Personal and Professional Development Report: Learning Styles Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of personal and professional development. It begins by exploring different learning styles, including visual and read/write methods, and contrasts the learning approaches of the author and a team member. The report then delves into techniques for personal development, utilizing SWOT analysis to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for both individuals. It examines various barriers to learning, such as social, personal, emotional, workplace, and verbal barriers, and proposes strategies to overcome these challenges. Furthermore, the report analyzes learning options to meet individual needs, emphasizing the importance of planning, self-assessment, and feedback. It also contrasts the author's self-directed learning approach with the team member's reliance on external advice, concluding with the identification of mechanisms for self-development and a development plan to achieve a learning objective. The report highlights the importance of independence, positive attitudes, and effective feedback in the learning process. It provides a detailed overview of the concepts and practical applications within the context of personal and professional growth.

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Own learning style and another member of the team...........................................................4
1.2 Technique for own development need and another member of the team.............................5
1.3 Barriers of learning...............................................................................................................6
1.4 How barriers to learning can be overcome...........................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Analyse learning options to meet needs of self and another member...................................8
2.2 Identification of mechanisms for self development and another member............................8
2.3 Development plan to achieve a learning objective for myself..............................................9
2.4 Method to monitor the development of self and another member......................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Personal development and professional development defines the self improvement and
enhance the quality of living through which an individual can maintain their personality.
Basically this concept consist a broad nature because overall personality of an individual depend
on personal development only (Avalos, 2011). Whereas professional development is all about
enhancing the quality of performing any job in corporate field which means to be a successful or
effective employee an individual must consist professional skills and task-based skills. In fact
personal and professional development is a technique or path to get aware about the strength and
weakness of our own. Simply personal and professional development deals to groom an
individual personally to improve their learning skills and characteristics which require lots of
expertise or perfect learning technique. Professional development can motivate a person to
achieve more and more target to learn extra and innovative things. Basically it identify the
personal threats and help to overcome.
TASK 1
1.1 Own learning style and another member of the team
There are many style of the own learning. Firstly I am going to start about my learnings. I
am a good learner and I can learn as I want. I was learn in school and I am also learning outside
of the schools. My learning style is actually different. I learn with many peoples who are guide
me and support me. I am also learn from the auditory or verbally. I learn best when I am with my
all friends. I am also learn in new environment which is good for me. Now I am in college and I
learned many things over there.
There are many types of the my learning. They are-
 learn in new environment.
 Learn with all friends.
 Learn according to the time.
There are two models of the learning. They are-
1. Visual- In the visual learning I learn with the help of the paper, graph, chart, and other
materials of the visual learnings. In the visual learning I learn more as compare to other. I think
it is the effective learning for the all peoples.

2. Read/write- In the Read/write I use the Read/write style of my learning. In the read
learning I learn from the newspapers, novels, magazines and from the other books. In the Read
learning I do prepare myself and my learnings.
There are also many learning style of the another member of my team. There are also a
member of my team who also learn from different different styles but my leaning style is change
from her. She learn with all peoples who all are leave with her. She also learn from different
different books, learn from newspapers, learn from the books which is she prefer.
She also learn from different different styles. Which includes like- verbally, non-verbally,
physically and from others. But my styles is different from her. She use another thing and I use
the others things. They all styles of the learning is the useful and effective for me and my another
partner of my team who is using that all styles.
1.2 Technique for own development need and another member of the team
There are the techniques which is useful for my development and for my team member.
In the technique we will use the SWOT analysis which is develop me and my team partner.
Strength and Weaknesses is the internal part of the personal development and the opportunities
and threats are the external part of the personal development which is used for the own
development and development of the another member of the team. We apply the SWOT analysis
for the development.
S- Strength
W- Weaknesses
O- Opportunities
T- Threats
Strength- firstly I will start from my strength. I believes in high thought process. My
strength is I am creative and I am dedicated towards my work and at last my one of the strength
is do help other peoples. Now about my team member she has many strength. She is the good
speaker, and another strength is she can work with any kind of the people.
Weaknesses- my weaknesses is I blindly trust on everyone. The competitive is depend on
me. If I depend on my personality in that case the competitive weaknesses come in front of us.
Therefore, I need to minimise my weaknesses according to the situation and I am never show my
weaknesses in front of anyone. Now about my team member she has also weaknesses. Her

weaknesses is that she can not effectively speak in front of the other people who is highly
intelligent from her. So she need to hide the weaknesses of the yourself.
Opportunities- Opportunities is the best part for my development which is present outside
from us. Opportunities always grow up my skills development. I take opportunities from the
environment and from other place which is determine the effective opportunities. I take my all
opportunities for my skills development. And about my team member she is also take advantages
of the all opportunities which is available for her.
Threats- Threats is the external part of my development. It decrease my development
skills. Threats always present my problem and injury and it is harmful for my skills
development.
1.3 Barriers of learning
In the learning process there are different different barriers of the learning which create
the risk and problem into the learning. They include-
1. Social and Cultural barriers- Social and Cultural barriers are that barriers which
create the risk and problem in the leaning process. Social and cultural barriers
include the family and public barriers which is create in the skills development. It
is the one type of barriers in the learning.
2. Personal barriers- Personal barriers also a barrier in learning. When we learn
something there should be the personal barriers in our learning. Personal barriers
can be related from the age, skills, language, instance, disability. They all are
related from the personal barriers which create the problem in the learning
process. It is the personal barriers in the learning.
3. Emotional barriers- The emotional barriers is to create the barriers in the learning.
Emotional barriers include the lack of confidence, lack of skills development,
negative thinking, related from the society, disability etc. they all are the
emotional barriers which create the problem and risk in the learning process.
4. Workplace- In the workplace barriers they can also create the problem and
barriers in the learning. If we are depressed there we are doing work in that case
they all are create barriers in the learning. Workplace barriers include like- time
off, approach, social control, unsporting manager and mentor, time of the work

etc. they all are the workplace problem and barriers which is create the barriers in
the learning process and for all those barriers we can not learn effectively.
5. Verbal barriers- verbal barriers also a barriers which create the problem in the
learning. In the verbal learning when we listen something and in that case we are
not able to listen there can the barriers in the learning.
They all are the points of barriers which is harmful and not effective in the learning. We
need to try to remove these type of barriers which is create the problem in our learning.
1.4 How barriers to learning can be overcome
In today s scenario due to advancement of world and technology every one has to face
many challenges while learning process because of the emergence of so many institutes and
choices. Various challenges which include disability, emotional barriers, health issues, work load
at home, financial problems due to which most of the persons are not able to achieve their
personal goals and target. So to overcome all the upcoming barriers there are different ways are
available which become very useful while facing challenges.
Some of the effective technique to overcome instant barriers:-
 Independence:- Independence is a kind of freedom which every person want for
their learning and experiences to face new and sudden challenges (Hadar, 2011).
In fact to learn new things a person must go outside to deal with all the situation.
 Negativity about training:- Some time most of the people have a incorrect
perception about training because they believe they are not able learn as they
thing that they don't have the capacity of listening things.
 Mental distractions:- When employees or any particular start a learning process
or start reading anything they are full of stress, tensions, confusions it means they
are scared before starting a learning process so it is necessary to learn with free
mind without having so much mental pressure. Because mental pressure distract
an individual and make them feel uncomfortably.
 Availability of effective and timely feedback:- This is very important for every
person and organization also to take effective feedback after completing any
learning task to get aware about their strength and weakness (Brody, 2011).
Basically on time feedback is very helpful to overcome the barriers which comes
while learning period.

 Availability of opportunities for learner interaction:- it means that sometime
interaction between learners also act as very useful to solve the upcoming and
sudden barriers of learning process (Desimone, 2011). Because communication is
the very effective way of solving any issues as by communicating with each other
everyone get aware about different opinions which is very helpful to overcome
the different barriers.
TASK 2
2.1 Analyse learning options to meet needs of self and another member
To learn new things and develop myself to meet my own need I must consider the various
ways to acquire lots of knowledge and information. In fact every person have their personal ways
of learning but I used to follow proper planning process to gain knowledge. Firstly I must
consider all the relevant facts and figures before started to arrange the necessary item which is
indispensable for me while learning period. In fact I believe in self reading and self
understanding of any subject because I have a capability of understanding the complexity of any
topic.
I used to follow proper learning process while learning any subject or topic-
 Firstly I believe in collecting appropriate data and information which I required
while learning things.
 In fact before starting any learning development initially I need to plan all the
things to avoid mistakes while performing my personal development activities.
 I want to get aware all the strength and weakness of mine to overcome these
weakness due to which I cant able to complete by learning process.
 I need proper testing and feedback to know about mistakes of mine and try to
resolve all the issues due to which problem occurred in learning development.
Because feedback is very helpful for me to know the hidden problem.
Whereas another team member of mine is going to follow her own way to learn things
like she never plan all the things before starting the learning process because according to her its
just waste of time. Initially she prefer any expertise to take their advice before starting her
development of learning. Like she believe in others instead of self learning because most of the
time she depend on others to complete her learning task. We both are different with each other in

every aspect as I believe in self learning and I am self motivated whereas my team member
doesn't believe in self in fact she is mostly refer other advice and knowledge.
2.2 Identification of mechanisms for self development and another member
Support mechanism are those which create our learning process more easier through so
that we can avoid upcoming barriers. In fact the major responsibility of support mechanism is to
being a useful tool to improve the learning skills of an individual. Basically support mechanism
act as a tool in development of individual learning skills which means it helps in identifying the
needs and want of learning process.
There are many tools for me which act as support mechanism for my own development
like:-
 Seniors:- Seniors and experience is also known as support mechanism for me while
developing my skills and knowledge in fact they guide me in every complex situation and
helping to overcome that problems.
 Colleagues:- Sometime my co-workers also provide me a correct advice to develop
myself according to their knowledge and experience because everyone has their own way
of developing themselves (Forte, 2014).
 Ideals:- Everyone have their own ideal to whom they can follow because of attractive
personality for example Virat kohli is also one of famous example for most of cricket
fans just like that I also follow one of my senior HR personality as she have a very catchy
and attractive personality.
Some of the other support mechanism for me is like motivational programmes which was mostly
held by many organization and institutes to motivate most of the individual to develop their self
learning (Kalén, and et. al., 2010). Whereas one of my team member also follow some of the
support mechanisms to develop herself to attract other and to enhance her own personality.
As for one of my team member support mechanisms means all the things through which
she get inspired to develop herself and get motivated also towards improving her overall
personality. For example her parents are the main support mechanisms because they have a
strong personality in fact she belong from very reputed family due to which initially she inspired
by her family itself. Second thing is that she also follow the advice of some experts to improve
her overall skills and characteristics.

2.3 Development plan to achieve a learning objective for myself
“Development plan” is the term through which a person can develop its inner quality and
overall personality. Basically development plan is the appropriate path or route of following the
proper procedure to develop the skills of any individual or mine also. In fact I believe in
following the proper development plan to enhance my hidden quality because according to me
appropriate and correct planning helps in estimating the future or just because of planing I can
easily avoid the upcoming mistakes.
Proper development plan is very helpful and indispensable to achieve my learning
objective as due to planning every step is follow step by step. In fact personal development plan
is mainly to identify the strength and weakness of mine so that I can overcome all the issues
which comes while learning process.
Simply for me development plan is helpful for:-
 Enhancing the learning capacity.
 It creates the perfect environment.
 Because of planning errors and mistakes are avoided so that time is not going to
waste in improving.
Development plan basically plays a crucial role to achieve the learning objective as
learning requires a lot of attention and expertise advice because planning is not a easy task.
While doing a planning process all the factors must considered because internal and external
factors are interdependent on each other. In fact making a development plan for my learning
objective it is very essential to analyse all the relevant facts and figures because planning
requires appropriate data collection according to the subject. I need to gather all the data and
information before making a development plan to achieve my learning objectives. Somehow I
believe in self motivating so I need to make a correct development plan for myself through
which I learned new and innovative things. According to me correct development plan is very
essentials for everyone to achieve their learning objective as due to planning we can estimate the
accurate cost and try to cover the upcoming risk.
2.4 Method to monitor the development of self and another member
Self monitoring is one of the appropriate method of self developing by analysing or
observing others. In fact this self monitoring is the term which describe an individual personal
talent through which they can test themselves to know their capacity of learning. It means that

monitoring of personal and other member is all about understanding the overall development
matter what is easy and what is more difficult.
Coming to my monitoring method I believe in understanding the actual problem before
taking any decision regarding development process whereas for my other team member
monitoring is all about self awareness. In fact there are many methods are available to monitor
the self development for example observations, questionnaire, interviews through which I can
select the appropriate strategy to achieve my learning goals. Basically monitoring need a proper
reflection which means it is a method of understanding a subject through self thought. Simply it
defines the method of achieving my goals through a deep thought or with my own experience or
knowledge and information. It is understood that every member has to face his or her own
problem because no one is present all the time so self monitoring is the way of understanding
and learning through which me and my team member get ready to face every sudden situation.
To get a positive result I need to understand the things in my own way as learning
requires a full concentration and attention to understand new and unique terms (Black, 2010).
There are many tools are present for self monitoring or for another member but different at some
extent. Like it depend on me to select a tool according to me whereas my team member also
select a monitoring tools according to her choice because we both are different with each other in
every manner.
At the end monitoring is a method analysing the inner quality of understanding through
which I can easily learn things without taking any advice with others. In fact monitoring is kind
of career development by self inquiry and self awareness.
CONCLUSION
This report is all about personal learning at different level or at different place and shows
the methods of professional development. In fact this report also shows my own learning style
and one of my team member to understand the different kind of learning style. Basically it
consider all the relevant data for personal development by making appropriate development plan
to achieve the personal learning objective. In addition it also consist the various methods of
monitor the development of self and my team member. On the other hand it defines the various
style of gathering a data and information to make it useful in the learning process and try to
improve overall personality with the help of attractive learning style.

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