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BSS074-6 Personal Professional Development - University of Bedfordshire

Personal Development Plan and Reflective Narrative

Learning outcome 1: Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding

Systematic understanding of career planning and factors that impact on career trajectories and developing managerial and collaborative working strategies to identify and manage relevant personal and organisational related strategic leadership ambitions.

Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

Learning outcome 2: Critically audit self against relevant skills / organisational competences to create and manage a personal development plan, evaluating its effectiveness and assessing impact on strategic leadership goals relative to personal, organisational and inter-organisational collaborative performance and impact.

Produce a Personal Development Plan (PDP) linked to your competences and behaviours which you will need to be successful in your career planning. This should include Objectives, Methods of achieving these objectives, Timeline. The PDP should be included as an appendix.

Write a 1000 word narrative describing your PDP and reflecting on your personal learning from this unit, including an explanation of how you will present yourself in your own digital branding.

In order to pass the Assessment you will need to:

- Assess the relationship between existing, required and future skills to achieve the identified professional ambitions

- Construct a meaningful personal development plan and implementation plan to achieve professional development.

- Develop a digital professional brand that is suitable to your evaluation of skills, achievements, and professional aspirations

Produce a professional and compelling Personal Development Plan, linked the themes covered in the unit. This should be presented as an appendix, perhaps as an Excel file or Word table, and should include clear objectives and an outline of the strategies you will use to achieve these objectives.

Your 1000 words narrative should provide a reflective summary of your PDP, outlining your key personal learning and realisations from this unit, and should critically explore your current competencies as they relate to your objectives.

In summary, to achieve the highest marks you will need to evaluate and critically reflect on your own behaviours and values. The assignment needs focus and to provide a clear direction, which is argued and evidenced well.

Attachment:- Personal Professional Development.rar