Personal & Professional Development: Travelodge Case Study (BUSN101)

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UNIT 23: PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................................... 3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.3................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.1................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.3.............................................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.3.............................................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.4.............................................................................................................................................................................. 12
TASK 3.......................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.1.............................................................................................................................................................................. 14
3.2.............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
3.3.............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
3.4.............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
TASK 4.......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
4.1.............................................................................................................................................................................. 18
4.2.............................................................................................................................................................................. 19
4.3.............................................................................................................................................................................. 21
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................................................. 22
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................................ 23
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INTRODUCTION
Today the role of the personal and professional development has enriched the lifestyle of
everyone’s. They can prefer the candidates who understand the concept of the professional
and personal development (Moon, 2013). This can help in attaining a set of goals and
objectives for everyone. This can meet with the personal and professional growth require
to meet the desired the lifestyle and concept for the professional development to meet the
person’s life and organization’s life as well.
The study of Travelodge hotels has been discussed which mainly operates in the UK with
the branded simply and second largest budgeted hotel in the sector right after the Premier
Inn. This has also origin from the Travelodge chain in the better and separate ownership.
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TASK 1
1.1
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO
Self-managed learning is a process through which individual can learn the different things
and gain the experience which is very important for the individual (Blankenbeckler et al.,
2016). This can also relates to the things which can be attend the lectures that meet with
the things that are learnt by the society. The role of Travelodge hotel can meet with the
works and make the environment friendly measure. In the self-managing learning
techniques can meet with the invaluable techniques through which development of the
organization. This can basically meet with the approaches that are necessary for the hotel.
The learning techniques that are involved in the self-managed learning of Travelodge are:
Seminars and conference
The seminars and conferences are considered to be the effective tools for the Travelodge as
the individual to learn the different things can meet with the personality. The seminar and
conference tools can help the individual at the Travelodge to prepare a speech with the
personal experience and sharing it in public through personality development and personal
skills (Brown et al., 2016).
Social Networks
The social networking helps the business of Travelodge with the self-managed learning and
local communities through networking sites such as Twitter, Face book and other. This can
also meet with the social networking for the business of the Travelodge to increase their
technological skills and sharing their ideas business prospect through online measures
such as YouTube.
Internet
Internet has played an effective role in defining the self-managed learning prospects for the
business. This can individually directs on the different things such as management studies
and historically surfing the ideas and websites on the internet (Bryson et al., 2017). The
sources providing the idea from the million users to meet the fetching detailed information
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of the same on the internet with the different perception of the authors on the same topic.
The best suitable approach for the Travelodge is Training as it is the effective tools for
providing the experience with the policy of encouraging the staff to share their experience.
The role of the fundamental level of the inquiry can permit to the data being composed for
the diverse creators concerning the subjects (Bryson et al., 2017). This can cope with the
development of the disparate themes that can empower the self-awareness in the expert
settings of the Travelodge hotel.
1.2
Lifelong Learning Personal and Professional Travelodge
Life longing learning is the way of adapting the individual limit through which the experts
can add to their setting. Similarly, the people might embrace individual evaluations as a
method for the learning styles and typical approach assess with the shortcomings and
qualities through the endeavor of SWOT analysis (Day, 2016). The personal capacity and
usage of the professional context which improve the confidence of the Travelodge staffs.
The strength of me as the manager of the Travelodge has evaluated the professional
learning with the self-reflective learning and continuing the judgment and opinion that it
depends on the people (Day, 2016).
The Manager of the Travelodge must possess the professional skills which can be evaluated
with the continuation of the development of the ideas and I have experienced it mine as
follows:
Strengths- operation management, quality assurance and team leadership, effective goals
and interdependent thinking skills and friendly and knowledge of the MS-word and
powerpoint and other skills.
Weakness- lack of communication skills and strategic formation
Opportunity- Can approach to new skills and new technology, Managing the clients
Threat- The changes in demand and recession can affect the manager roles and
responsibility (Denker, 2016).
The continuous learning and effective leadership helps in meeting the growth into life
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experiences of the manager with the behavioral pattern and skills and talents and
knowledge. Further, the manager was responsible to meet the motivational level in the
employees along with satisfying the feel good at the time of the achievement.
1.3
Self-managed learning at Travelodge gives the several benefit to the manager within the
organization (Denker, 2016). The self-managed learning has basically help in developing
the positive attitudes, decision-making and meet with the past personal experiences. This
could help in organizing the goals and objectives of the organization. This can attained
through:
Communication Skills
The communication skills are considered to be one of the benefits gained with the self-
managed learning. The confidence which is gained through the independent working and
present idea can meet with in-front line of the employee of the organization. This can result
in the process of the follower with the both written and spoken through improved with
self-managed learning (Groves et al., 2017).
Improving the financial and personal satisfaction
The rate of the financial statement of the Travelodge hotel can be depicted through SML
programs in order to withstand with the system that are not situated in the organization.
This can supply aptitude and set of learning cash flow and balance sheet for the
organization’s revenue per year (Moon, 2013). This can help in associating the groups or
team to pay extra wellsprings with the information which can be tackled with the parts of
the reports picking up with the awesome bargaining figures and connections ought to be
beneficial and advantages to more broadly associated features.
Cost Minimization
The cost of the Travelodge is very high and it has subjectively added to the benefit to the
better services for the organization. This can help in self-managed learning and improves
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the business prospects with low cost involvement and high profitability. This can improve
the business productivity (Harasim, 2017).
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TASK 2
2.1
The organizational objectives of Travelodge hotel prefer the day dreaming building
business and passionate about their customer services. The travelers can meet with the
speedy Wi-Fi and signature king size Travelodge. This can create the wonder over the
finalist for the best budget hotel brand at the Business travel Awards (Hill and Ledford,
2016). The organizations can hire the candidates for the raising the level of satisfaction
among the customers. The skills such as communication skills, leadership skills and time
management can subject on the hiring of the organization. Further, the skills can affect the
process through which the qualities can offer the organization a friendly and healthy
environment. This can also direct on learning new things which are offered with the helps
for good working environment. This can provide the peers with the evaluation measure for
meeting the skills (Hong et al., 2016). Thus, the competencies against the professional
standards can present the organizational measures as:
Skills Activities for skills
excellence
Personal remarks Ratings
Communication
skills
The vocabulary
classes and
newspaper reading
has helped in
improving the areas
of the development
(Jamshidi et al., 2016)
This has helped me
to meet the
individual and
organizational
prospects for the
speaking with the
public in effective
way
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Problem Solving
Skills
I can try to find out
right one first and
then meet the
solution to the
Travelodge can offer
various activities to
improve their
management issue
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problem I observe and meet the level of
the satisfaction in
the customers. This
can sometime list up
with the
interruptions
(Jamshidi et al., 2016).
Time Management Regular maintenance
of the time can be
carried out in order
to list it in the
prioritizing the work
accordingly
The time
management can be
essential factor in
the organization that
directs on the
interruptions of
anyone
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Motivation skills The employees are
motivated with
various activities
such as reward
systems and
incentives
Motivation can
inspire the followers
to accomplish the
task through
increase in the
reaction of the
process into the
organization (Jose et
al., 2017).
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Leadership skills The observation of
the senior manager
can help in
leadership decisions
through undertaking
decision with
leadership (Jose et
The team can led
with the task on the
time and managing
the needs of the
good leader
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al., 2017)
2.3
The development of the needs and activities meet with the current and future needs to
stabilize the professional behavior and organizational objectives. The areas I need to
improve are the communication skills and problem solving at the Travelodge. The scenario
of the Travelodge can especially meet with the idea of corporation of the skills in the
organization (Brown et al., 2016). The communication skills can help in analyzing the
development areas of the employees within the organization. This can strongly possess the
oral and written communication among the employee.
The conveyance of the message among the employees in the organization must be effective.
Thus, the views and opinions are shared through implementation of the thoughts into
practices and communicated among the staff through bulletin, E-mail and notice of the
board. This can help the individual member to help in attaining the organizational goals
and adding competitive advantage. The other area which can be development is the tactical
measure for the problems faced at the organization (Moon, 2013). I as a manager must be
capable of undertaking the strategic actions through which variety of the sales and
competitive advantage with series of the services to the business.
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2.3
The competitive advantage of the organization attends with the current and future defined
needs. The activities required to meet the needs are:
Shared Commitment
The planning of the worker and manager can collaboratively meet with the successful
implementation of the common duty and effectively tightening improvement choices. The
manager can viable become responsible through setting up the learning environment
(Kusumaningrum and Hidayat, 2016).
Commitment of Person
This is the critical approach through which effective aptitude of improvement can be
managed through responsibility. I required constantly making progress toward self-
improvement and exploiting through open doors. This can responsibly meet with the
arrangement of the deal through own formative way of dealing with IDP.
Commitment of Management
The work front of the professional development of the managers can directly meet with
building their employees. The managers can help the workers to provide the proper
alternatives to the progression of the criticism and supportive measures (Lejeune et al.,
2016). The intended techniques guide the managers to meet through the improvement
engage with the accompanied procedure that is overloading the run of the organization.
Thus, the Travelodge hotels can support the employees through providing a full-fledged
training and induction programs by opening a skills academic training centers where the
formulate team leading practices can be performed to run the organization effectively
(Lejeune et al., 2016).
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2.4
The professional and personal development can be based on the identified needs that are
proposed with the individual aspects of the business through the timeline to perform the
task. The task can also subjectively add the strategic improvement in the formation of the
business with the communication skills (Nugent and Wallston, 2016). The needs of the
improvement to attain the personal and professional development plan can subject within
7 months through improvement in my weak areas.
Development
objectives and
Skills
Priorities Activities
Involved
Utilized
Resources
Timescales Criteria for
success
Communication
skills
High The classes
for the
vocabulary
improvement
can be same.
This can be
attended with
the course of
improvement
and
interaction
with people
(Nugent and
Wallston,
2016)
The practice
can be
undertaken
through
group
discussion
and mock
presentations
and trying to
present the
views on the
topic
3 months Meet up
with
manager
and
feedback
from the
customer
are involved
Writing Skills Moderate The skills can
be attend
with the
writing
measures
The
newspaper,
book and
novel to
vocabulary
2 months Feedback
from
manager
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