Coursework 1- Personal

Development Plan
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Introduction

The report will include a self-assessment of competencies, strengths as well as

weaknesses whilst developing a plan of action for effective professional or personal
growth. The personal development plan is recognised as a lifetime procedure that is
continuously reviewed and focuses to smooth the progress of employability
prospects and encourage improvements in the areas of relevant competencies.
Individuals conduct self-assessments to recognise their strengths and weaknesses
and to analyse areas for improvement (Aguinis and Gabriel, 2022). Self-assessment
is denoted as a development procedure that helps in recognising the skills,
standards, interests, and preferences and also facilitates improvements that can
contribute toward professional and personal objectives.

My strength includes effective teamwork, behavioural skills, collaborative attitude,

proper and effective vocabulary and efficient critical thinking. My weaknesses are a
lack of accountability and responsibility in leadership skills as well as a lack of
communication skills. Pursuing my career in the field of management would help me
to grow professionally by building a strong foundation based on my strengths. My
strengths will allow me to communicate effectively with creative ideas to the team
members with the assistance of effective vocabulary. Also, a collaborative attitude
will allow the growth and development of the organisation. I am willing to work on my
weaknesses such as effective leadership. If I gain the knowledge and understanding
in implementing proper leadership skills, it will improve the performance of my team
members and lead to the success of the organisation. Thus, with the assistance of
this personal development plan, I can indicate relevant actions to address identified
weaknesses.

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A B C D E F

How far
do you
think you
have
Indicate
already How do you know you are at
Knowledge How do you plan to continue
Describe develope that level? What evidence do
Competence (K), Skills developing in this area? Indicate
competence element d in this you have that you developed
(S), or some concrete actions.
area? to that extent?
Attitude(A)
(rate from
1-lowest,
to 5-
highest)

Teamwork K Effective teamwork: 4 I and my team were assigned I could enhance my collaborative effort
According to Andrews a project to generate money to build a team by building an efficient
and Smits, (2019), for a charitable cause. We team where new ideas are accepted
effective teamwork were able to achieve high and appreciated.
transports the best results due to our collaborative
understanding among efforts and effective teamwork.
employees as they
are on the same

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 wavelength to work
together. It helps to
create a productive
working environment
to achieve desired
goals.

According to my experience, I should work on improving my team

we were assigned the work working skills by participating in group
Behavioural Skills
according to our abilities like activities. I will also try to develop the
During teamwork,
finding the sponsors, pitching quality to incorporate people’s opinions
proper behaviour
proposals and hosting the during judgements and become more
plays an essential role
event. I presented the pitch to efficient while interacting with others.
in employee
the sponsors and was able to
engagement and
get the sponsorship. Through
involvement.
this event, I learned about
work efficiency and team spirit.
S 4

A Collaborative 4 Through my experience, I have I can expand my perspective by

Attitude: Higher learned that having higher listening to other team members’
morale and morale helps in generating opinions and arguments to find mutual
collaborative more effective results. I pitched ground in the team and build a

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 behaviour are the key collaborative attitude.
attitudes required to
foster teamwork.
However, working with the idea of the event to the
a team requires sponsors and due to the
synergetic energy to presentation prepared by a
empower positive collaborative effort, we were
relations with others. able to get the results.

Leadership K Willingness and 3 During my internship at a My managers have inspired me a lot

responsibility for management firm, I learned during my internship. However, I can
actions: that having self-confidence and improve more by increasing my
taking responsibility for one’s acceptance and resilience while
Performing leadership
actions is essential to leading a working with others.
roles require
team. I was assigned to a 4
willingness and
member team during my
accountability toward
internship and my manager
different team
portrayed these qualities
performance (Singgih,
profoundly. It encouraged me
et al., 2020)
to follow the same in future.

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 Skill-based model of To build the skill-based leadership
leadership: quality, I have been trying to enhance
my knowledge and creative problem-
In the skill-based
solving skills by learning from various
model of leadership, During my internship, my team
business leaders and tycoons.
creatively solving was assigned to prepare a
problems, social project and I was in charge of
judgement skills and the presentation. By following
knowledge are the my senior’s advice, I prepared
most important the presentation and presented
components it incorporating the skills of
(Guzmán, et al., social judgement and self-
2020). confidence.
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A Predictive analysis 3 During my internship, I In future, I need to maintain this

of framework: incorporated a predictive attitude while dealing with others. I
analytics attitude for making should improve my strategic thinking
Leadership attitude
more profound judgements. abilities to be able to consider both
involves the ability to
This attitude helps me to positive and negative aspects of
make correct
increase my work performance scenarios while managing or leading
judgements based on
during the internship. the team.
a predictive analysis
attitude (Aithal and

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 Athila, 2019).

Critical Self-regulation: To improve self-regulation skills, I will

Thinking As per the opinion of try to incorporate meditation, proper
Changwong, et al., nutrition and some form of self-
(2018), self-regulation During the summer, I had the expression in my routine.
signifies the opportunity to work for hospital
procedure of self- management. While working in
direction based on the hospital I learned the skill
which individuals of self-regulation which helped
convert their me to respond to the ongoing
psychological abilities demands to natural reactions
K into task-related skills. 4 as needed.

S Observation and 4 While working in the hospital, I Through my experience, while working
Problem solving: learned problem-solving skills at the hospital, I learned to find a
According to El Soufi by observing the cordial nature solution instead of dwelling on the
and See, (2019), of the staff with each other and issue in tough times. I should
observation and the patients. Even in the incorporate this in my life as well to
problem-solving skills middle of the tragedy, they grow as an individual.
are interlinked as both remained calm and tried to find

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 skills evaluate the
the solution to every difficulty
data or information to
thrown their way. This helped
bring out the best
me to learn more about critical
outcome in solving the
thinking and problem solving
problems and
during tough periods.
challenges effectively.

Curiosity and self- I realised that being curious will allow

confidence: The new industry helped me to me to learn more about this new
A critical thinker’s groom myself into a more industry. This attitude can help me to
most important asset confident and curious person critically evaluate difficult situations
is confidence which as my superiors always and build self-confidence in myself. I
builds curiosity in motivated me to make should follow this attitude in my daily
unlocking the best judgements and allowed me to life to achieve more growth and
A possible outcome. 4 take responsibility. success.

Communication K Proper and effective 4 I was working on a project I can attend proper training sessions to
vocabulary: regarding solar energy and I learn to be an attentive listener
According to was asked to present a towards anything happening around
Mukhiddinova, et al., proposal to one of the me. I can also learn to appropriately
(2021), proper and international clients with the communicate my ideas and views to
effective vocabulary is proper and effective convince others more efficiently.

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 very important to vocabulary in a different
present the views to a language. After the
wider diversity of presentation, everyone was
audience with proper able to understand the points I
expression and was referring to and got
terminology. appreciated by my manager.

Effective I could watch videos of influential

Communicative speakers and learn the technique to
skills: improve my communication ability. I
As per the opinion As per the experience I hold in can learn to be confident about my
mentioned by Udin, et the office meeting, each views and opinions in order to express
al., (2019), stakeholder agreed to the them clearly and precisely to ensure
communication skills proposal mentioned in the that my skills have improved.
are abilities, which are meeting due to my effective
required to facilitate a communication skills and
better understanding therefore they agreed to do
S of information. 3 funding in the project.

A Powerful and 4 In terms of my previous I can try to improve my both listening

positive: experience, I consider my and communication skills to create and
Attitude is very positive attitude is strong which develop a better understanding with
important to exchange encourages deeper my team members

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viewpoints. Also, an
optimistic approach
will bring positive
results. Thus,
communication must connections that result in more
be expressed in a expressive communication.
manner that everyone Therefore, my powerful and
can understand positive attitude helped me to
(Mishra and Mishra, get funds from the
2020). shareholders.

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