Professional Development Presentation: Woolworth Case Study Analysis

This presentation focuses on professional development, using Woolworth as a case study. It outlines personal and professional goals, identifies skills and knowledge, and highlights areas for improvement. The presentation discusses professional development priorities, activities, and self-assessment, including a ranking system. It also includes a discussion of an interview with a marketing manager and a networking review, emphasizing the importance of communication, multitasking, and effective management for achieving career goals. The presentation underscores the significance of training, continuous education, and skill-based learning in a changing business environment.

Professional Development
Presentation

TABLE OF CONTANT
• Introduction
• Personal and professional Goals
• Skills and Knowledge
• Areas of Improvement
• Professional Development Priorities
• Professional Development Activities
• Self-Assessment Ranking
• Discussion of Interview

INTRODUCTION
Professional development is learning to earn or maintain professional credentials such
as attaining conferences and informal learning opportunities situated at workplace.
Professional development to an employee is a continuous activity that is achieved by
involving in various activities. In this project Woolworth organisation is selected to
elaborate the concept of work place priorities and professional development. Woolworth
operates in supermarkets since 1924 and possess headquarters in Australia with 995 other
locations.

Personal and Professional Goals
Goals:
For next 12 months- To manage and retain more number of employees in an
organization so business can be operated as planes and objectives in short run can
be achieved.
For next 5 years- To become one of the experienced manager for human
resource to meet requirements of the changing environment.

CONTINUE….
Area of improvement Why is is priority By when?
Employing skilled workforce A skilled employee is always turn
as an asset to business.
Before planning
Introducing training programmes To enhance productivity After planning
Rewards for hard work to
employees
To motivate employees to work
hard
After completion of task

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Personal and professional goals for next 12 months are
Human resource planning
Keeping Employees Happy
Keeping the Balance
Education development
Feedback of employees

Skills and Knowledge
Strengths of skills and knowledge are effective communication skills with a quality of good listener
is already available. The gap that needs to be filled as per analysis is to be adoptive to changes in
the business environment. Develop a skill of becoming multi-tasking on the same time.

Areas to Improve
Areas that requires improvement is in the relation to communication skills as through enhancing
communication skills a effective understanding can be created among employees and managers of
business organisation. Together with this professional skills that requires an individual to govern all the
business situations in most profitable and effective manner is required.

Professional Development Priorities
Professional development priorities selected is continuous education and training these are set as priorities
because it will help in development of new skills that are required to perform task in the more
challenging business environment.

Professional Development Activities
Some of the professional development activities are as follows-
 Training and Development
 Continuing Education
 Improvement in job performance
 Skilled based learning
 Increase duties and responsibilities

Self-Assessment Ranking
In the process of self assessment a moderate ranking is given as this helps to identify competency in
relation to communication skills, leadership skills, managerial skills and knowledge of the management.
This assessment turns very useful as personal skills and competence are identified that helps in finding
variation of the present and available knowledge.

Discussion Of Interview
A friend is interviewed and their job is as a marketing manager in one of the leading organisation.
Feedback they have provided regarding importance of skills and knowledge to a manager so that
various situations can be adopted by them while working in business environment. Together with this a
manager must be multi-tasking so that all the activities can be performed effectively in business
organisation as per planes.