Personal and Professional Development Plan: A Travelodge Case Study

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PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1.............................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2.............................................................................................................................................. 6
1.3.............................................................................................................................................. 8
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................ 9
2.1.............................................................................................................................................. 9
2.2............................................................................................................................................ 11
2.3............................................................................................................................................ 12
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............................................................................................................................................ 20
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................... 21
REFERENCES.................................................................................................................................22
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INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development skills have managed to meet the subjective change with
reference to the concept that identified with the goals and objectives for their own. The
personal development work can meet with the growth and development of the individual as
the role of the assistant manager in the Travelodge Hotel.
Travelodge hotels limited are a private company which operates in the hotels sector in the UK.
This is the second largest chain in the UK in terms of the hotel facilities. The origin of the
Travelodge can direct on the change with the former division to the business which is managing
the quality of the hotels with the range of the Druy Lane Moat and other hotels to around £400
million (Cunningham, 2017). The company hired the employees to the full range of the 11000 in
full and part time basis. The parent organization of the group is the Endell Group holdings Ltd.
In the following paper one can discuss the concept of the personal and professional
development to around the catalyst in process of achieving the goals as well as with the life.
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TASK 1
1.1
The self-managing in the Travelodge hotel may direct to learn on the things which are gained
with the experience of very important fact. They are not related to the things with the lectures
and attending the seminars and conferences at the hotel. This can help the business
organizations to make the effective decisions for the betterment of the organization. The
company works in an environmental friendly manner (Williams et al., 2011). This can direct on
the self-managed learning through which big role to the technology can enforce the change of
the individual with the new business strategy. The knowledge and learning attitudes can help in
directing long term objectives for the organization. The techniques are promoted can help in
observing the present situation of the problems that are being portrayed at the Travelodge
hotel.
While working as the Travelodge hotel one can embark on the process through which
encouragement to the staff can be engaged through self-managed learning. One can assess on
the personal and professional development of the task through the learning events that are
enhance for the lifelong development (Cairns and Malloch, 2011). The different approaches to
the self-managed learning among them Travelodge follows the concerning segments:
Seminars and Conferences
The individuals are responsible for learning through the seminars and conferences. Travelodge
hotel can powerfully apparatus to the individual presenting the insight to the business for
adapting the new services at the hotel. The workshop to the staff can help in managing the
customer satisfaction level and additionally building up with the presentation abilities to the
business (Chen et al., 2012). The aptitude about hierarchical settings can mark on the
authoritative values for the business in the hotel.
Social Networking
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There are variety of the networking sites with Facebook, My Space and et cetera. This can
spend expand to the extent of my time. This can sign on the companions with the new ways of
approaching the work in case to the data and information notice sheets and discussion. The
organizational preferences are managed (Cairns and Malloch, 2011).
Internet
The incomprehensible approach meets with the scope of subjects that are drastically managing
the scholastic diaries. The fundamental inquiry for the business can permit to the data that are
composed of the diverse creation on the subjects. The management studies can project on the
risks and sample for learning the information with the fruitful measure to work. This can help in
self-guiding the individual with the considerate range of entering the scope of the business with
the disparate themes (Castaings et al., 2016). This can empower the self-awareness for the
business. This can expertise the settings for the business.
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1.2
The range of the life-long learning in the personal and professional context can direct on the
persistency in the business to the individual limits. This can add the expertise to embrace the
shortcomings to the business with the range of the opportunities and shortcomings to the
business that risks the aptitude of learning yet being yearned. The life-long learning includes
the facilities which improve the strengths through which the personal prospects can direct on
the ways of improvement and lifelong learning in the professional context (Janssen et al.,
2013). This can be encouraged.
The evaluation of the professional learning can help in professing the self-reflective learning
with continuous development. This can depend on the people’s will to be honest and
maintaining the new skills at the workplace. The contribution to the personal development
ideas can believe with SWOT analysis of Assistant manager at the Travelodge hotel (Beausaert
et al., 2013).
Strength
The operation management of the Travelodge
hotel is highly investigated in the reproductive
manner
Team leadership at the work has been highly
seen among the groups at the Travelodge.
Quality Assurance can help in meeting with
the professional factors and interdependent
thinking over assessment and training.
Management of the staff is the effective role
which can direct on the skills of best luxury
hotel, hygiene maintenance and other
Weakness
The communication skills and strategy
formation can be managed but opinion about
the members in the team can be experienced
within life.
Opportunity
The new opportunity for the Travelodge is that
one can manage the clients with the help of
Threat
The changes in the demand and recession for
the work are affected with the roles and
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the new technology responsibilities to the business.
The continuous learning may direct on the growth of the life experiences of the manager with
the pattern of the skills and talents that are acknowledge with the services (Hinojosa, 2012).
Thus, it was highly managed by the manager at the organization to meet with the motivational
levels in the employees along with the good time in the achievement of the long chain hotels.
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1.3
The learning skills and self-management at the Travelodge can direct on several benefits which
basically evaluates the positive attitude towards the personal experiences and past matters to
the goals and objectives of the business (Ward, 2016). The key factors which are managing the
skills and experiences are:
Communication Skills
This skills may consider the benefit through which the self-managed learning and confidence to
the work can be independent of employees in the organization (Pedler et al., 2013). The
process of the effective learning with the presentation of the ideas in the business can be
subjected in the business. This is followed by the effective communication skills in the business.
Presentation Skills
The improvement in the skills and way of present ability can direct on the worth of giving
sufficient staff with the relatable ideas and positive attitudes to the business. This can confine
on the public speaking and individual presentation of the work for the organization.
Team working
The organization such as Travelodge must work important for the success of the organization. It
is highly dependent of the team building and working pattern. The self-managed learning can
improve the skills through which communication and cooperation can be managed.
Improving satisfaction and financial balances at hotel
The skills can subjective provide benefit in managing the working measure for the business. The
Travelodge hotel can depict on the situations through which the aptitude and set of learning
cash flow and balance sheet must be managed (Ballantyne and Povah, 2017). The revenue
generated per year with the pay extra wellsprings on the range of information.
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TASK 2
2.1
The Travelodge hotel must prefer to improve the customer satisfaction level and building the
team performance by day dreaming building. The business is highly passionate about creating
the Wi-Fi and signature style to the business. This can wonder that the travelers can finalize
with the branding of the hotel through Business travel awards. This can be highly recognized
with the staffs that are working in the hotel (Aslan et al., 2011). The communication, a team
building and leadership skill has offered the time for hiring the business with the efficient work.
The skills can affect the process of the team through qualities that are offer within the
organization. Thus, the friendly nature and healthy environmental tips can be met with the
requirement of the qualities for the business. The evaluation of the peers and competencies
can meet up with the professional standards. This can subjectively direct on the organizational
measure (Busse et al., 2014). This can depicted as:
Skills Activities for skills
excellence
Personal remarks Ratings
Communication Skills Regular engaging of
the staff with the
customers. This can
direct on the
development area
through newspaper
reading
The continuous public
speaking practices
can help in meeting
the strategic fit for
the business
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Team Building Skills Team work is highly
required for which
effective workshop
and task to handle
the client at the Hotel
The two staff is
appointed for
individual rooms at
the Travelodge. This
can offer to improve
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for a particular room
are subjected.
the level of the
customer satisfaction
and directing on the
team performances
Leadership Skills The observations that
are made to the
business are highly
understood by
progress made by the
business
The team member
must possess this
skills in order to
complete the work on
time and managing
work along with the
needs of the good
leaders.
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Motivation Skills This can be carried
out the hotel in terms
of rewards and pay
The motivation levels
among the employees
are necessary.
However, some of the
staff members are
highly dependent on
the incentive bars for
their efficient work
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2.2
The skills that are analyzed for the carrying out the activities can be met with the abilities
matching to the professional formation of the strategy. In today’s scenario, the skills I need to
improve while working in the Travelodge hotel are communication skills and leadership skill in
order to gain customer satisfactions and upraising employee’s motivation (Municipality, 2013).
This can meet up with the process of controlling the business that are strongly possessing the
oral and written means of the communication among the employees.
The development for planning needs in the hotel aides on the profession of the individual
working in the Travelodge hotel. Similarly, I was responsible for managing the arrangement of
the work in the business. The travel and tourism industry can indulge the receptionist with the
need to manage the industry with the same prospect (Woodcock, 2017). As I am responsible to
deal with the manager in the organization the role and duties can be managed while interacting
with the customers. The travel and tourism sector provides the packages for the development
of own in specific mission and objectives attainment by outline to the activities that are
developed in their working environment.
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