Work-Based Learning: Skills Audit, PDP, and Career Role Planning

This report provides a comprehensive overview of work-based learning, focusing on a skills audit and the creation of a personal development plan (PDP) within the context of the Hilton hotel, where the role of a project manager is examined. The report details the skills and knowledge required for this role, including market trend awareness, communication, risk management, and time management. It includes reflective logs and journals documenting the learning process and progress made. Furthermore, the report outlines future career planning, with aspirations to become a senior project analyst. The document emphasizes the importance of self-reflection, continuous improvement, and aligning personal skills with industry demands, demonstrating a practical approach to professional development and career advancement within the hospitality sector. Desklib offers a platform to access similar solved assignments and resources for students.

Work based learning
(Assessment- 1)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
Undertake and document a skills audit and from this produce a personal development plan....1
Produce a short report that reflects on your progress in planning for and undertaking the work
role in the.....................................................................................................................................4
context of any business organisation..........................................................................................4
Produce a short report that identifies the skills and knowledge you require for the work role.. 4
Evaluate and document your learning and progress with reflective logs and journals...............5
Include a short report for your planning for a future career role................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................9
Planned and initiated the project. Setting targets, aims and objectives for your project...........9
Planned and initiated the project. Setting targets, aims and objectives for your project.........10
Project Life-cycle .....................................................................................................................12
How at project completion you met the deadlines and achieved the benefits of, stage of aims
and objectives for your project..................................................................................................14
In your conclusion, reflect upon and evaluate your experience and learning at the workplace
and linked and applied theory (including use of SWOT, PESTLE, Porters 5 Forces as
appropriate.................................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................18
Books and journals....................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
Learning is important part of the workplace as this helps an individual top grow
professionally and personally and this form of learning is basically referred as the work-based
learning (Luo, He and Yong, 2020). The work- based learning is the effective technique by
which an individual is able to gain experience of working and consecutively develop its
employability and academic skills. The present report is based on the Hiton hotel- a 5 star hotel
based in London. The hotel is highly known for its exclusive services of accommodation, food
and beverages and other customer services. For the report the employment role is project
manager that has responsibility of managing the new and existing development and improvement
projects of the hotel. The report is the reflection of the skills for which skill audit and PDP is
highlighted in report. Report will also highlight the skills and knowledge required for the job role
of project manager.
Main Body
Undertake and document a skills audit and from this produce a personal development plan
Skill Audit
The skill audit is the effective framework to recognise what skills a individual possess
and at what level of expertise. This will give me an opportunity to identify the new methods or
approach to improve and enhance areas of the weaknesses. In the workplace the skill audit will
help me to develop the skill base that will help in improving my existing skills and more easily I
will be able to meet my daily work and career goals. This is also beneficial for an employer in
arranging the employee training and development session and also through this I will feel more
confident, engaged and productive workforce (Sung and Hwang, 2018) . The skill audit of my
skills is highlighted underneath:
Skills 1 2 3 4 5
Communication
skills
*
Numeracy skills *
Management *
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skills
Time
management
skills
*
Leadership skills *
Presentation
skills
*
Critical thinking
skills
*
Organisational
skills
*
Personal Development Plan
Skills to be
developed
Current
proficiency
Target
proficiency
Success criteria
to be judged
Time period
Presentation
skills
Currently my
presentation skills
are highly poor as
in my skill audit
the rating for this
skill is 1 which
clearly define my
incapabilities
towards
developing the
digital
presentation and
also exhibiting it
among the
Presentation skills
are highly
important at
workplace and are
required to be
improved to
certain level. I
have target to
improve my
presentation skills
at moderate level
such as skills to
prepare the basic
presentation using
My team leader
will assess my
skills and provide
me monthly
feedback
regarding my
drawbacks and
improvement.
2 years
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audience. pictures and texts.
Numeracy skills Currently my
numeracy skills
are also inept as it
is completely
visible in my skill
audit that my
score of
numeracy skills is
2. I am not well
aware about the
knowledge and
skills related to
numbers and its
calculations.
Knowledge and
skills of the
number is useful
in workplace.
Therefore I have
target to become
perfect in my
numeracy skills
and become
competent in
preparing the
budget and
managing the
finances of the
workplace.
To judge my
performance I
have joined the
classes to
improve the skills
and my tutor will
assess my skills.
1 year
Critical thinking
skills
My critical
thinking skills are
moderate at the
current time. As I
am able to solve
some basic
problem and think
critically for there
solution but
during urgency I
am not able to
thinking critically
and execute the
plans effectively.
I have target to
acquire the
outstanding
critical thinking
skills, so that I
can be part of
important
discussions at
workplace and
also by this I can
solve the
problems at
workplace easily.
I will self assess
my critical
thinking skills.
When I will able
to become the
part of discussion
team and also I
will be able to
reach my
problems
confidently.
6 months
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Produce a short report that reflects on your progress in planning for and undertaking the work
role in the
context of any business organisation.
In order to become Project manager at the Hilton hotel I will be requiring certain skills
and knowledge that will make me enough capable and competent to get selected at that position.
I am working really hard in order to progress for undertaking the role of the project manager at
my desired workplace that is Hilton Hotel. For a project manager role management skills are the
primary and most essential skills. In order to develop outstanding management skills I am
cultivating self – awareness so that in can observe my surrounding and organise the resources
effectively for the better management (Clarke, 2018). I also involve myself in the meeting with
other managers in order to learn from my peers. I am also becoming good communicator and
listener as for the management of the project both are highly essential. Secondly to undertake the
role of project manager at Hilton I am also growing and learning the knowledge about the
hospitality industry and their market trends because in order to enhance the existing projects and
to develop and install new project in the organisation a deep insight of the hospitality industry is
must. Therefore, on the very daily basis I read and enhance my knowledge about the current
hospitality industry. I am also working on my presentation skills as for a project manager to
present a new idea of project presentation is compulsory. Therefore I am taking classes of
developing presentation skills and also practice daily by developing some presentations. Thus, to
undertake the role of Project manager I working really hard on my other secondary skills such as
time management skills, customer service knowledge, technology skills, leadership etc. so that I
can give my best at the hotel and can became competent among my co- workers.
Produce a short report that identifies the skills and knowledge you require for the work role.
In an organisation like Hilton hotel, there is requirement of some essential skills as the
project manager. A project manager is person that has role of handling, organising and
controlling the on- going, future and existing projects of the company. The project manager of
the Hilton hotel has to review the resources, supplies of the project, look after the budget of the
project, proposal of the project for the hotel development or improvement and to look at the
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process of the project growth and execution. The skills and knowledge required for the project
manager role are:
Knowledge of market trends of hospitality industry: the in-depth knowledge of the market
trends of the hospitality industry is very important for the project manager. As through this the
project manager will be able to understand the needs and wants of the customers by which
planning of new project will become more accurate and easy. New project are always planned to
meet the market trends therefore knowledge of the market trends of hospitality industry related to
food, technology, entertainment is essential.
Communication skills: the communication skills are always the key skills required for the every
role of the hotel (Lin, 2018). Therefore, for the project manger of the Hilton hotel effective oral
and written communication skills are important in order to have proper message passing without
any barriers. This skill is also useful in communicating with clients and team mates and also
during the public speaking at the time of presentation.
Risk management skills: for planning and execution of a new project risk is always a part and
parcel and to bear this risk effectively without any failure the effective risk management skills
are useful for the project manager of the Hilton hotel. This skill will provide me with confidence
and capability to handle the risk associated with the projects.
Time management skills: the time is asset for the Hilton hotel and wastage or ineffective time-
management can become a huge problem for the hotel. For the project manager it is very
important to adhere to the time in order to meet deadlines and also to protect the budget from
overshooting. An for a successful project manager managing time and schedule are good signs.
Evaluate and document your learning and progress with reflective logs and journals
Reflective Journal
Questions Answers
How are you linking what you learn in the
project to what you
already know and understand?
I have learned different skills required for the
project manager and how important is project
manager for the company. I analysed through
some of the skills of project manager I already
have and also I have understanding of
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hospitality industry.
Did you try something new? Yes, for the first time I have tried developing
the skill audit and PDP and understand the
importance of self reflection of my own skills.
Did you change your thinking as a result of I learned about different skills that I am
required to learn or progress to undertake the
role of project manager at Hilton hotel.
Have you gained any new approaches / views
from the way
others work?
Yes, I have learnt the way of working in a
team, as everyone in the project work as a team
and also I learnt about self reflection
techniques.
What new research skills have you gained? I have gained secondary research skills in
researching about the skills essential for the
role of project manager and analysed that I
have to develop risk management skills and
time management skills.
What new knowledge / understanding have
you gained?
I have gained the deep understanding and
knowledge of the market trends of the
hospitality industry and also about the key
roles of the project manager in the hotel.
What new technological skills have you gained I have analysed that I need to pay attention on
developing my technological skills such as
digital presentation skills, project management
software skills and other ICT skills.
What comes next? Now I need to work on my competencies in
order to become the senior project analyst at
the leading MNC.
Reflective Log
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What you are doing and learning?
In the starting of the report I have done the skill audit and Personal development Plan
from which I leaned about my skill gaps and the methods to improve them. In the next log I have
learnt about how to progress my skills to undertake the role of project manager. I have also done
the reflective journal and reflective log which is also useful to me in learning about my progress
and learning growth and what I will develop in future.
Include a short report for your planning for a future career role
After learning the skills required for the project manager and analysing my self
capabilities I have decided to plan for my future career goals and roles. In future as per my
current skills and current developed skills I want to undertake the future job role of senior project
analyst of the desired organisation (De Freitas, 2018). In order to undertake my future towards
this job role I am planning to work on my research and analytical skills. As for this job role it is
very important to have proficiency in these skills because for the project to be successful
appropriate research is essential. Also the analytical skills will help me analysing the progress of
the project and any problem or issue during the project execution. Also I am planning for the
developing my risk management skills as this is important for my job role because as the senior
project analyst managing the risk of the project is duty.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report that the skill audit and personal development plan is
highly important in highlighting my key skills that are my strength and the skills that are gaps to
my overall capabilities. Also the learning of the employability skills is highly important in order
to justify and prove the role in the organisation. The reflective journal and log are effective form
of reflective writing as they are precise and accurate t understand the learning and actions of the
individual during the workplace.
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Business Plan
(Assessment - 2)
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INTRODUCTION
Hospitality firms introduce various innovative projects in order to gain competitive
advantage in the industry. This report is based on the hospitality firm The Hilton, London which
is sophisticated Hotel located in Hyde Park, London, UK. The Hotel provides modern
accommodation including coffee-makers and flat screen TV. The project undertaken by the
Hilton Hotel at Hyde Park is using Block chain technology (Hsu, Chang and Hung, 2018). This
report provides aims, objectives and target of the project. In addition to this the ways of
managing, monitoring and evaluating stages of project life-cycle are also provided in this report.
Ways used for meeting project deadlines and benefits of setting aims and objectives are also
included in this report. In addition to this reflection on learning experience is provided in this
report by usage of various tools such as SWOT and Porter's five forces analysis.
Planned and initiated the project. Setting targets, aims and objectives for your project
Project management is the process of handling and managing all activities within the new
project execution of a company. In context of hospitality sector it is essential for their companies
to secure the data of their customers, provide supply chain and data privacy guarantee and many
others. Hence, in context of Hilton hotel, they are introducing a new project of adopting block-
chain technology in their hotel for their growth. Block-chain is the technology which stores and
all essential data of the customers like their personal details, their transaction history and many
others.
Targets of using block-chain in Hilton hotel-
There are overall four targets set for having block-chain technology within the mentioned hotel
and these four targets are explained below-
 Secure payments- Block-chain technology help hotels to secure their payments which is
made by their customers. Development of digital technology also increases the treats like
hacking to analyse customers payment systems and use them for personal benefits by
third party. With the help of this technology Hilton can secure the payments of their
customers and store their all transactions safely. This technology unable to enter third
party to misuse the payment data of customers.
 Loyalty programmes- This technology also record the information about the check-in
and check-outs of the customers. Hence, this technology will help Hilton to analyse their
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