...Personal Development Plan Shelisha Williams Walden University Abstract Personal development plans are great guides to use when planning for success. The plan should include goals for career, personal and educational achievements and a SWOT analysis. Long term career goals include becoming Vice President of a university. After researching the mission, values, and outcomes policy, Walden University is the best school to earn a degree. Personal Development Plan Personal and professional goals should be determined when developing a personal development plan. After intense research, the perfect school to help in achieving personal and professional goals is Walden University. The mission, values, and outcomes of Walden University align perfectly with dreams of becoming the Vice President of Student Affairs. This Personal Development plan will offer a brief introduction to personal and professional goals and how they align with the goals of Walden University. Also, included is a SWOT analysis to evaluate strengths and weaknesses, and identify any opportunities and threats. Introduction to Personal and Professional Goals It became a personal goal to earn a doctorate by age forty, after obtaining a bachelor’s degree. Previous work experience, educational history, and the decision to attend Walden were all contributing factors included in determining long term goals. Walden’s promise that students will, “Be the recognized leader in distance-education of scholar-practitioners...
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...Mashell Chapeyama University of the People Swot analysis for Chipinge Banana Company Swot analysis is an environmental scanning tool. It is widely used in the world of business in analyzing some factors that have a great bearing on the company’s drive to achieve its mission. With swot companies are able to identify both negative and positive factors that have a bearing on the viability of the organization. Using swot, a company can find its own weaknesses and strengths as well as the opportunities and threats that are found in the broader economy. This essay shall concentrate on identifying and evaluating the internal and external factors that affect Chipinge Banana Company. Chipinge Banana Company is a company that is devoted to the production of bananas for sale to the local and international market. It sells its bananas in Zimbabwe, as well as to countries such as Zambia and South Africa. This company has no any other businesses which it does. It is a well known company that operates in Zimbabwe. The following table shows the results of the swot analysis carried on this company. The writer has selected this company because he currently works in it and has a very good understanding of its operations. Strengths • There is a strong team spirit in management • There is good infrastructure • Clearly established administrative system • There if flat piece of land • There is high morale among employees • There are open lines of communication • Employee have good attitudes...
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...Self Evaluation and Personal Development Plan Creating a personal development plan involves more than simply contemplating what you want from your life and how to go about achieving it. If you want to create a personal development plan that helps you to achieve your goals, preparation is the key. To prepare, one must have a great deal of self-awareness. This includes clear understanding of personal values and ethics, analyzing personality characteristics, evaluation of learning styles and identifying strengths, weaknesses, motivators, opportunities and threats. Preparing for this personal development plan has been a thought-provoking study encouraging self-evaluation, reflection and realization within the context of self-improvement in career education and relationships. I have analyzed my personality traits to understand how each correlates with my strengths, weaknesses and tendencies. I have learned that my own perceptions and actions may be motivated by feelings that influence me instinctively. Although many traits stem from my personality, that doesn’t mean I can’t develop and improve. I can learn how to use my strengths in better ways and turn weaknesses into strong suits. I have learned through the Jungian Typology that my personality tendencies are moderately introverted, sensing and feeling, and distinctive judging (ISFJ). I have studied the key traits of this personality type and contemplated how it defines me in relationships, parenthood...
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...your personal vision and mission. Vision In my vision, I enclosed a picture of myself in the future that I really want to be. My vision is a long term perspective. It’s included all elements related to my life, career and contribution because all of them are beyond important to me. Here’s the Vision Statement I cerates alike: “I must built a simple family with a career and strong financial resources while helping others Muslim brothers who need helps” The three most important things I make priorities which are as follows: * Have a simple family included wife and children. * Have a strengthen economy with a stable career. * Big help towards Islam and other people. Mission In my mission, creating the action goals that should be done in achieve my three visions. First of my vision, I need to learn and be fully prepared before getting a married. Second vision, I have to be fully motivated in getting career’s success. For the last vision, I need the huge resources and knowledge to help other people. Here’s the Mission Statement I cerates alike: “To become the knowledgeable, successful and helpfulness individual by learning from others, motivate myself and contribute to others” Q2: With the use of SWOT analysis, prepare your personal scanning. In-order to identify personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) in developing a lifestyle, career and contribution plan, I must do analysis of several factors. Doing a personal SWOT analysis for...
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...one seven five two zero zero eight five ) Assignment Subject: SWOT Analysis Date of Submission: 04.08.2012 Supervised By: Md Abdullah Chairman Department of Marketing Comilla University Prepared By: Md. Iqbal Hossain Patwary ID No: EMBA- 12020701 Department of Marketing Comilla University S.W.O.T. ANALYSIS Identifying my Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats A SWOT analysis is a term used to describe a tool that is effective in identifying my Strengths and Weaknesses, and for examining the Opportunities and Threats you face. While it is a basic, Straight forward model, it has been a popular business practice for many years because it helps provide direction and serves as a basis for the development of business plans. It accomplishes this by examining the strengths (what an operation does well) and weaknesses (what an operation does not do well) in addition to opportunities (potential favorable conditions for an operation) and threats (potential unfavorable conditions for an operation). Once completed, the SWOT analysis can help determine if the information indicates something that will assist the operation in achieving its objectives (a strength or opportunity), or if it indicates an obstacle that must be overcome or minimized to achieve desired results (weakness or threat). What are the elements of a SWOT Analysis The SWOT analysis stands for the analysis of internal strengths and weaknesses of an operation and external opportunities and threats...
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...(1995), argues that the two key variables that moderate career decisions are the individual’s self-awareness and self-efficacy which are essential because high levels of self-awareness and self-efficacy enables the individual to exert more control over long term effects and are in a better posistion to respond proactively to situations. Therefore, analysing managerial and professional development in regard to self-awareness creates a positive effect to both personal and professional enhancements. This report posits the importance of managerial self-awareness to the effectiveness of personal and professional development. It aims to develop understanding of self awareness for career development gauged from feedback tools, specifically the Personal Assessment of Management Skills (PAMS) instrument. To identify strengths and skill areas for development and to identify long term career goals. Firstly, the report reviews the PAMS instrument against popular feedback systems like 360 degree feedback and then delves into the analysis of the results from the completed PAMS questionnaires so that to identify the discrepancies in the data that...
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...Personal SWOT Analysis You are most likely to succeed in life if you use your talents to their fullest extent. Similarly, you'll suffer fewer problems if you know what your weaknesses are, and if you manage these weaknesses so that they don't matter in the work you do. So how you go about identifying these strengths and weaknesses, and analyzing the opportunities and threats that flow from them? SWOT Analysis is a useful technique that helps you do this. What makes SWOT especially powerful is that, with a little thought, it can help you uncover opportunities that you would not otherwise have spotted. And by understanding your weaknesses, you can manage and eliminate threats that might otherwise hurt your ability to move forward. If you look at yourself using the SWOT framework, you can start to separate yourself from your peers, and further develop the specialized talents and abilities you need to advance your career. How to Use the Tool To perform a personal SWOT analysis, print out our free worksheet, and write down answers to the questions in each area below. Strengths * What advantages do you have that others don't have (for example, skills, certifications, education, or connections)? * What do you do better than anyone else? * What personal resources can you access? * What do other people (and your boss, in particular) see as your strengths? * Which of your achievements are you most proud of? * What values do you believe in that...
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...LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR TITLE: PERSONAL LEADERSHIP SWOT ANALYSIS SWOT Analysis on Myself in terms of Leadership Aspect 1.0 Introduction Swot analysis is a method of analysing our internal capabilities which are our strengths and weaknesses as well as external traits that involves with opportunities and threats. The external aspects will be analysed based on the PEST criteria which are politics, environmental, social and technology. While for the internal aspects, personal characteristics and attributes that a person has will be analysed. Further from the identification of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, personal development action plan will be developed. 2.0 Strengths In this report, the analysis of personal strength will be done by using few criteria. Personal capabilities, accreditations and qualifications, philosophy, values, also knowledge and experience are the criteria that will be used to analyse my personal strength. From my educational background, I had my primary and secondary education in Sultan Ibrahim Girls School, Johor Bahru. Being in girls’ school since primary until secondary school has taught me to be an articulate person. In the school where I have same gender friends, I don’t feel shy to point out my ideas because it seems like the way of thinking with same gender friends are same. This has made me an articulate person. In 2004, I was offered to continue secondary education in MRSM Kuala Berang,...
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...Department of Management Personal Effectiveness Certificate of Higher Education in Management/ Funeral Management Draft Module Outline (2015/16) Code: FFMN009H4 Term: Autumn and Spring Day – Autumn Term: Tuesday or Saturday (Bloomsbury) Day – Spring Term: Saturday (Bloomsbury) Time: Weekday Evenings 18:00 to 21:00; Saturdays 10:00 Time: Room(s): TBC Code: {{module code}} Term: {{term}} to 17:00 {{day/s}} 6.00pm to 9.00pm Room: {{room}} Lecturers: Ian Harrison Peter Hirsch Keith Mattacks V1:06/07/2015 Table of Contents Personal Effectiveness – Module Overview............................................................................................ 2 Aims and Objectives................................................................................................................................ 2 Learning Outcomes ................................................................................................................................. 2 Key Readings ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Required Reading................................................................................................................................2 Recommended Reading ...................................................................................................................... 2 Journal Articles....
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...commitment to the continued professional development of employees and managers alike is highly beneficial, not only for the continued success of a business or organization but for the well being and personal development of individuals. Megginson and Whitaker (2007:3) reflect on the personal opportunities afforded through CPD: ‘ It challenges us to make time for personal reflection and review. It reminds us that we have responsibility for developing ourselves…’ Remaining competitive in this ever changing global market is becoming increasingly difficult, putting pressure on managers to deliver consistently high standards of product/service delivery. Guskey (2001) asks that we recognise that professional development is a purposeful and intentional process, which is designed to evoke positive change within organisations. In order to maintain an effective and efficient workforce and to ensure that managers’ skills reflect this commitment to professional development then it is imperative that we, as managers, set personal and professional targets to ensure that our skills accurately reflect organisational goals and direction. Section 1: Demonstrate how you would assess personal and professional skills required to achieve strategic goals There exists a plethora of models to evaluate personal and professional skills but if we are to construct the most accurate and objective overview of our own...
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...samples Personal development plan final reflection essay Personal Development Plan Final Reflection Essay In my previous personal development plan, I had made several initiatives through which I hoped to achieve certain goals both in academics and in social life. In the previous personal development plan, I had embarked more on the process that I believe would help me to think about my own learning, performance and achievements as well as to plan my personal, educational, social and career development. Since I made the plan within the PDP, there are certain changes that I have witnessed happening in my career, social and learning areas. For example, I have noted that for the last one semester, I have improved in a number of areas that I had pointed in my last PDP. In academics, I have achieved a lot, as my average grades have improved from the previous B+ to an A. This is primarily because I was able to develop clear SWOT analysis, in which I recognized my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats not only in academics, but also in my social life, extra-curricular activities and any other activity I took. With this plan, I worked hard to perfect my strengths, correct the weaknesses and make them my strong points, utilize the opportunities placed within my abilities and finally recognize and avoid any negative effect that was posed by the threats in the SWOT analysis (Bolton 2010). From these considerations, I recognized that some of my strengths were the ability...
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...to the continued professional development of employees and managers alike is highly beneficial, not only for the continued success of a business or organization but for the well being and personal development of individuals. Megginson and Whitaker (2007:3) reflect on the personal opportunities afforded through CPD: ‘ It challenges us to make time for personal reflection and review. It reminds us that we have responsibility for developing ourselves…’ Remaining competitive in this ever changing global market is becoming increasingly difficult, putting pressure on managers to deliver consistently high standards of product/service delivery. Guskey (2001) asks that we recognise that professional development is a purposeful and intentional process, which is designed to evoke positive change within organisations. In order to maintain an effective and efficient workforce and to ensure that managers’ skills reflect this commitment to professional development then it is imperative that we, as managers, set personal and professional targets to ensure that our skills accurately reflect organisational goals and direction. Section 1: Demonstrate how you would assess personal and professional skills required to achieve strategic goals There exists a plethora of models to evaluate personal and professional skills but if we are to construct the most accurate and objective overview of our own development needs we must ensure that we do not interpret results in isolation; rather...
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...Article of ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR BUS568-01 Yuhyung Shin. CEO Ethical Leadership, Ethical Climate, Climate Strength, and Collective Organizational Citizenship Behavior. Journal of Business Ethics Jul2012, Vol. 108 Issue 3, p299-312. Major Hypotheses Although there are a large number of studies on the Ethical Climate, it is still lack of understanding of the antecedents of the Ethical Climate or the relationship between the Ethical Climate and the outcome of work. Ethical Climate (EC) is the formal or informal policies, practices, and procedures of an organization. The EC of an enterprise determines its morality, value, and behavior, and then affect the ethical behavior of its employees. Due to the behaviors of the employees of an enterprise are impacted by same policies, practices, and code of ethics, they tend to have similar views of the organizations’ EC. Many scholars believe that the leader has a significant role in shaping the EC of the enterprise, but the key is to detect that how does the moral leadership of the CEO affect his business. CEO as a role model in the work environment strongly influences the behavior of the employees. In addition, the moral leadership of the senior leaders influences employees' pro-social behavior, and thus contributes to form an EC, and affect the company's ethical conduct. Based on the above, this study proposes the Hypothesis 1: “CEO ethical leadership is positively related to ethical climate.” Organizational citizenship behavior...
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...S.W.O.T Analysis During the analysis of such Auto company founded in 1920 surviving through recession and government bailouts there are very positive strengths to the company and a possibility to turn their glaring weakness into a great strength. The below table outlines my observation of this specific Auto Company: S.W.O.T Analysis of Auto Company | Strengths | * Quality Cars at affordable Price * Staff development program * Diversified Business Plan (Partnering with loan companies for home and auto financing and insurance) * Extended 100,000 mile warranty Program * 60 month interest-free financing program * $5,000 dollar buyback program * Target market and measure demands by location | Weaknesses | * Low customer satisfaction ratings * Assumed to be in debt (Government Bailout) * Less (Closed) dealerships | Opportunities | * High-Tech vehicles * Environmentally friendly vehicles Dealer Scorecard * Personal based approach towards customers * Internet Sales | Threats | * Potential government fines for strict environmental-friendly guidelines * Other large automobile manufactures (Ford, GM, Toyota, etc…) | After reviewing this companies S.W.O.T analysis it is obvious that this company has a large hurdle of changing the customer perception due to bailouts and the low satisfaction ratings. Along with fighting the above battles, they need to adapt their business plan to incorporate more economically friendly vehicles as...
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...Each class member is required to develop an individual Leadership Development Plan (LDP) reflecting the results and evaluation of the Self-Assessments and Skill Development exercises completed during this course, leading to a detailed Personal Situation Analysis. The LDP should clearly demonstrate a synthesis of relevant leadership theories explored in this class in the formulation of a Personal Action Plan that includes specific development activities, necessary resources, and target completion date. Guidelines Papers must be 15 or more pages in length, 12 point font, double-spaced, include a cover page, table of contents, introduction, body of the report, summary or conclusion, and reference page. Even though this is not a scientific-type writing assignment, and is mostly creative in nature, references are still very important. At least six authoritative, outside references are required from the Online Library (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable). These should be listed on the last page titled "Reference." Appropriate citations are required in the body of the report. All DeVry University policies are in effect including the plagiarism policy. Papers are due during Week 7 of this course. Any questions about this paper may be discussed in the weekly Q & A Discussion topic. This paper is worth 250 total points and will be graded on quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations, grammar, and sentence structure. Milestones ...
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