Professional Development Plan: Goals And Process

In this assessment you are required to:

• Set work goals and prioritise work goals, using a position description
• Develop 2 work plans to achieve 2 work goals.
• Keep a journal containing your reflections on, and explanation of, the process of managing work priorities.

1. Study your:
   1. job description, if you have one, if use a generic one for your role.
   2. organisation’sbusiness plans, business goals, policies and procedures.
2. In your journal, provide a list of the organisation’s policies, procedures and plans that will inform team and personal goal setting.
3. Establish 4 to 5 goals, both personal and team goals.

Base the goals on your job description and the list of the organisation’s policies, procedures and plans that will inform team and personal goal setting,

In your journal, describe how and why you established goals. Explain the value of personal and team goal-setting in an organisation.

1. Develop and write down KPIs to measure performance related to work goals.
2. In your journal, describe:
   1. How the KPIs will be used to measure goal-related performance.
   2. How you will maintain performance under varying conditions and contingencies. Give specific examples.
   3. How, given your own personal strengths and weaknesses, you will capitalise on or minimise the effect of these personal traits in your work plans.
3. Think about and write downa range of activities to advance work goals.
   1. Prioritise the possible activities that you have thought about.
   2. Choose two work goals to develop work plans for.
4. In your journal, describe the process you undertook to prioritise activities. Describe competing demands and how you plan to manage these to achieve goals.
5. Develop two work plans to achieve the two goals you have prioritised, use the Work Plan template, Appendix 1 on page 7
6. In your journal you need to:
7. Describe the process of developing your plans to manage work priorities.
8. Describe how you have used the plans to manage time efficiently.
9. In your journal, describe:
   1. How you will ensure you serve as a positive role model through work planning and organisation. Give examples. Describe how your work plans serve as examples to follow in your workplace.
   2. How you will maintain appropriate work–life balance, manage stress and maintain health.

You must provide:

• a position description –
• two work plans – Appendix 1
• ajournal

Your assessor will be looking for evidence of:

• use of literacy skills to interpret written job descriptions, business plans, policies and procedures, etc.
• use of organisational skills to set and achieve priorities
• application of principles and techniques of performance measurement:
  • identification of personal behaviour to assist in managing work priorities and work–life balance
  • goal setting
  • time management
• application of organisational policy, plans or procedures to setting or planning the achievement of work goals
• application of knowledge of work practices to improve personal performance.
• Task 2: Develop and maintain professional competence

The student will demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to develop and maintain professional competence.

You will develop a professional development plan with career objectives and an action plan. To assist in the development of your plan, you are required to seek feedback on your professional competency. You are required to keep a journal containing your reflection on, and explanation of, the process of planning professional development.

Procedure

1. Assess your personal knowledge and skills against competency standards such as enterprise specific competencies or nationally endorsed units of competency.In your journal, describe the process you undertook to assess your professional competency.
2. Meet with two people who are familiar with your work and can assess aspects of your professional competency, such as employees, colleagues, clients or supervisors to seek feedback on your work performance. Take notes to submit as evidence of your meeting.

In your journal, describe the meeting, and the questioning and active listening techniques you used to elicit the feedback.

1. Using the template provided in Appendix 1, or one from your workplace, develop a professional development plan. You should include:
   1. development opportunities, such as training; include opportunities to undertake within one year and within five years
   2. new skills you aim to acquire to achieve or maintain a competitive edge
   3. planned participation in networks or professional associations to enhance professional development
   4. timeframes in which to achieve development opportunities, new skills, participation in networks.

In your journal, you should discuss:

1. how you analysed and applied feedback to your professional development plan
2. the process you undertook to identify, evaluate and select the development opportunities included in your professional development plan – discuss learning styles and application to your planning
3. new skills you plan to acquire – explain how acquiring these skills will provide a competitive edge
4. examples of networking you have undertaken or are currently undertaking to enhance knowledge, skills or work relationships
5. how these plans align to relevant organisational policies and procedures and how they align to organisational goals and your work role.
6. Submit your professional development plan, feedback notes and journal to your assessor as per the specifications below. Ensure you keep a copy of all work submitted for your records.

You must provide:

• A professional development plan – Appendix 1, refer to 3
• meeting notes – refer to procedure 1, 2
• a journal – refer to procedures 1-3.

Your assessor will be looking for evidence of:

• communication skills to receive, analyse and report on feedback
• application of principles and techniques of planning professional development
• knowledge of management development opportunities
• knowledge of types of learning styles and application to professional development planning.

Name	Name of the Student
Date of development	17.8.2018	Date to be reviewed	27.12.2018
o	Discussed with mentor/colleague Name: Gerald Durrell	o	Discussed with manager Name: Jimmy Paine

Professional development opportunities/ training

Timeframe	Description of opportunity/training	Skills/ competency to develop
20.8.2018 – 20.9.2018	Soft Skills Training Program aimed at improving communication in the workplace	Fluency in speech, using targeted words and phrases to drive sales and marketing operations, use of courteous language to create a favourable impression when speaking to clients
21.9.2018 – 30.9.2018	Fire Safety Training Program aimed at building competency in providing first aiding and managing panic and anxiety in the event of a fire outbreak	How to detect a possible fire hazard, how to know when which exit to take during fire outbreak, ways and means to prevent a possible fire outbreak, how to calm self and others during a fire crisis.
2.10.2018 – 11.10.2018	Sexual Harassment Training aimed at creating awareness among workers about the types of behaviours that are deemed as inappropriate and the dangerous consequences of allowing or abetting	Detection of inappropriate tendencies among co-workers that can cause other co-workers to feel discomfort; how to practice self control in the office even when overcome by strong sexual urges, how to immediately report a case of sexual harassment or inappropriate behaviour as soon as it occurs
12.10.2018 – 13.11..2018	Foreign Language Training Program, a crash course of four weeks aimed at learning how to communicate effectively in a foreign language that is used widely in the world of business like German, French, Japanese or Mandarin	Understanding how to write and speak in the foreign language, learning how to write business communication in the foreign language, learning how to carry out dialogue with more than one person in the foreign language.

Networking activities

Timeframe	Description of networking activities	Opportunity/professional advantage
14.11.2018 – 14.12.2018	Casual Contact Networking. Meeting with people at a bistro, cafe or restaurant to discuss ideas and trends in business at present	The opportunity to know another person’s perspectives on current business matters, the scope of negotiating a formal collaboration based on common business interests and goals
15.12.218 – 14.1.2019	Building Strong Contact Networks. This in will entail meeting people from the same profession or related business professions to share information, discuss ideas and consult on important business matters. Every effort will be made in this phase to discuss prevailing business related concerns and to make new contacts rather than replenishing and strengthening ties with existing contacts.	Getting to meet new people who may have useful suggestions and ideas to give on how to take business activities forward; getting to collaborate on business ideas and ventures that have can generate profit over the long term, gaining some novel insights on how to carry out business
15.1.2019 – 16.2.2019	Connecting with professional trading associations. This is the sort of networking that will help in gaining information and ideas about what doing large scale business can be like, how business projects on a significant magnitude may be undertaken and how new partnerships can  be formed after significant investments are made	Networking with a professional trading association can bring in new possibilities of funding. Large scale business projects that require a lot of investment can be executed well enough when networking activities are undertaken with professional trading and business associations.
17.2.2019 – 18.3.2019	Social Media Networking. This is a business networking process that will entail engaging with people and ideas over social media platforms like twitter and Facebook.	The opportunities associated with social media networking are absolutely enormous. Social media helps in reaching out to a large number of people in a given frame of time as quickly and as easily as possible. By opting for social media networking activities, it is possible to connect with groups of people who would otherwise have remained unfamiliar and who can give useful views and suggestions about how to carry out business activities in a successful manner.

Assessment methods and tasks

Methods of assessment	Through consultation with industry, the following assessment methods have been deemed appropriate for this unit.
Review of work plans	In Assessment Task 1, the student develops a work plan.
Review of PDP	In Assessment Task 2, the student develops a professional development plan including an action plan.
Review of third-party feedback	In Assessment Task 2, the student must gather feedback from two people who are able to assess aspects of the student’s professional competency.
Review of journals	In Assessment Task 1, the student reflects on the development of their work plan and explains process undertaken to produce it. This journal will contain an evaluation of work–life balance. In Assessment Task 2, the student reflects on the development of their PDP and explains process undertaken to produce it.

Assessment mapping summary

Assessment Task	Description	Assessment number	Assessment method/s	Elements/ PCs*	Performance evidence**	Knowledge evidence***
Manage personal work priorities	Based on a position description, the student will set work goals and prioritise work goals. The student will then develop two work plans to achieve two work goals. The student is required to keep a journal containing their reflections on and explanation of the process of managing work priorities.	1	Review of work plans Review of journal	1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3	1, 3	1, 3, 4
Develop and maintain professional competence	The student will develop a professional development plan with career objectives and an action plan. To assist in the development of their plan, the student is required to seek feedback on their professional competency. The student is also required to keep a journal containing their refection on and explanation of the process of planning professional development.	2	Review of PDRP Review of third-party reports Review of  journal	3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5	2, 4, 5, 6	1, 2, 5, 6

* Elements and Performance Criteria are numbered using the Unit of Competency numbering system.

** Obtain number from previous table ‘Performance Evidence’

*** Obtain number from previous table ‘Knowledge Evidence’

References

Manage personal work priorities and professional development – BSBWOR501, 2015, 1^st Edition, Version 1, Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Australia, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Online resources

• ‘AQF Qualification types’, Australian Qualifications Framework, November 2017, <https://www.aqf.edu.au/>.
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• Australian Qualification Framework 2^nd edition, viewed November 2017,
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• Victorian Government, ‘Careers Victoria, viewed November 2017.