Report of managing personal development

Management skills Selfassessment inventory personal development plan Communication methods time management learning style Based on this report, people should be more interested in this subject and get real chance to practice and apply skills to achieve more success in the future because managing professional development is not only a subject that we need to learn but it represents a fundamental attribute that todays knowledge based economy is demanding of its employers, employees and businesses. Therefore, people who really want and thirst for success should consider this as a good suggestion for them to be confident with their ambition and their aims for their life.

Report of Managing Professional Development

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Nowadays, working environment is more and more active, working pressure is greater and greater, competitiveness is higher and higher, people need to achieve high requirements to survive and develop in the modern life As a result, managing professional development is born and honored more and more with the aim for more and more perfect people who can be confident in every situation of work and life A successful person is not really a person with a lot of money, certificates or qualifications but they must be good at both their career and life and they always balance and control to find happiness in life The important thing is that their success involves the presence of managing professional development

Not only considered as a tool of developing people skills, managing professional development is also recognized as a key to make business more profitable and better places to work Thus, companies aren’t just assessing their current staff and future recruits on their specialist knowledge but they are now evaluating them on a whole host

of soft skills competencies around how well they relate and communicate to others, all of these determine who you are, how you can work and they are a good way of assessment

in your work For that reason, managing professional development is regarded as a necessary subject that has a great influence on the future of learners and it also become the concern of many people

Being a student who is interested in economic major, I see that managing professional development plays a really important role in my current study, future work even future life Therefore, fulfilling this report helps to empower me by allowing me to build flexibility to my future Furthermore, I will also undertake responsibility for my own personal and career development as well as have an ability to demonstrate my self-managed learning in a professional context This report will be a right proof for me to evaluate my progress and achievement of personal development and learning targets and

to develop interpersonal and transferable business skills which will support me to advance my future career

This report could be useful data for me to look at myself and improve my weaknesses, so I can get many advantages from this Based on this, I recommend people should be more interested in this subject and get real chance to practice and apply skills

to achieve more success in the future because managing professional development is not only a subject that we need to learn but it represents a fundamental attribute that today's knowledge based economy is demanding of its employers, employees and businesses Therefore, people who really want and thirst for success should consider this as a good suggestion for them to be confident with their ambition and their aims for their life

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page……… 1

Executive Summary……… 2

Table of contents……… 3

1 Introduction 1.1 Basic concept of Managing Professional Development………

1.2 The aims, purposes, scopes………

1.3 Sources of information………

1.4 Limitation of weakness………

5 5 5 5 2 Current management skill 2.1 People skill………

2.2 Job skill………

6 7 3 Self-assessment inventory 3.1 Skill self assessment audit………

3.2 SWOT analysis………

7 8 4 Current CV 4.1 Cover letter………

4.2 CV………

4.3 Job advertisement………

9 9 9 5 Personal development plan 5.1 Academic planning………

5.2 Career planning………

5.3 Action plan………

10 10 11 6 Communication methods 6.1 Formal letter………

6.2 Email………

6.3 Memorandum………

6.4 Notice………

12 12 12 13 7 Worked based problems and solutions……… 13

8 Personal Development Journal……… 13

9 Time management……… 13

10 Learning style……… 14

12 The range of research methods and sources……… 15

13 My progress in achieving objectives……… 15

Conclusion……… 16

References……… 17

Appendix……… 19

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Basic concept of Managing Professional Development

Managing Professional Development is a continuing process consisting of activities that enhance professional growth It may include workshops, independent reading and study, conferences, and consultation with peers and experts Since its primary purpose is to benefit the individual, professional development should be planned and managed by the individual

1.2 The aims, purposes, scopes

This report illustrates many outcomes of managing professional development that emphasize on the needs of individual but within the context of how the development of self management corresponds with effective team management in meeting objectives In addition, the purpose of managing professional development is to develop learners’ ability so as to organize, manage and practice a range of approaches to improve their performance as well as their self-organized skills in preparation for work or future career development Following that, the subject enables learners to assess and develop a range

of professional and personal skills in order to promote future personal and career development Learning managing professional development subject is a good opportunity for people to gain their soft skills and to be confident in every situation to get success Therefore, the current report is to record and evaluate my process of achieving goals and accomplishing necessary skills

1.3 Sources of information

The information which is referred to in this report is collected from the Internet which I can get various documents from different writers with different points of view

about topics and subject I concern I also use the course book Professional Development

as a valuable reference for me to fulfill this report The other source of information is my own practical experience of the through the process of endeavor so that my report will be more lively and virtual

1.4 Limitation of weakness

Although this report is based on a lot of previous studies and real experience, it cannot avoid its limitations In the process of carrying out this report, I have trouble in word account because of it is limited from 2000 to 3000 words, so I may not refer to specific information or explain problems that I want to make clear Besides I also have difficulties with my lack of practical knowledge and experience, so it is quite hard for me

to show it clearer in this report These restrictions will be overcome to make the next report or research more detailed and clearer

2 Current management skill

2.1 People skill

There are many people skills that are essential and important in life but in this report, I only refer to three skills which I need to improve including time management, motivation and leadership

I took many activities to improve my time management skill such as taking bus waiting time to learn, taking time watching TV to studying and going to the market twice

a week to buy everything for the whole week Thanks to the actions, my level increased from 1 to 3, which motivated me to set further goals like finishing all the subjects of this semester without any tiredness

Besides, I also try to get my motivation skill better by spending my leisure time reading books, sharing my daily stories with my roommate and rewarding myself by listening 20 minutes to music after hard study time Following that I got 3.5 in this level comparing to 2 at first Therefore, I made new goals in having enough health to stay up late instead of drinking coffee every evening and spending more time studying OB Another skill that I want to talk about is leadership With my actions like organizing group studying with three of my classmates and taking responsibility as the motorbike parade manager of the sport ceremony of ITP, I improved this skill from level

2 to 3,5 then made future goal with accomplishing my task as a leader in the ‘street art festival’ and attracting people’s attention when I am saying

2.2 Job skill

According to the requirement of the job I want to apply for, I must improve two of

my job skills including teamwork and individual problem solving I took many actions to make these skills better, especially with teamwork skill, I cooperated and discussed with

my classmates to prepare for the ‘street art festival’ Besides, I organized a small party on

Vietnamese Woman’s day for all the female in my neighborhood and by these activities, I raised my level from 2 to 3.5 and this is a motivation for me to achieve further goals like organizing a visit for my high school classmates to our teachers’ houses

Furthermore, to be more confident with the job, I did some problem solving tests online and helped my mother go to take money from her debtors so that I can be clever in different situations and solve the problems in the best way Thus, I got 2.5 comparing to 1 level in this field and this makes me think that I must try more and more to get better results

3 Self-assessment inventory

3.1 Skill self assessment audit

After taking all the questions in the skill self assessment audit, I identified my strengths and weaknesses Following that, I am good at writing skill, personal effectiveness, numeracy ability and my ability to interpret or construct graphs, charts, and diagrams to support my study In contrast, I realize my bad points that I need to improve especially my oral communication skill, my ability to debate in discussion meetings, my problem solving skill and my information technology skill

The most important thing is that after finishing this self assessment, I am quite surprised at my weaknesses because all of those skills are essential for my future life and work Moreover, it is not as good as I expected because I thought that my independent life far from home taught me a lot and I should have been much more mature than before but maybe it is not enough and in the future I will have to try much more to fulfill my weaknesses

3.2 SWOT analysis

Personal SWOT analysis is a good tool to evaluate myself and from that I understand clearly my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats In particular, I can be proud of my strengths which could help me a lot in life when I am mature and independent This also requires me to be good at self- motivation and self-control skill Besides my parents are sole traders with a lot of practical economic experience that can help me in my major

In contrast, I also recognized my weaknesses when I am not confident to deal with excellent people because of my low knowledge about economy and society I also have difficulties finding suitable study methods for subjects, so I often get confused with my time and effort I should spend

Apart from these internal factors, I also identify my external factors with my opportunities and threats I have a chance to study abroad, work with foreign lecturers and study special subjects like MPD or OB which do not include in national college program of Vietnam However, I also have to face great challenges with this new and modern program whose fee is very high, so I must be serious in my studying After all, I have my own aims and objectives for my study and life that I need to achieve

4 Current CV

4.1 Cover letter

With my expectation and desire with this job, I wrote a formal letter for Ms Thuy Lien who in human resource department of KFC company Vietnam This is a chance for

me to show my writing and reporting skill which I am quite good at In addition, by referring to my good points such as my fluent English, office computer application skill

and my ability to be well cooperated with people by all of my enthusiasm and inquiry to improve myself as well as my work skills

4.2 CV

Being a second year college student, I want to find a job that is suitable for my current knowledge and ability, so I apply to be an assistant of restaurant manager of KFC Vietnam which also requires skills that I can meet In my CV, I refer to my major achievement in my English prize and scholarship which is my best point Also, I have interest in reading book and news on the Internet which helps me update all the information about society and people’s needs With my strengths in my English level, current major and experience, I believe that I can have enough conditions to get this job and I am confident about my ability

4.3 Job advertisement

The job advertisement for an assistant of restaurant manager is retrieved from website http://www.careerlink.vn/index.php?

language=vn&panel=jobseeker&module=job&content=add_job&action=view&cid=30&pid=28550 and it

is the need of KFC Company Vietnam With the job category is restaurant/food service/hotel/tourism and employees can work full time or part time, KFC wants to choose 1000 to 4999 employees in this time for their needs

Their work places are very flexible when staff can work in all the restaurants of KFC Vietnam in Hanoi, Danang, Haiphong and Khanhhoa Following that, an assistant must work alternatively at all the staff positions with different roles in restaurants, support store monitor to run restaurants

5 Personal development plan

I made a development plan to take the initiative in my academic plan For my first academic plan, I am going to get IELTS 6.0 by the end of January 2011 To achieve this plan, I made a detail timetable and action to follow and make it real Similarly, I aim to get merit grade in financial reporting by the end of January 2011 and make particular activities and timetable to realize it The third academic plan is to achieve merit grade in managing professional development by the end of January 2011 This is one of the subjects that require not only theory knowledge but also practical experience and practice, so with the same action of other subject, I also join enthusiastically with activities of this subject to apply skills that I gained from it

5.2 Career planning

Accompanying with my academic plan is my career plan which I make two plans The first one is to become an assistant director of a distribution company by February

2015 when I graduate from Banking Academy and have particular knowledge to realize this plan With this plan, I really want to become a real assistant director of a book contribution company and have more opportunity to get more experience Besides, I should have more knowledge about marketing, negotiation skills and make good relationships with people

My role of an assistant of director in a distribution book company will make me have basic view about book major so that it is easier for me to reach my further plan that

is to open my own bookstore by February 2020 and manage it with my own way that I gain and collect during I study and work before By my steps that I refer to in the appendix D It is important for me to become the owner of the bookstore and fulfill a lot