Reference no: EM132343591

Personal and Professional Development

Unit aims

To develop confidence in the learner to successfully manage their personal and professional skills in order to achieve their career goals

Learning outcomes

1 Understand how self-managed learning can enhance lifelong development

1.1 Evaluate approaches to self-managed learning

1.2 Propose ways in which lifelong learning in personal and professional contexts could be encouraged

1.3 Evaluate the benefits of self-managed learning to the individual and organisation

2 Be able to take responsibility for own personal and professional development

2.1 Evaluate own current skills and competencies against professional standards and organisational objectives

2.2 Identify own development needs and the activities required to meet them

2.3 Identify development opportunities to meet current and future defined needs

2.4 Devise a personal and professional development plan based on identified needs

3 Be able to implement and continually review own personal and professional development plan

3.1 Discuss the processes and activities required to implement the development plan

3.2 Undertake and document development activities as planned

3.3 Reflect critically on own learning against original aims and objectives set in the development plan

3.4 Update the development plan based on feedback and evaluation

4 Be able to demonstrate acquired interpersonal and transferable skills

4.1 Select solutions to work-based problems

4.2 Communicate in a variety of styles and appropriate manner at various levels

4.3 Evaluate and use effective time management strategies