Professional Identity, Skills Assessment, and Development Plan Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of professional development within the context of a monetary supervisor role at Premier Inn International hotel brand. The introduction establishes the importance of professional development and the report's focus on self-evaluation. The main body delves into the significance of ongoing professional development, assessing the author's abilities, skills, and competencies through a SWOT analysis and Belbin team roles. It explores different learning and development approaches, including Honey and Mumford and Kolb's learning styles. A detailed professional development plan is constructed, outlining opportunities, current and future standards, and action plans for improvement in areas such as time management, leadership, communication, and decision-making. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and recommendations for career advancement. This report is a valuable resource for students and professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of professional development strategies and their application within the hospitality industry.

Professional Identity
and Practice

Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................................3
TASK..........................................................................................................................................................3
Significance of ongoing professional development.................................................................................3
Assess own abilities, skills, and competences for a particular job role....................................................5
Different learning and development approaches......................................................................................6
Construct a professional development plan.............................................................................................8
Demonstrating skills for a job application.............................................................................................11
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES........................................................................................................................................14
Books and Journals:...............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
In the current scenario, the situation is very serious between rivalries and cooperative
openings and professional movement too. This opposition strengths employees to get responsive
with each information that outlines the piece of fundamentals of a business. This report brings
out the self-evaluation of an individual in the understanding of professional area. This report is
highlighting the points in which and individual can follow the bearings to achieve the wanted
goals in his professional career (Al-Jahani, A. and Jones, K., 2019, April). This report is going to
prepare on the Premier Inn International hotel brand which is established in Dunstable, United
Kingdom. The business functions in a varieties of location which includes Airports, City Centers
and Suburbs. Also, it gives a tough competition to Travelodge and Ibis Hotels. This hotel brand
is founded by Whitbread in 1987. Monetary supervisor is the picked professional field in this
report. This report will attempt to plot several basics for an upcoming monetary trough and
moreover it identifies about the several preparations of abilities and which must be controlled by
an individual itself while assuming the function of monetary trough in an organization.
Furthermore, unique learning styles have been apply to characterize about various requirements
and ascertaining that an individual in administrative position must have.
MAIN BODY
TASK
Significance of ongoing professional development
Ongoing professional development also known as continuing professional development
which make sure that an individual have to maintain and develop the knowledge and skills that
required to deliver in the service of his profession such as service to their clients, customers or
community. This will also make sure that the required knowledge and skills are up to date and
relevant which creates opportunities in several areas (Allen, L. M. and Et.al., 2019). This
advancement of his expertise can deliver the fruit in various manners for example networks of
training, coaching, contextual analysis strategy, intelligent management, exercise study and
specialized help. There is a chances that different strategies also available for there. In the
context to Premier Inn Association, there is an arrangement of different ongoing expert
advancement programs that has been taken into account and which are going to be fruitful for
employees as well as to the employers which is mentioned below:-
Advantages to employees:
 Intrinsic inspiration: This is a demonstration to achieving something all alone and there
is no need for outer award for this responsibility. In the event that an employee
developing his skills into professionalism then and this may include cycle of learning of
that representative (Coleman, K. A. T. H. R. Y. N. and MacDonald, A. B. B. E. Y.,
2020). The whole cycle will rapid interest in several fields and employee taken this into
account as an individual in question may locate the fascinating and charming also. This
will quick increase the effectiveness of that employee and accordingly an amazing
element for their professional development representative.

 Personal fulfillment: Developing skills impacts as a result to retain that worker in an
organization and define the level of fulfillment that representative is be accepting in
terms of business with the organization. Ongoing expert advancement can support an
individual with getting fulfilled as this learning cycle is providing boost to his level of
range of abilities and information fitness of that employee. This gives award as a
sufficient fulfillment to representative and it will provide a greater career option for his
future too.
 Increased employability: As observed above, advancement of professionalism is a cycle
in which individuals are getting finding out about various elements that are essential for a
person to have a boost and moreover growth for his professional way. Ongoing
professional advancement is a cycle which provides expansion to aptitudes and qualities
of an employer which makes him able in more interest for different type employers also
(de Carvalho-Filho, M. A., Tio, R. A. and Steinert, Y., 2020). This is better in the two
perspectives monetary and non-monetary too.
 Added incentive to resume: Ongoing professional development is a cycle which boost
ability and aptitude towards work which an individual can mentioned in his resume.
When resume has the absolute initial introduction that goes to the association
successively it will support that individual as a main priority for an employer and reflects
is awesome image that well support that individual with experiencing the cycle of
determination at a helpful manner.
Advantages to employers:
 Skilled labor force: Professional advancement event accepts the important function
ensuring the range of abilities of a representative. This will support those representatives
with better performance and provides benefits with enhanced efficiencies and also
provides advantages to employers or boss. That is the reason that employees are
achieving gifts and educate more in their professionalism.
 Up to date information: Learning cycle benefits both and business firm to keep updated
with information about latest changes in strong climate and also support that
shortcomings and dangers can be defeated without any consequences. Strong information
about latest trends or changes will empower them with great shield, for example
expansion in the employment turnover rate.
 Competitive bit of leeway through human resources: Human resources are one of the
main resource of any organization exclusively in association working in friendliness
industry. In the context to Premier Inn which includes direct cooperation among
employees and clients (Gustavs, J. and Walters, T., 2020). In the moment when
professional advancement is fulfilled in an effective manner then it will speed up the
execution of employees and serves great to their clients or customers. On the off chance
that customers are fulfilled that will result in faith to Premier Inn and successfully givens
upper hands to lodging.

 Organizational brand picture: In a mammoth association like Premier Inn,
representatives assembles the main section of promoting the firm’s picture in market too.
On the off chance that representatives displays a great picture of association in the
industry as well and speed up the structure of a presumed image of organization in the
same service sector. Representative will be satisfied in the program and are pointed out
for they want to get and anticipated for that association to satisfy the wants and enhanced
professionalism is the most proper technique.
Assess own abilities, skills, and competences for a particular job role.
In the specific scenario, I am ambitious to become a monetary supervisor and for that
purpose I required to consider my strengths and weaknesses through which I can move forward
in achievement of my career goals (KNUTSEN, K. P., 2019). Mentioned table shows about
recognized qualities in four quadrants of SWOT analysis:-
STRENGTH WEAKNESS
Relationship building
Identification of resource
Motivation
Communication (Verbal)
Planning
Lack of understanding of professional
standard
Decision making
Less knowledge of other languages
Time management
Less knowledge of other languages
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
Gain the higher position
Improve knowledge of hospitality operations
Proper management of resources
Increase level of confidence and leadership
Difference in perception
Competition level
More use of technology
Changes in the policies and process
Belbin team roles:
A team-work has been considered by Dr. Meredith Belbin for many years, and he
legendarily examined that individuals in teams be likely to take on different "team roles." He

well-defined a team role as "a tendency to behave, interrelate and contribute with others in a
certain way" and termed nine such team roles that inspire the success of team.
Action Oriented Roles
Completer Finisher
Ensures thorough, timely
completion.
Shaper Challenges the team to improve.
Implementer Puts ideas into action
People Oriented Roles
Resource Investigator Explores outside opportunities.
Team Worker Encourages cooperation.
Coordinator Acts as a chairperson.
Thought Oriented Roles
Plant
Presents new ideas and
approaches.
Specialist Provides specialized skills.
Monitor-Evaluator Analyzes the options.
From the mentioned table monetary supervisor or a financial manager is an individual
who plays a thought oriented roles in a group in the Hotel Premier Inn (Sarmento, S. and Kirsch,
W., 2019). Due to this intention they are hiring for planning and implementing the plans for
finances, they are responsible for controlling and monitoring the several factors of a financial
plan.
Different learning and development approaches.
There are distinctive learning theories those can be encompassed to effectively
implement the individual and expert progression plan in a mammoth association like Premier Inn
(Lubsky, A. V. and Chikarova, G. I., 2021). Two of the huge theories are simplified under
below:-

 Honey and Mumford learning style: It is an approach with says ID of four specific
styles of learning or preferences are; Theorist, Activist, Reflector and Pragmatist. These
are the mostly like approaches of learning that individual prescribes that to develop is on
learning, every learner should:
a. Understand the style of learning.
b. Look out for opportunities that can be utilized for expertise in that style.
 Kolb’s learning style: The theorist explains that learning contains achievement of
abstract concepts that can be dynamically used in varieties of situations. In Kolb's theory,
the stimulus for the development of advanced concepts is offered by new familiarities
(Peng, X. and Et.al., 2020).

Construct a professional development plan.
Professional development plan is a document which comprises the objectives of an
individual which required skills and competencies to develop (Mao, S. S. and Crosthwaite, P.,
2019). This plan is also known as representative improvement program or individual
improvement program which is developed by a manager for employee to work on or an
individual closely to identify their required skills and resources to support their career goals of an
employee and the association’s business needs. Professional development plan significantly
taken as an device of recording professional objectives of an individual or to guide an individual
so that they can achieve their career goals (McCord, C. and Et.al., 2020). Sometimes professional
development plan can be troublesome to do but moreover it meets some investment and
arrangement of planning to accomplish those goals. This learning cycle will support an
individual with following the pace of achievement and moreover reach at objective in agreement
of capacities and potentials. This is the most effective instrument that can be utilized for
achieving long term professional objectives.
Before constructing professional development plan it is essential to recognize the skills
and knowledge that are required to improve. Mentioned table showcases development
opportunities and action plans in chosen business firm that is Premier Inn:
Opportunities Current standard Future standard Action for
improvement
Time management 2 4
Earlier planning and
accurate forecasting
will help me time
management skills.
Planning 3 5 Taking appropriate
suggestions for my
leader and examining

past history of my
performance.
Communication
(Non-verbal) 3 5
By taking part in the
conferences and
seminars will help me
to improve my
nonverbal skills.
Leadership 3 5
It will be helpful it
suggestions from my
leaders strategy that
help to improve my
leadership skills
Decision making 2.5 4
By taking a past
history as a
construction and
provide a link to the
staff members will
help to improve my
decision making skills
to meet the upcoming
requirements.
Language 2.5 4
To improve my
languages I would like
to join training
sessions and
intermingled with my
staff members who
belongs from different
backgrounds.

Development plan for the position of Monetary Supervisor in Premier Inn.
SKILLS ACTIVITY TO
IMPROVE TIME FRAME EVIDENCE
Time management
In order to take
appropriate actions
and attending the most
resources.
2 months
Accomplishments of
happening at hotel in
specified time period
Leadership
By reading books and
taking part into the
lecture sessions or
observing my leading
members.
2 months
Presenting the
guidelines and
directions to
employees at Premier
Inn Hotel
Decision making
For decision making I
would like to go
through my past
actions and gathering
journals from my staff
members.
3 months
I am liking to play on
decisions in absence
of my manager.
Communication
To enhance my
communication skills
with my colleagues I
would like to use my
gestures.
2 months
Dealing with the
clients and guest who
are from diverse
backgrounds and have
different languages.
Planning
By taking time to
watch videos and plan
something on
hospitality sectors.
2 months
In recent times
scheduled the deeds
for event at Premier
Inn

Team working
Taking dynamic
contribution in group
meetings and refining
interface with
individuals
1 month
Involving in parties
and attending meeting
with my colleagues.
Demonstrating skills for a job application
Hard Skills and Soft Skills:-
There are two types of skills which are required for a monetary supervisor or a finance
manager in their respective company Premier Inn. Hard skills can be defined as one that can be
measured or calculated with a definite output. But it doesn't mean hard is difficult or complicated
but it is a skill that is required to be used while doing his job and can be measured with an
outcome. While on the other side soft skill can be hard to measure or calculated. These are the
features that required for goodness such as listening, communication, interactions between
employees and many more.
Examples of Hard Skills:-
 A formal accounting qualifications: Sparkling talent combined with the real time
experience is enough to fulfill the job but it is a hard skill and enough for finance
specialization which includes demanding processes and standards involves commercial
best practices and methods.
 Analytical ability: It is a hard skill that companies are looking in a finance manager who
can implement a lateral thinking and ability to analyze the scenarios and draw a
conclusion on the suitable situations (Winkel, A. F. and Et.al., 2019). This is a skill for
finance and must be demonstrated in the interview with real time examples.
 Financial Reporting: It is also a hard skill for the finance manager that is required to
prepare financial reports particularly in progressive areas such as super-forecasting. Like
this in candidates who have strong financial reporting skills can be mention this in his
resume.
 Knowledge of IT Software: There is an increased demand for knowledge of IT software
and companies are willing to hire those candidates who have this skills to leverage new
financial systems.
Examples of Soft Skills:-
 Problem solving: In the present scenario, it is not enough to have academic
qualifications but it is also require to be capable of taking problems whenever they arise.
When finance manager is able to solve the problems can be see his bright future in the
Premier Inn Hotel.

 Flexible: It is also a soft skill by which employees are capable of taking change and
staying positive and productive in stressful situations (Osgood, J., 2020). Nurturing a
flexible mind set also means capable of seeing things through the sites of others and
understand their motivation too.
 Dedication: Candidate is dedicated and expecting no returns from the others is a
commitment. Instead of becoming overwhelmed by a single project, an employee who is
dedicated and devote himself from start to finish is a soft skill.
Premier Inn Hotel should have staff members who understand the value of their services,
wants and needs of their clients and customers. They should make strategies to achieve the
success for the organization. There are many departments and each department have different
strategies that works together organization. There are many questions for the monetary
supervisor or financial manager of the brand and which should be answered to get the suitable
candidate:-
 What are the qualities or attributes that you have and suitable for the finance manager
profile of the Premier Inn International?
I have sufficient information which is mandatory to deal with the cash related
transactions in the business. I have a knowledge of 3 years in Tolzaas and there I was
appointed as a senior account chief. I will use my skills and knowledge to support the
business in their profession and make the policies and methods to enhance the presentation of
the organization. I believe that I fit for the respected job profile since I certain and appreciate
to work with your company. In my past history I have dealt with the team of seven members
and have the understanding of the necessities of clients.
 What are the most significant factors that are required for the financial department in the
hospitality industry?
The chief factor for the money director is the capacity to understand the necessity of many
divisions. These methods, tools and techniques that need cash and they are attained from the
account office in the organization (O'Reilly, A., 2021). Department can deal with cash and
supports the firm to gain succession. I can make the procedures and methods that will be utilized
and supports the employees or staff in financing the display for the association.
 What are the most significant financial plans that can help to achieve the success?
The important monetary designs for the organization are the broadening methodology,
extension procedures, advancement of the associations, new items and administration,
determination of representatives, improving the exhibition and many more and then need cash
and it is authorized by finance department of the organization. The employee of the organization
understands the requirements and make the procedures accordingly. There are countless number
of system which are supporting the organization to reduce costs and they get achieved when the
organization have talented and knowledgeable employees over there.
 What are the cash flows and how a finance manager can manage several activities in the
firm?

A business firm have cash flows and which means movement of cash. Operations of the
organization are considered by these cash flows and working capital to achieve the success.
Organizations have assets and liabilities and cost of the association is get increased and they
required cash to implement the strategies (Mutambasere, T. G., 2021).
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been concluded that ongoing professional development ia a
learning cycle which is important for all the employees and employers in the organization and it
be likely to be made credible through various methodologies and techniques. These expertise in
different events it is important that a learner knows all about the fundamentals that an
organization will have from the work for which he is trying for. There are many different
approaches of theories are available for a learners that can be encompassed.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Al-Jahani, A. and Jones, K., 2019, April. A Review of Women Identity and Empowerment.
In International Conference on Gender Research (pp. 668-XVIII). Academic Conferences
International Limited.
Allen, L. M. and Et.al., 2019. Categorising the broad impacts of continuing professional
development: a scoping review. Medical education, 53(11), pp.1087-1099.
Coleman, K. A. T. H. R. Y. N. and MacDonald, A. B. B. E. Y., 2020. What Are Artists and Art
Educators Teaching Us About How We Can Conceive and Deliver Teacher Professional
Learning Into the Future?.
de Carvalho-Filho, M. A., Tio, R. A. and Steinert, Y., 2020. Twelve tips for implementing a
community of practice for faculty development. Medical teacher, 42(2), pp.143-149.
Gustavs, J. and Walters, T., 2020. 10 The future starts now–the identity and competence of
doctors and the impact of accreditation. Professional Identity in the Caring Professions:
Meaning, Measurement and Mastery.
KNUTSEN, K. P., 2019. CHAPTER ELEVEN FICTION AS THE “FIRST LABORATORY OF
MORAL JUDGMENT”: PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY. Exploring Identity in Literature and Life Stories: The Elusive
Self, p.195.
Lubsky, A. V. and Chikarova, G. I., 2021. Young teachers’ professional identity in the
conditions of social, labor, and digital transformation of Russian society. Propósitos y
Representaciones, 9(SPE3), p.1266.
Mao, S. S. and Crosthwaite, P., 2019. Investigating written corrective feedback:(Mis) alignment
of teachers’ beliefs and practice. Journal of Second Language Writing, 45, pp.46-60.
McCord, C. and Et.al., 2020. A consolidated model for telepsychology practice. Journal of
Clinical Psychology, 76(6), pp.1060-1082.
Mutambasere, T. G., 2021. Diaspora citizenship in practice: identity, belonging and transnational
civic activism amongst Zimbabweans in the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, pp.1-
18.
O'Reilly, A., 2021. Matricentric feminism: Theory, activism, practice. Demeter Press.
Osgood, J., 2020. Professionalism and performativity: the feminist challenge facing early years
practitioners. In The Routledge reader in early childhood education (pp. 271-284). Routledge.
Peng, X. and Et.al., 2020. Transmission routes of 2019-nCoV and controls in dental
practice. International journal of oral science, 12(1), pp.1-6.

Sarmento, S. and Kirsch, W., 2019. " She didn't know much about English teaching": planning
classes together in the teachers' room as a practice of professional development. Olhares &
Trilhas, 21(2), pp.204-223.
Winkel, A. F. and Et.al., 2019. Physician resilience: a grounded theory study of obstetrics and
gynaecology residents. Medical education, 53(2), pp.184-194.