Professional Competence: Assessment, Development, and Strategies

This assignment focuses on the development and maintenance of professional competence, covering key aspects such as self-assessment, competency data gathering, and framework design. It delves into effective meeting strategies, emphasizing questioning and active listening techniques for improved communication within an organization. The assignment includes a detailed professional development plan, outlining training, performance evaluation, and networking activities to enhance employee skills and address competency gaps. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of aligning development plans with organizational objectives and provides a step-by-step approach for implementation, including self-assessment, skill evaluation, and record-keeping. The document concludes with a bibliography of relevant sources supporting the concepts discussed.

Running head: DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
Learner Instruction 2: Development and maintaining professional competence
Name of the student:
Name of the University:

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1. Process to assess professional competency
There are different processes through which professional competency can be achieved are
as followed:
Self assessment: This is the first step of professional competency which is used for
personal improvement. Through this assessment personnel can perform effectively and
efficiently. It will help to recognize the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Purpose understanding: After personal assessment the reason for which working
personnel of Australian Hardware requires self assessment are to be identified.
Gathering competency data: After self assessment and detail understanding the
competency data should be gathered
Framework design: The data that are gathered from different sources must be used by
the professional to develop the framework.
2. Describing meeting, the questioning and active listening techniques
In order to share the ideas, creativity and experiences the line chief operating officer and
store manager requires arranging profession meeting programs. The meeting should be
conducted periodically and the all the members are required to use proper open communication
while interacting with each other. Open communication offers an open communication forum
where the members can share their ideas and creativity with the rest of the company associates.

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The Australian Hardware company members must follow appropriate listening skills as
well. Correct listening techniques are required to be used by the team associates in terms
of:
 Paying proper attention
 Defer judgment
 Appropriate response
3. Professional Development Plan
Name Australian Software
Date of development Date to be reviewed
Professional development opportunities
Timeframe Description Competency to develop
2 months The company requires
arranging proper training and
development plan to ensure
that all the members are
trained and skilled enough.
Performance evaluation
Networking activities
Timeframe Description Professional advantages
3 months The project team and the
leaders need to arrange proper
Identification of skills and
competency gaps

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training and development
program to ensure that all the
members are skilled
4. Professional development plan
The professional development plan is an important document that helps the employees to
improve the career development goals as well as strategies. The professional development
document needs to be always aligned to the project objectives and primary company goals and
objectives. For meeting the company objectives professional standing and register needs to be
prepared. Not only the project team but the manager should follow the rules and norms wisely to
meet the objectives. The development strategies should be prepared based on the company needs
and objectives. It is expected that professional development plan will help the employees to
improve their skills and knowledge as well. The company also requires making periodic changes
in the improvement plan and all the working employees should follow the rules appropriately.
Not only the company but the complete team is responsible to focus on professional development
skills and knowledge. The continuous improvement plan needs to be supported by the
professionals and this must be approved by the manager. The steps to be followed are as follows:
 Requesting for a self assessment
 Individual skill assessment
 Record keeping and analyzing organizational needs
 Exploring development opportunities

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