University of Central Lancashire: Reflective Report on Development

This reflective report examines a student's personal development plan, focusing on skill acquisition and career goals. It begins with an introduction outlining the importance of a personal development plan in acquiring new skills and fostering personality development. The main body details the plan, including strategies for enhancing communication, research, decision-making, critical writing, and analytical skills. The student outlines how these skills are crucial for employability and career advancement, providing a timeline for skill development. The report also discusses the student's experience at the University of Central Lancashire, including their MBA program and leadership role in a team project, highlighting the skills gained and their relevance to their career aspirations as an HR manager. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of a personal development plan in achieving professional growth and adapting to current employability opportunities.

Reflective Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
This report is based on the importance of personal development plan and how it helps
individual in acquiring the new skills and also helps in th personality development. Personal
development plan is explained as the plan prepared by the individual for acquiring the new skills
and planning the steps in order to achieve the skills. This plan helps in formulating the strategies
to acquire those skills and how those skills can be improved and can play a vital role in the
development of the individual. This plan helps individual in building their skills which can help
individual in building it's career and helps in the growth of the individual. Personal development
plan includes the time period in which individual is going to achieve that skill and the skill which
can make the impact on the individual development. This report includes the personal
development plan according to my skills and what skills I am looking to acquire and how I am
going to acquire those skills by taking the necessary steps and in what time I am going to achieve
those skills. This report includes how personal development plan can help me in achieving my
goals and objectives and how it can boost my overall development.
MAIN BODY
Personal development plan helps in achieving the individual goals and objectives in the
time which is set by the individual according to the need. Goals and objectives are already
planned in the personal development plan and this plan helps in deciding the path for the
individual in order to acquire the skills. These days acquiring new skills is very important as the
market is very competitive for the employability and organisation looks for the individual who
are skilful and have the potential to acquire the new skills according to their needs. Organisation
productivity and efficiency depends on their employee as their better work performance helps
organisation in achieving it's goals and objectives and for that organisation always look for the
skilful employees and the individual who can make the change in the organisation. In the current
scenario across the globe every organisation looks to hire the individual who can get the job done
with efficiently and effectively, this helps organisation in maximising their productivity and
performance. Personal development plan gives individual to create a opportunity to learn new
skills and helps in development of the individual and also helps in deciding the path for acquiring
those skills. I am going to use the personal development plan for acquiring the skills which can
help me for my development in future and it is going to make me a suitable candidate for the
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employability in the current scenario. The personal development plan is mentioned below which
is helps me in acquiring the new skills and going to help me in my development:
Skills Strategies Analysis of skill Time period
Communication My communication
skills can be improved
by the talking and
interacting with the
people and reading
newspapers and I have
to start writing blogs,
essays etc. and in
order to improve my
vocabulary I have to
start reading
dictionary.
Communication is
very important as skill
because this skill will
help me in effective
communication and
currents scenario of
employability includes
this skill as important
and crucial skill.
3 months
Research My research skills can
be developed by
researching on
different topics and
learn new techniques
of research and also I
have to learn the
importance of
secondary and primary
data in research.
Research skill will
help in preparing my
reports and
assignments as this
skill helps me in
analysing and refining
the data and research
about the topic
according to the need.
6 months
Decision making skills My decision making
skills can be
developed by the
making effective
decisions in the team
Decision making skill
will help me in leading
the team and effective
decision making will
help my team in
9 months
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and leading the team
by working towards
the success of the team
and decision-making
can be improved by
understanding the
needs of the team.
achieving the goals
and objectives of my
team effectively and
efficiently and by
effective decision
making it will also
help me in developing
my leadership skills.
Critical writing Critical writing skills
of mine can be
developed by
preparing the reports
and preparing the
reports according to
the need of the topic
and understanding and
explaining the facts
which are important
for critical writing and
analysing the issues
included in the report.
Critical writing skills
will help me in
preparing the reports
and this will help me
in writing the reports
relevant to the topic
and helps in analysing
the judgements and
making the
recommendations.
9 months
Research My research skills can
be developed by
researching about the
current issues and
preparing the reports
on the current issues
which can help me in
developing my
research skills and
Research skills can
help me in
understanding the type
of data which is
primary and secondary
and help me
understanding the
importance of this data
and it can help me in
9 months
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helps me in doing
research and refining
the data according to
the need of the report.
collecting the data
effectively and
efficiently.
Analytical My analytical skills
can de developed by
the analysing the
trends in the world and
making a report on the
basis of that trends and
implying solutions on
the basis of analysis.
Helps in analysing the
situation of the issue in
the country or in the
world and
understanding the
factors which are
affected by the issue.
12 months
The above personal development plan would help me in developing the new skills such as
communication, research, analytical etc. because these skills are needed for the better
employment opportunities and these skills are very much needed by the organisation in it's
employees so that employees can achieve organisation goals and objectives effectively and
efficiently. These skills are very important from the view of current employability opportunities.
These skills will help me in grabbing the exciting employment opportunities and helps me in
developing my skills and personality and also it will help me in the overall growth of my career.
Personal development plan will also help me in deciding the time course for acquiring those
skills and how those skills can be acquired and achieved. These skills are important for me as it
would help me in maximising my academic grades and helps me in preparing my academic
reports, assignments, essays etc. This plan will also help me in analysing my strengths and
weaknesses and how I can overcome my weaknesses and it will help me in analysing the
importance of the skills. Personal development plan helps me in checking my progress for
achieving the desired skills and how those skills can help me achieving my long term and short
term goals. These skills will help me in understanding my calibre and how I can increase my
skills set and expertise in particular skill set. These days every organisation looks for the skilful
employees for their organisation who can achieve the desired goals and objectives effectively
and efficiently and also help them in achieving their personal goals and by the help of this
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personal development plan I can develop such skills which attracts the opportunities of
employment.
University of Central Lancashire is one of the prestigious university in the UK which offers
exciting courses and which helps individual in developing their knowledge and also helps in
developing the skill set for the individual. As a individual, I have chosen this university because
this university offers exciting courses and with the scholar opportunities they provide I have
decided to study here as it helped me in developing my knowledge and helped me in gaining new
knowledge and helped me in developing my skill set to grab the future opportunities and develop
my strengths and helped me in overcoming my weaknesses. Over the expert supervision of the
faculty of Central Lancashire I have developed my skills over the time and it helped me in my
overall development. I did my MBA from the University of Central Lancashire and the course
helped me in understanding the dynamics of the market which can affect the business and what
are the steps which can be implemented by the managers in the organisation to maximize the
performance and productivity of their business. I also read about the different structure and
theories which can be implemented in the business in order to achieve it's goals and objectives
effectively and efficiently. I want to work as a HR manager in the organisation as it is the job I
am looking for and the role and responsibilities of the HR manager includes the effective and
efficient use of human resources and to make sure that the employees of the organisation helps
ion achieving the goals and objectives. The one thing I did which I am extremely proud of is that
during my MBA at university of central Lancashire I was appointed the leader of my team during
the project and I have managed my team in effective and efficient way and it helped me and my
team in achieving the end goals and objectives and due to that I decided to pursue HR manager
as my career because during that project I managed my team members very effectively and I
made sure every one should achieve their own goals and objectives which helped us in achieving
the end goals and objectives. I have adjusted very well to the environment of the University of
Central Lancashire as the students and the faculties of the university are very friendly and the
faculty of university helped me in solving my problems regarding the academics and also the
faculties helped in understanding my strengths and weaknesses and helped me in overcoming my
weaknesses and helped me in improving my grades.
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CONCLUSION
This report concludes that personal development plan is important for the individual in
order to achieve new skills and also helps in the overall development of the individual. On the
basis of the personal development individual can check it's progress for the development of skills
and how the skills can help individual in achieving new heights and contributes in the growth of
the individual. Personal development plan proposed by me helped in understanding the new
skills which is important for the development of my personality and how the proposed skills can
help me in achieving the expertise in particular skill set. Current trends of the employability
shows that the organisation always looks for the skilful employees in it's organisation who an
contribute in the productivity and performance of the organisation and organisation also focuses
on achieving the end goals and objectives. Personal development plan would help me in
preparing myself for the current employability opportunities and it also helps me in achieving the
skills which organisations are looking for this plan also helps in analysing my strengths and
weaknesses and it helps me in planning the steps to overcome my weaknesses and change into
my strengths. At last this plan gives me a different view and different perspectives in order to
develop my skills and my personality.
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