Professional Development and Skills in the Hospitality Sector Report

This report presents a comprehensive professional development plan tailored for the hospitality industry, specifically examining the context of Connect Catering Ltd. It begins with an introduction outlining the significance of professional development for individual and organizational growth within the competitive hospitality sector. The report is divided into two parts: Part 1 explores the key benefits of ongoing professional development for various stakeholders, including employees and employers, highlighting improvements in performance, addressing weaknesses, and strengthening the company's profile. It also investigates professional employer expectations of skills and competencies for roles such as Head Chef and Assistant Manager, emphasizing communication, self-management, and problem-solving. The report then delves into self-assessment, reviewing learning theories, and constructing a development plan to enhance chosen skills. Part 2 involves a job interview simulation and a review of the interview process. The report concludes with reflections on the challenges and successes of implementing the development plan.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Part 1..........................................................................................................................................3
Examine the key benefits of on-going professional development for different stakeholders
within a specific organisation.................................................................................................3
Investigate professional employer expectations of skills and competencies within a specific
organisational context ............................................................................................................6
Assess own abilities, skills and competences for a specific job role.....................................8
Review a range of learning theories and approaches used for personal and professional
development processes ........................................................................................................10
Construct a development plan to enhance chosen skills and competencies within a specific
work context.........................................................................................................................12
Conclusion................................................................................................................................14
Part 2........................................................................................................................................14
Undertake a job interview for a suitable service industry role ............................................14
Review key strengths and weaknesses of an applied interview process .............................15
Obstacle face by implementation of plan.............................................................................15
References................................................................................................................................17

Introduction
For the growth of an individual it is important to make sure about career and professional
development procedure which are related to the growth of an individual in future.
Professional development for an individual refer to all the training, certification. Further there
are many more education related programme which are suitable for their own growth. To
work in an organisation the most needed things are their own skills, knowledge which are
related to development in future. Professional development plan has many benefits which are
related to employer and an employee within organisation. The chosen area of profession for
completing this assignment is Hospitality industry (Androusou and Tsafos, 2018). Hospitality
industry is one of the most ongoing industry which are offering different opportunities within
market for new and experienced candidate. The chosen organisation for this assignment is
connect catering Ltd. It is situated in Walling ford, United Kingdom. The need of making
professional development plan and make a self-reflection assessment is based on the
increasing competition within market. This assignment include the basic benefits which are
associated with the key stakeholders within organisation. The skills which are associated and
expected by the employer in the hospitality industry. After that a complete SWOT analysis is
conduct on the basis of own skills, ability and competency in market. In addition to complete
this assignment, different theories and their approaches are discussed and a professional
development plan is constructed on the basis of future requirement and set out clear aims
which are achievable to enhance the skills and ability of an individual. And in last own
reflection will be conducted in order to analysis the approaches and condition of professional
development within organisation.
Part 1
Examine the key benefits of on-going professional development for different stakeholders
within a specific organisation
When it comes to professional development plan, within hospitality industry there are lots of
benefits. Which are arises due to right professional development plan for conducting different
stakeholder who are important for the organisation connect catering Ltd. When it comes to
benefits there are mainly affected to employer and employees in connect catering
organisation (Ashby, Adler and Herbert, 2016).
Benefits from Employee’s point of view:

Improved employee performance: This programme will help the company’s
employee in order to develop the professional development. This continue manager that
should listen and understand the concept of employee’s performance in order to grow and
understand. Professional development goals are open make different communication and
provide platform to make sure about the clear vision and objective of future. They might be
find different and additional skills, learning affects and many other departments which are
helpful for them to adopt new technologies and could improve performance as per their own
reviews. While making a good professional plan help the employee to improved their
performance and helpful for setting their future goals.
Addressing weakness: while making the professional development programme it is
important that it would help the employee’s in order to addressing their own weakness. In the
process of making professional development course it is important to start addressing their
own weakness (Cohen and et.al., 2020). Employees can easily address their issues, which are
heavily able to make their own growth and consistency either having make growth in their
own professional development growth. This could help in addressing the concept and make
comfortable different development in order to make construct and organisational. Most of the
weakness which affect the growth of an employee are easily catch by them and address their
solution in time so that it could be helpful for their growth.
Consistency: This will help the employees to make the result and compare with the
organisation. This will help the company which are create familiarizing, cost efficient and
many other employee’s record which are needed for the growth of organisation. This will
bring an order and rules in the chosen organisation. Which help the connect catering to work
in an ethical manner and able to perform the growth of organisation with the help of
leadership and employees that company’s objective and make sure about the growth of
individual. This will lead to the success in the employees as they have some typical and
successful growth in their own action.
Strengthen the company’s profile: With the help of professional development plan,
employees are able to conduct strengthen their company’s profile. While they are aware with
their own key strength and weakness (Cruess, and Cruess, 2018). This would help them to
make a successful profile within their restaurant and serve best quality products to their
valuable stakeholders. Further this help employee’s to grow and strengthen company’s profile
in the eyes of their loyal customer and different stakeholders. Connect Caters employee are

able to work in a tough time and work with their own effectiveness. This will create high
productivity and responsible for making high profile image in market.
Build Confidence: This is one of an important source, which is related to making a
successful professional development plan. This plan help the company’s stake holders to
work in an effective manner and build strong level of confidence (Houdek, 2017). Employees
are the main source of build confidence, so it would be possible for growing their imagination
and innovation. So it would related to the confidence that affect productivity and remain
effective in growth. To build confidence in their work will help growth and personal
development plan. While making building confidence within their own nature help company
to grow and make successive objective with having clear vision for future.
All of these are related to the different skills and abilities while working on the
different skills and abilities of the professional employee who are provide some effective
approach to use the diagram. The benefit of the employee is effetely applicable for building
the confidence and try to make competencies within their own growth and development.
Benefits from Employer’s point of view:
Help maximize staff practice: when it comes to employer’s benefits, they can easily
help their staff which are easily set practice. Employer can easily make supplement actions
which are associated with their theory of practice. This would help employer to work
effectively and manage their own rules and responsibilities (Cureton, Davis and Giegerich,
2019). These responsibilities are maximise the staff by increasing their own practices in an
efficient manner. They employer can easily set their objectives with practices that help
employer’s to make sufficient practices within organisation. If an employee make regular
practice within organisation then it would lead to the success of their own professional
development course.
Promote staff development: An employer can make staff development plan which
are indirectly help the employees to make better staff morale and a motivated workforce
planning. These will help the employer to make a successful image and make brand
awareness within market in order to support organisational objectives. Promoting the need of
staff development is one of the best approach and benefit for making professional
development programme (Glucina, T.T. And et.al., 2020). With the help of this they can
easily set targets and achieve the desired objective within specified time period. This will

make sure that the employee’s motivation and productivity will increase which make more
satisfied level in their stakeholders.
Improve motivation: A systematic professional development course will be helpful
for the chosen organisation in the respect of their employers. As they can easily set targets
and try to enhance their employee’s skills with motivation techniques. This will support the
retention of an employee for longer period which will make an impact on the expense of
restaurant and their recruitment expense. As they always need talented employees because of
perfection in their own recipes and food style. So it would lead to improve motivation and
retention in recurring their employees for longer period of time.
Learning their own role: while conducting and setting the rules and regulation for
the growth of company the employers somehow forgot about themselves. So it would be
become major difficulties for the company (Ivanova and Skara-MincĿne, 2016). So this is
possible and helpful for the employers to make a good and energetic professional
development plan and make their own learning roles. Which are helpful for them to their own
progress and supportive culture will helpful in understanding the behaviour of company’s
role. They can easily add supportive value to work as a reflective profile. This make strategic
approach for the organisation and continuously work for employees to learn their employer’s
role and support the development of an organisation.
All of these benefits are affect the growth of an employer and mke availability of the
company for getting more successful and achieve all outcome and objective of the company
in the set targeted time. And for an employee who are working in the chosen organisation. In
the hospitality sector the most important factors are their stakeholders, so the professional
development programme will be helpful for the individual to understand the concept of an
employee and employer. That create the understanding and knowledge about the concept and
their varieties of benefits which are helpful for their stakeholder and also improve the growth
of company in market.
Investigate professional employer expectations of skills and competencies within a specific
organisational context
When it comes to employer expectation it is important that within connect caters the
employer have so much expectation which is needed to be compile with their employee in the
given time period. Here are two roles are taken which are important for the growth of
connect caters (Kasperiuniene and Zydziunaite, 2019). Head chef and assistant manager are

the two main post which are used for the growth of expectation. Different skills and
competencies are to be used and managed within the organisation which are needed for
company. Some of the skills and competencies are taken for the above two roles which are
described below:
 Communication: communication is the strategy and skill which are needed by the
organisation at every level. Every employee of the company must be aware with the
skills and management techniques which are associate with the different point of
views. Communication is one of the important source where an employee can easily
share their feeling with their employer or any customer also. Head chef are the one
who communicate with all of their sub-ordinate and many other management staff of
the company so they have the communication skill in their work role. Whereas the
assistant manager also need good communication skills as they are work and
communicate with restaurant's customer and deal with their problems.
 Self-management and personal awareness: When it comes to self management
skill, then it is important for the company to work in such an authentic environment
that every employee are self aware and manage their professional development course
within organisation (Marine and Alemán, 2018). Head chef and assistant manager
must be undertake with this skill as they have to deal self management and personal
awareness programme which are actually support the criteria of good team
management.
 Problem solving: Having a post like head chef and assistance manager, tit is
important for both of them to work in an right direction and solve the problem of their
own or others is significant work style for the company. Employer are expect from
their team members to work in right way and try to solve their problems within
organisation. This is one of the significant skill which are require in the respected
restaurants as they can deal with such an significant and satisfying approach of an
organisation.
 Critical thinking : This is the skill which is needed by the employer within their
restaurant. As in the hospitality industry it is important that their employees are
critical think about the concept. Critical thinking is the approach which are suitable
for the growth of company and lead the success within market (Mather, Cummings
and Nichols, 2016). For the post of head chef and assistant manager, important that

they should critically analysis the approach and reliable for the success within
industry. So this is important skill for the restaurant and employer to having this skill
in their employees.
 Professional and work ethics: While working in an ethical manner the term which is
important for the employers. The employee are able to work in professional and work
according to the ethics. While working of the head chef in an professional nature help
the restaurant to provide success (Zetka Jr, 2020). Assistant manager have to think
more about their work ethics and their culture of professional nature which help them
to grow in industry and support other employees for their own growth in the respected
restaurant. So this is important for the employer that they expect from their employee
to work in an professional and ethical manner to respond properly within
organisation.
Assess own abilities, skills and competences for a specific job role
According to the given scenario it is important for the evaluation of mine which are
affect the growth of my own professional development plan. Recent work culture where I am
working is effective and supportive for my own development. I am thinking for making
growth and gain some higher position at the workplace which are become the reason to make
and evaluate the current skills and competencies to identifying the area which are suitable for
me and my future development plan. I have analysis my skills and strength against the work
culture and position of mine in Connect Caters. While evaluating about the skills and ability I
understand different aspect of company which are needed to make higher position in this
organisation of any other firm which are providing more opportunities for me. Command
over different languages, time management, decision making skill and planning for
operations are major area of improvement to gain some achievable standard within
organisation. Moreover having knowledge about some global changes and approaches are
work under the concept of approaching and changing nature of environment of hospitality
industry which are more requirement of company. In addition to that self-evaluation is the
basic concept which are helpful for the company and their own growth to utilise their
resources and make proper management system within specified organisation.
Strength
My strength include the chilling and
peaceful nature in working environment. I
Weakness
I have many issues which can affect the
growth of my own progress report and make

am always an exited person who are ready
to work in a peak time load or heavy burden
of work within chosen organisation.
My own strength is to work as a
mindfulness towards the work and self-
regard prospective. With having good
communication skills and high leadership
quality are set and assigned for the work
culture.
As a manager in connect caters I would love
to enhance my skill and apply these skills
towards making achievement for personal,
professional and business towards goals.
There are differeent skills which are needed
to be work in the chosen job role. I have to
increase my analytical skill, criticial
thinking skills and many managerial skills.
hurdle in the growth of professional
development plan. I have issue in managing
the time and order the things and work
activities in an organised manner.
With the ineffective time management skill,
I face the several misunderstanding of the
professional standards that may further
affect the growth of company.
Further I have less knowledge of different
languages which decline the growth of my
own. While having lost of issue in above
mentioned issues, make unsuccessful in
making decision at right time and right
manner.
Opportunity
The above strength and weakness, the
increasing nature of opportunities in my
own field in gain the higher position within
organisation.
I can easily improve my knowledge and
understand more concept of hospitality
industry in working effective appropriate
knowledge and skills.
This will further help in my skills to
increase the level of confidence and
approach varieties of knowledge that make a
successful leader for my own sake.
Threat
There are very high competition in the
market and many other talent people are
seeking for job in the hospitality industry.
While having change in the internal and
external factors will affect the growth of
organisation and it would make an impact on
my growth.
While using more technologies and having
different perception in the individual
behaviour is related to the concept of
growth. Another threat which take down to
my skills and ability is related to the concept
of mine personal character and

The main competancies skill which i faced
while working with the chosen job role is
understanding customer behaviour and work
as the chnage of their taste and prefreneces.
Further presentation skills will be very
helpful for making growth in my chosen job
role.
unenthusiastic position within market of
hospitality industry and especially in
restaurants field where I like to work as a
head chef.
Skills needed technical development is all
related to increaese my threat in the chosen
industry.
Review a range of learning theories and approaches used for personal and professional
development processes
Over the year many of the theories are work and develop to examine the different
process which are needed to be involve in learning appproches either personal and
professioanl development process. Two learning aproches are descriebed below these are
The behaviourist approach and the cognitive approach.
The behaviourist approaches: This is the apprach which is based on the idea which show
that learner respond to the function which are effective and react as per the environment.
 Classical conditioning: This theory is used to developed the repetative actions, within
traininga and development. This theory is given by pavlov, he said that this theory is
particulary based on the natural phenonemum (Matheson and Sutcliffe, 2018). This
theory is helpful in mainating the standard and provide traning for helping them in
significant manner and incraese their productivity. This is the theory which is used by
me in order to work in an ethical enviornment and provide relevant traning within
respected restaurant.
 Operant conditionaing: This theory is particulary on forming association but some of
these associatiobn are established between the behvaiour and behavioural
consequences of chosen industry (Webb, 2016). This thoery is particularly stressed on
the role of behaviour for increasing and decresing the probability for the same
behaviour which are repeated in the future. This theory is helpful for me to conduct
the behaviour and operant the conditionaning in behavioural patterns.
 Social learning: This theory is behaviourist as because this suggest many social
element and arguing on the concept, which are related to different information and

behaviour which are related to observation of peopel. This generate the idea of
learning , state the internal mental state and finally recognised the behaviour that
must be needed for something has been learned. This theory is helpful for me to attain
the concpet and valuable for the growth and aspect of company in an described
manner. This theory is suitable for accomplish cost of structure and needed to be sure
about the growth within restaurant.
All of these above theory is very helpful for asisgning the desired job role which are
basically important for me to provide sufficient support to the company. Classical and social
learning will be provide a support for making more attractive policies and make sutiable
chnages as per the need.
The cognitivism appraches: This theory is given by Dewey, this theory is related to he task
and actvities further it require the concept of reflection or learning process. Cognitive theory
is applicable for the knowledge, comprehensive and application nature for the evaluation of
their own success.
 Kolb's learning theory: This is theroy which is given by David Kolb, that help in
underpin the work culture which affect the modern adult traning providers. He
involve the four function of their own learning cycle which actually review the
concpet of impressive challenges or confirmed (Meldgaard Hansen and Kamp, 2018).
It involve the concreate experience, refelctive observation, active experimentation and
an abstract conceptualisation. All these aspect are related to the conept which are
helpful for me to understand the nature of organisation that affect my own growth
within choosen professional field.
 Honey and murford: This theory is given by peter Honey and Alan Mumford, which
provide relevant theory of kolb's function. This is related to four main aspect which
are activist, Theorist, Pragmatist and Reflector (Simmonds, and Dicks, 2018). Which
are related to the concept different models, stories, puzzle behaviour and many more
relation which are helpful in suportive and distinctive words. This theory is helpful for
me to implement the cocnept which are related to the refelction process of company.
These four aspect of this theory soemhow suggest and provide relavant approaches
which are suffienct for growth of own refelction within organsiation.

Construct a development plan to enhance chosen skills and competencies within a specific
work context
Skills and
competencies
Goals Actions Timescale Criteria for
the success
Applications
Time
management
To become
successful in time
management
skills.
Getting proper
training about
time
management
and learn more
about the
benefits of time
management
skills.
1-2 months Able to work
in the hectic
schedule and
manage all the
things in a
right manner.
For
presentation,
food
preparations,
and delivery on
time.
Planning To make a
successful
planner.
This could be
done by
implementing
short term goals
and try to
implement
them as per the
planning.
3-4 months When I get
able to work
according to
planning then I
will be able to
work in a team
and manage
all of them for
future.
This skill are
able to work in
a hectic
schedule and
provide some
relevant
support for
growth and
ease of work.
Leadership
skills
To become a
successful leader.
This can be
improved by
booking and
reading books
and journals of
company. And
try to observe
my seniors skills
and work
activities
patiently.
Within 2
months
This will
myself to
make and
suggest some
guidelines.
Provide
direction to
the staff of
connect
caters.
By improving
my observation
skill and
develop the
different tactics
for developing
leading skills
within
restaurant.
Language To understand
different
languages.
I would join
some online
classes, and get
interact with
more and more
people who are
belong to
diverse nature.
From 6month
to 1 year
This will make
an impact on
the
performance
of company
which will
make more
attract
customer.
This will
improve my
professional
performance
and the growth
within market.