 Communication Skills
 Presentation Skills
Self managed learning is very much important for the company to take new further step
for business expansion. Organisation wants new learning and approaches in order to ensure
effective management skills. For example M&S employees are self managed and equipped a\t
the time of meeting and group discussion, different employees and staff members contributes
their own thoughts and ideas for the company perspective. With the helps of self managed
theories and aopproches company can get several benefits for their development.
TASK 2
2.1 Evaluate Own skills and competency against professional standards and organizational
objectives.
Multinational organization main objective is to hire skillful and talented employees who
give higher sales revenue to the company objectives. Furthermore, to give more competency
company provides good training to them (Busse, Aboneh and Tefera, 2014). To achieve the
objective company apply a SMART theory ,(Smart, measurable, achievable, realistic and time
bound) moreover, as an employee I should have time management skill, leadership skills,
interpersonal skills and having good communication skills. All skills could help to achieve the
organization objectives.
If I am talking about my skills and competency, so I would like to say that, I have good
learning skills, Communication Skills, along with that I have good writing skills which help me
to write good ideas and thoughts. Furthermore, I have good team leader quality through which I
can share my skills with everyone so that we can work together. In today’s multinational
companies employees needs to be very smart and talented to accomplish the objectives.
Required skills Process Time Duration
Technological Skills Technical skills are needed to
be more enhanced, for that I
2 months

need to attend some technical
workshops and training to
nourishing my technique skills
and knowledge.
Leadership skills I need to take guidance about
how to manage team mates
and their queries to enhance
my leadership skills.
1 month
Analytical skills I need to enhance my
analytical skills to take some
logical steps and decisions.
1 month
Time management I needto mange my work on
time , for that I need to make
my self punctual and on time,
for that I need to take some
workshops for time
management.
2 months
2.2 Identify own development needs and the activities required to meet them.
As an employee organization wants many skills by the employee side. Like management
skills, communication skills, time management skills, It skills as above I have mentioned my
skills and weaknesses. To overcome from my stress and weaknesses I need to join some
seminars and workshops to adopt some more skills and knowledge. Along with that I would
engage myself in some training at my work place. Furthermore, I should change my skills
according to the current scenario.
Personal Strategy: To improve my personal skills, I need to adopt some personal strategy to
enhance my personal as well as professional life. So that I need to read some articles, newspaper
like, Forbes news channel, Times of India, financial times. Etc. these all sources helps me to
improve my communication skills which is very important for an organization. The best method

to analyze the personal development through (PEST) Political, Economical, Social and
technological(Edwards, 2016).
2.3 Identify development opportunities to fulfil current and future needs.
Needs are the important factor for the individual to accomplish their satisfaction level.
Current needs and future needs both helps to achieve the short term and long term goals. I am a
quick learner and want to learn new different things. So that as pr the situation my current needs
is that, I need some more training relating to time management, leadership skills, planning,
participative management. These all my current needs.
As per my future needs, so that I will compete with my future trends. I need to enhance
my personal and professional development. To compete with new trends and skills I need to
learn some advancement to maintain itself compatible in the future. My skills and talent will help
organization to take future decisions. This increases the professional development.
As per the strength of mine, will take me on higher level and also it helps me to take
challenging step for the company betterment. Strength may convert into opportunities just
needed for the right time and chance.
2.4 Devise a personal and professional development plan based on identified needs.
Planning is the foremost function in professional as well as personal life. Planning defines the
current plans and future plans to achieve the target. This helps to guides what to do and how to
do. It helps to maintain the balance between present and future. I need to make proper planning
to put my plans into for my future developments. Organization requirements are very high in
respect from employees so that changes are essential to adopt new developments. It helps to
expand new abilities in life(Hopkinson, 2016). There are some strategies for professional
development plans.
SWOT Analysis
SWOT is the best method to analyze my strength and weaknesses, opportunities and
threats. I will doing self analyze and try to overcome from my weaknesses and threats. This
process helps me to get new opportunities in my profession. Apart from that I need to attend new
development skill programs to get some more experiences. It will help me to enhance my
professional career. This increases my personality development. SWOT analysis is the self
assessment which helps to give new corrective actions to develop new skills and knowledge.

TASK 3
3.1 Discuss the process and activities required for development plans.
Development plan is the continuous process to achieve the future objectives. Planning
needs to be perfect to achieve overall target. It makes professional and personal development. To
implement plans properly there are some schemes discussed below:
Scope and content of development plans
The main focus of the development plan is to improve personal and professional skills.
For that plan should be contain what to do, how to do and when to do. User needs to understand
some key specific areas through which they get success. Every case study and content gives new
areas of development which help individual according o the development plan.
Relationship between goals and their links
To achieve the objective, it requires dedication and concentration towards the target, to
enhance the development of professional and personal skills. It helps to take one step further.
Approaches and methods helps individual to make plan effective and efficiently. Development
plan should be compatible and effective to accomplish PDP development. It is very important
that how individual consider individual employee take opportunity and full fill their development
planning.
Implementation of development plans
It is the challenging step when individual implement the development plan individual
may face two kinds of issues. First it requires lots of communication and training support to
reach the objective(Leigh, and Blakely, 2016). Second challenge is to self managed learning. It
requires proper attention and support to be fulfilled. In both the situation individual needs to take
proper implementation plans. It require support to keep maintain the interest and encouragement
towards the objectives.
Overall discussion concluded that impact of this plans is great success and new learning.
Employee are own responsible for their self development, they make their plans which links with
business developments.
3.2 Undertake and document development activities as planned
To undertake the document there are set of activities which is important to be fulfilled.
There are some points to be analyses while making a development plan.
 Collect all necessary activities, and mentioned in the document.

 Include some notes and key points in the document (Vetere and Stratton, 2016).
 Review prepared document and try to make nourish all the time for better development
plan
3.3 Reflect critically on own learning against original aims in the development plan.
Initial Preparation: Before making any plan, preparation must be necessary. It helps to
make planning and aims and objectives towards the better development plans. It helps in every
level such as academic professional and personal levels.
Motivation: Personal anticipation is very important to full fill the target of development
plan. It helps to analyze the requirement types of skills such as it helps to determine the new
development skills to enhance personal and professional development. It is make sure that what
you are going to achieve(Moon, 2013). It makes more satisfaction level among the employees. It
helps to achieve both personal and professional development plans. You also need to define short
term and long-term goals. Person should review their development plans and try to fill the gap
between actual performance out off desired performance. Where the improvement is necessary in
terms of skills, talents and knowledge. These all motivation factors need to be analyzed at the
time of development.
Experience and knowledge: These two elements are very important to implement
plans. Previous experienced and skills help individual to adopt new changes.
3.4 Update of development plan based on feedback and evaluation.
Individual make their development plans on the basis of up gradation. This process is
implemented on the basis of performance of the employee in the organization. In every multi
organization employee needs to be developed itself according to the requirements of the
company(National Planning Commission, 2013). It helps company to maintain the new plans
which helps individual to make new opportunities and growth. How you will find that there is a
need of something new. It is determined after self-evaluation or after feedback. Individual make
sure about what is required and how it is to be done. Like nowadays, every company wants good
command on more then two languages. It is very important for the individual to learn more than
two languages to stand in the company. So, it is the latest demand on which peoples has to be
work on to accomplish the future needs. After analyzing and determining what is to be done for
learn something new, next step is to make development plan, to do the things on right way. After
that people needs to make proper planning and organizing those plans to implemented

Planning: It is the first step towards the objective, planning is the most important
function in every process. In which individual make objectives aims. For that you need to
arrange proper resources and time to complete them. Defining goals will helps to make clear
vision and path for the success point. While making research to analyze new skills and
development goals. It is needed to gather all information and data to make effective planning
document(Olsen, 2015). It is very obligatory to review such goals which is already has been
done, through research it has to be done in more effective way.
Reviewing: Reviewing is the next process to determine the objectives and helps to
measure the level of planning. It helps to give more about the plan which is required to
accomplish the goals. this process will tell some more corrective actions to overcome from the
uncertain events. This will also help to determine the clear picture of goals. This shows what did
we achieved. It assists about what strength need to be improved to overcome from weaknesses.
Feedback Action Time
Lack of time management I need to look upon my time
management skills and try to
manage my work on time to
overcome from this issue.
1 month
Lack analysis skills I as per the feedback I need to
improve my understanding
skills
2 moths
Software skills I need to take some classes of
new software which helps me
to make my work more
effectively.
2 months.
On the basis of above development plan I need more focus on my lacking part to enhance
my skills, so that I will make my work systematic and effectively.

TASK 4
4.1 Select solution to work base problem.
In the organization there are many issues through which employees face many problems like
discrimination on the basis of race, caste, gender and religion. This is the major issue in the
organization to be faced by different employees out of Many I have select this one problem. To
overcome from this major issue organization needs to adopt some major strict laws and
regulations against discrimination. Apart form that employees should be take action against those
unfair practices(Vetere and Stratton, 2016). Furthermore, it is important to know about the rules
and regulations regarding discrimination. So that every employee has know about their rights.
Manger is responsible to take fair practices with the all employees without any discrimination.
Along with that to maintain the reputation in the market every company has to adopt these kinds
of laws to protect their company environment.
4.2 effective communication in a variety of styles and appropriate manner at various levels.
In very organization they have some short of communication levels. Generally, organization has
three types of communication channel as given below;
Upward communication: in this first type of communication level in which communication
flow has been done from lower level to upper level. This way used for emails, phone calls,
chatting etc. in this process of communication information flow from lower level to upper level
in case of any query and issue. Workers contact to their supervisor if they solve the proble its
good but in case of no solution supervisor flow this information to middle level and then it
passes on to the op level management. This process of hierarchy will help M&S to maitin proper
management.
Downward communication: in this type of communication channel communication has been
done from upper level to lower level employees. Like meetings, emails, notice boards. This
communication way is occurred when top level management makes any plans and strategies or
want to share with lower or middle level staffs(Walsh and Craig, 2016). if company wants to
make new changes and apply new policies and laws then flow of communication would be
downward means top to lower level.
Horizontal communication: horizontal communication is conduct with the same level of
employees. In this process employees meet face to face in group meetings. It helps to create
healthy relationship between all employees in the organization.