Strategies for Personal and Professional Development Plan

This report provides an overview of personal and professional development within the hotel industry, emphasizing the importance of skills and abilities for individuals and organizations. It highlights the significance of effective communication styles, including assertive, manipulative, submissive, and aggressive approaches, and their impact on customer relations in the hotel sector, particularly within Travelodge. The report also addresses time management strategies for enhancing efficiency and productivity. It concludes that continuous development through various learning methods, such as lifelong and self-managed learning, is crucial for both individual and organizational success, supported by effective time management and communication skills. The document references academic sources to substantiate its points.

Introduction
The term of personal and professional development refer to
gaining the abilities and skills of a personal or organisation
through rendering or supporting training sessions. A
business organisation desires to employ skilled and able
applicants who are able to control and maintain all the
activities and functions in adequate manner. The major
objectives of these practices is to attain the objectives and
gaols of company in efficient way.

Styles of Communication at Various Levels
There are several types of communication and a hotel industry required
effective communication to manage the consumer. The rights form of
style not only attract the consumer but also the traveller and tourist.
Some of the communication styles are as follows:-
 Assertive
 Manipulative
 Submissive
 Aggressive

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Assertive: Travelodge prefers those types of
communication which have assertive means expressing
oneself effectively as well as attracting consumer toward
organisation
Aggressive: Hotel industry such as Travelodge neglect to
have aggressive style of interaction, as it means
aggressive means to dominate the opinions and views of
other.

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Submissive: Submissive style is about pleasing others and
avoiding conflict part in hotels. Travelodge hotel accepts
this style, because for hotel industry it is important to
know what tourist is required.
Manipulative: In this style of communication the person
is having great influencing power and controlling others
at their own advantage.

Time Management Strategies
Time management refer to designing and practising
control over time spent on a specific task or activity-
especially to increase the effectiveness, efficiency or
productivity. Using the time effectively gives a choice
of managing and spending at their own time.

Conclusion
This can be concluded form the summarised report that
the development is essential part for both an organisation
or individual that can be attained through proper
knowledge and learning styles. There are various types
of learning through which one lessons oneself such as
lifelong learning self managed learning. Through time
management and effective communication, one can lead
to development.

References
 Bauer, W. I., 2010. Your personal learning network:
Professional development on demand. Music Educators
Journal. 97(2). pp.37-42.
 Cleary, M. and et. al. 2011. The views of mental health nurses
on continuing professional development. Journal of clinical
nursing. 20(23‐24). pp.3561-3566.
 Desimone, L. M., 2011. A primer on effective professional
development. Phi delta kappan. 92(6). pp.68-71.

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