Personal and Professional Development: Skills, Plan, and Evaluation

This report explores the concepts of personal and professional development, focusing on self-managed learning approaches and their benefits for individuals and organizations. It delves into defining and evaluating various learning methods, including research and learning through others such as the internet and seminars. The report emphasizes the importance of lifelong learning, outlining ways to enhance learning skills and capabilities. It also covers evaluating current skills and competencies using SWOT analysis, identifying development needs, and creating a personal and professional development plan. Furthermore, the report discusses implementing the development plan, evaluating its effectiveness, and addressing workplace issues through effective time management and communication strategies. The student's work, now available on Desklib, provides a comprehensive overview of the essential elements required for personal and professional growth.

Personal and Professional
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Define several approaches to self manage learning and evaluation of them........................1
1.2 Different ways for life long learning in personal and professional development.................2
1.3 Evaluation of the benefits of self managed learning to the individual and organisation......3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Evaluation of current skills and competencies against to the organisational objectives.......3
2.2 Own development needs and activities needs to meet them.................................................6
2.3 Development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs.................................7
2.4 Personal and professional development plan........................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
3.1 Procedure required for implementing development plan .....................................................9
3.2 Development document functions as planned ....................................................................10
3.3 Own learning against their actual aims and set objectives in development plan ...............10
3.4 Development plan depend on evaluation and feedback .....................................................11
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................12
4.1 Solutions of work place issues ...........................................................................................12
4.2 Various styles and appropriate manner at different levels .................................................12
4.3 Use and evaluate effective time management strategies ....................................................13
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
In modern scenario, employee's working performance and their working style depends on
organisational environment. Hence, every business firms seeks to be develop healthy and
friendly surrounding between employees and employers. So that they can effectively interact
with each others. Additionally, all person have its own goals and targets of its personal and
professional life which wants to be achieve in future. Apart from this, it is a report which will be
discussing about different approaches of self manage learning as well as will effectively
elaborating several sources for life long learning (Watts, 2010). Therefore, current skills and
competencies against organisation will defining in effective and efficient manner. As well as
personal and professional development plan will be produced also behind the actual aim and
objective will identifying. In this last, several appropriate remedies will representing for work
based problems as well as will used several time management strategies (Gamrat and et. al.,
2014).
TASK 1
1.1 Define several approaches to self manage learning and evaluation of them
There are different type of methods and techniques which helps to improve working
performance and skills of employees so that they will significantly perform their tasks within
better quality. Basically, appropriate approaches are categorised into two parts which are
explaining under follows:
 Learning through research: Research is one of the best and appropriate method for
identify and gathering something new and innovative information from external
environment (Visser, Evering and Barrett, 2014). Thus, with the help of research can
significantly collect and analyse customer's demand and expectations by company as well
as determine actual market trends. In order to this, research helps in decision making
process because after conducting research company and an individual can decide their
standards and targets which they wants to be achieve in future. Further, also this method
assist to increase working performance of person as well as company's revenue. Thus, it
is necessary for every person and organisation must effectively monitor and try to analyse
outside environment of company.
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 Learning through others: Apart from research, there are available more methods an d
techniques of learning with the help of them an individual person can enhance its skills
and capabilities such as follows:
 Internet: Online or internet is one of the best method for identifying and collecting new
and innovative ideas for achieve decided targets and goals in effective and efficient
manner. At this time every individual person using internet services for completing its
tasks within better quality (Hoyle and Megarry, 2012). So that it is essential for every
business firm must prepare a web page of company for customers. Thus, they can easy to
visit online company's page as well as effectively can find out better services without
consuming more time. Additionally, it also helps to enhance working performance and
skills of a person. Because on the internet available any kind of information so that
person can easy to find out its necessary data from internet.
 Seminar and conference: In this type of approach, very participations can easy to
communicate and ask any kind of questions to each others. Generally, seminar and
conference is a formal aspect it assist to give effective guidelines to persons so that they
can enhance their capabilities and skills in effective and efficient manner.
1.2 Different ways for life long learning in personal and professional development
As per my experience, it is necessary for every person to improve own learning skills and
capabilities because with the help of them people can attain their decided targets and goals in a
significant way either personal or professional (McArdle and Coutts, 2010). Hence, there are
defining several ways of enhancing learning skills and capabilities which explaining under
follows:
 Ready to learn: If a person seeks to be learn something so that must be always ready to
learn as well as motivated towards learning. Because a good motivation level of a person
helps to increase performance and capabilities so that they can achieve its goals and
objectives.
 Setting goals: Generally, goals and objectives better motivation for every person so that
it is necessary to be decided some long and short term targets as well as must be focus on
to achieve them in a effective and efficient style. Without mission and vision a person
cannot get success in its life due to it is necessary for every organisation must decide
targets.
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 Evaluating learning: Evaluation is one of the best method for identify the actual
standard of performance and learning capabilities of a person. Because after
implementing the approaches in action must identify and evaluate its actual result and
outcomes. As per them person will rake corrective and appropriate decision is a
systematic manner (Glogowska and et. al., 2011).
1.3 Evaluation of the benefits of self managed learning to the individual and organisation
Generally, self managed learning can also known as a continues process. Hence, it has
several benefits which are explaining under follows:
 Bring out the leader: A good helps to give appropriate guild lines and provides better
directions to person so that they can complete their targets in a significant manner. Thus,
self managed learning process helps to bring out a effective leader as well as assist to
enhance its capabilities and skills.
 Support human capital: Self managed learning assist to increase working performance
and capabilities of a person (Holmes, Signer and MacLeod, 2010). Hence, in the
organisation employee's quality and their style directly impacts on organisation either
positive or negative. Additionally, it is necessary for every business firm must try to
improve working style and performance of employees so that they will systematically
perform its tasks and attain its objectives. Apart from this, self managed learning is a tool
with the help of them a individual person can effectively learn something new and
innovative things in its life as well as get success. In order to this, should try to improve
and enhance working performance and skills of a person (Ifanti and Fotopoulou, 2011).
TASK 2
2.1 Evaluation of current skills and competencies against to the organisational objectives
Basically, SWOT analysis is a tool which can be used for analysing and identifying
my current skills and capabilities which are explaining under follows:
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Illustration 1: SWOT Analysis
(Source- What is SWOT Analysis – A Simplified Definition, 2017)
Strength Ratings for strength (1-10)
Communication and interaction skills: My
major strength is I can easy to communicate
and interact with unknown person. It think this
is my strength because it helps to create better
relationship.
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Leadership: I have good leadership quality so
that I can lead to others towards their targets.
Additionally, with the help of leadership
quality I can manage and control team
members within effective manner.
5
IT Skills: As I have a good leadership quality
also I have better IT knowledge due to I can
easy to effectively operate computer and other
machinery.
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Weakness which is my future needs Ratings to improve these points (1-10)
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Management: Sometimes, I cannot manage
my works and operations due to I have more
workload in the organisation. Thus, I cannot
effectively perform my tasks with better
quality.
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Mutual understanding: In the organisation, I
am not that much friendly with my collogues
due to sometimes creates misunderstanding
between me and my peers as well as develop
conflicts and obstacles.
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Opportunities:
At this time, most of the companies are provide several opportunities or chances to persons. So
that I can enhance my performance and working capabilities in effective and efficient manner
(What is SWOT Analysis – A Simplified Definition, 2017). With the help of better
opportunities I can set my better standards as well as build my self esteem. Better chances assist
to get success and effectively I will achieve my goals and objectives.
Threats:
My threat is my lack of management due to this I cannot effectively manage and control
business activities as well as my personal operations in a systematic manner. Sometimes, this
threat create more complications and problems for me. Hence I cannot find out better solutions
as well as does not understand how to overcome them.
Description of CV
General information
Candidate Name …............
Contact Number ….............
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E-mail id …..............
Address ….............
Objectives:- Searching different chances in the companies for Training officer with a growth
oriented organisation. As per my self always being creative and innovative in nature with fullest
of calibre, to showcase most sought after and highly covered personality.
Qualification
Masters …......... ….........
Graduation …......... ….........
Higher education …......... ….........
Secondary education …......... ….........
Skills:
 Better management skills
 effective communication and interaction capabilities
 Friendly nature and hard working
 Basic computer skills
 Leadership quality
Professional experience
 Training officer (1 Year experience)
 Assistant training and development manager
Personal details
Father's name – ….........
Mother's name- ….........
Date of birth – ….........
Permanent Address-….........
Contact Number- ….........
Date - …...........
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2.2 Own development needs and activities needs to meet them
It is necessary to identify and determine actual working capabilities and skills of a person
because as per the skills company will allot the tasks. So that they will significantly perform their
works as well as achieve its targets within effective and efficient manner. Additionally, training
and development is one of the best method because with the help of this a person can enhance its
working style and performance also effectively will get success.
Long term goals and objectives: In the context of long term targets it also can known as
vision which wants to be achieve in future within effective and efficient manner. My long term
objective is I want to get a better opportunity so that I will join a growth oriented company. In
order to this, for attaining long term objectives must be prepare a plan as per that must be
complete necessary activities within better quality (Roeser and et. al., 2012).
Short term goals and objectives: These type of targets and goals are related to short
time period which wants to be achieve in minimum time. My short term objective is I want to
enhance my management skills so that I can effectively manage and control operation and
activities in effective manner. Additionally, every person already decided its long and short term
goals then they focuses on them how they will significantly achieve in future in a systematic
style.
2.3 Development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs
As I am working in a reputed organisation as a training officer so I have to enhance my
skills and working capabilities (Robertson, 2016). Thus, with the help of them I will significantly
attain my long and short term targets and objectives in effective and efficient manner. In this
order, I have some weaknesses such as:
 Lack of management: Sometimes I cannot manage and control business activities and
operations in a effective and efficient manner. So that I have to be requires must enhance
my management skills and capabilities due to I will significantly achieve my goals and
objectives.
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 Mutual understanding: My I am not that much friendly in nature so that I have to be
develop mutual understanding between my colleagues in the organisation. Better
understanding and friendly nature helps to get success in life (Jaipal and Figg, 2011).
2.4 Personal and professional development plan
Personal and professional development plan helps to manage and control activities and
operations in a effective and efficient manner. In order to this, it includes some stages which are
explaining under follows:
STAGES EXPLANATION TIME
PERIO
D
Stage 1 In the first stage of personal and
professional plan, must be identify major
objectives and goals behind preparing this
plan.
2 week
Stage 2 After that identify and determine actual
and current capabilities and skills of a
individual person with the help of SWOT
analysis method. This is a technique with
the help of this significantly identify
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats of an individual.
1.5 week
Stage 3 In the third stage of this plan, should
select and choose a appropriate outlook
for managing and controlling activities
and operations in a significant style.
3 week
Stage 4 Selecting and choosing appropriate
methods and tools for achieving targets
2 week
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and objectives.
Stage 5 In next stage, significantly evaluate and
analyse the result and outcomes of
personal and professional plan.
6 week
Stage 6 In this last, must be systematically
prepare a effective portfolio.
5 week
TASK 3
3.1 Procedure required for implementing development plan
There is particular procedure which is essential for modifying and developing their
abilities of a person (Sutherland, Howard and Markauskaite, 2010). So, in order to pressurize the
policies development of every individual needs. So they can also follow up same kind of the
rules which also make them sure that the executing will be in appropriate manner. If the process
of the implementation will be doe in proper way then there will be very least chances of the
failure of further learning events. As according to this kind of different styles which is mentioned
by the Kolb, I assimilative various kind of learners who like to offer various styles. There are
some of the executive improvement plan are as follows :-
Goals Short term Mid term Long term
My aim is to
accomplish setting
target of
organisations
The short term goals is
to accomplish goals
are which is needed
Mid term goal will be
raise in the
performance level of
their employees
(Nofziger And et. al.,
2010).
Long term goals are
reach to set the
particular target.
Skills and knowledge
to be learned
I need to develop and
improve my needed
skills
Work on the other
motivational
capabilities
Identify fresh
approaches to improve
efficiency and other
effectualnes's.
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How am I going to
acquire the
knowledge and skills
I acquire the
knowledge through the
different newspapers
By the knowledgeable
magazines and books
By observing the
capability and skills so
thy can also learn fro
them.
What resources I
required
Attend seminars Conferences Figure out new things
What time schedule Two months Five months Ten months
When will I need to
start
First April 2018 First August 2018 First December 2018
Completion and
finish I expect to do
finish
Twenty may 2018 Twenty October 2018 Twenty February 2018
When I need to
complete each of the
tasks
Mid of the April Mid of the August Mid of the December
3.2 Development document functions as planned
There are the ways of documentation of functional activities and other undertaking which
is as planned some of them are as follows :-
Organising study groups :- So, if any of the individual willing to make successful project
and their plan. Then they need to every part of the required intermediaries so that can be
documented in subsequently and precisely (McNiff, 2010). As all, the environment of the
external which is defiantly not so predictable so on there also might be they demands for
developing themselves. This only can be see with good result when they perform well along with
flexibility and required documentations just for the change and alteration.
Monitoring and supervising :- The regular monitoring and control over the entire project
and the process. This actually help tot he individual so they can help to enhance their activity and
lead to the great extent in order to accomplish their goals and objectives. From the measurement
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